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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2016
Altec Industries, Inc., Birmingham, AL (US);
Daniel D. Peterson, Kansas City, MO (US);
Altec Industries, Inc., Birmingham, AL (US);
Abstract
A load-indicative alarm system alerts an operator as to a load. The load-indicative alarm system includes a load-measuring device, a controller, and an alerting device. The load-measuring device for provides a load indication. The controller determines a load level by acquiring the first load indication from the load-measuring device. The alerting device is configured to alert the operator. The controller is configured to instruct the alerting device to alert the operator if the current load level is above a minimum threshold. The alerting device provides a load-indicative alert that informs the operator of the load level being above the minimum threshold.