Conveyor system and measuring device for determining water content of a construction material
AssigneeTroxler Electronic Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsWewage Hiran Linus Dep, Robert Ernest Troxler
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Abstract
A system is provided. The system includes a conveyor apparatus configured for conveying a material and a water content measurement system positioned about the conveyor apparatus for determining water content in the material. A dimension characteristic measurement system for detecting one or more dimension characteristics of the material is provided and a computer device is configured to manipulate data received from the water content measurement system and the dimension characteristic measurement system to determine a water content of the material.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a conveyor apparatus configured for conveying a material;
- a water content measurement system positioned about the conveyor apparatus for detecting water content in the material;
- a dimension characteristic measurement system for detecting one or more dimension characteristics of the material;
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- a computer device configured to manipulate data received from the water content measurement system and the dimension characteristic measurement system to determine a water content of the material,
- a shield positioned between the water content measurement system and the dimension characteristic measurement system to eliminate cross-talk therebetween.
A method for determining the water content of a material being transported on a conveyor apparatus, the method comprising:
- detecting a parameter of water in the material;
- detecting a dimension characteristic of the material;
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- determining a water content of the material based on the detected parameter of water and detected dimension of the material
- wherein cross-talk between the detected parameter of water in the material and the detected dimension characteristic of the material is eliminated by a shield positioned between a water content measurement system and a dimension characteristic measurement system positioned about the conveyor apparatus.
A device for determining a characteristic of a construction material being transported by a conveyor apparatus, the device comprising:
- a gamma-ray source and a neutron source positioned about one side of the conveyor apparatus;
- a gamma-ray detector positioned about the opposing side of the conveyor apparatus configured for detecting the gamma-rays;
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- a neutron detector positioned about the opposing side of the conveyor apparatus configured for detecting neutrons;
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- a computer device configured to manipulate data received from the detectors to determine a characteristic of the construction material,
- a shield positioned between at least one of:
- the gamma-ray source and the neutron source, and the gamma-ray detector and the neutron detector to eliminate cross-talk therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.