Speed control concrete vibrator
AssigneeMinnich Manufacturing Company, Inc.
InventorsPaul Jaworski, David Clute, Robert Minnich
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Abstract
A concrete vibrator system includes a concrete vibrator having a motor, a vibratory head that is actuated by the motor, and a controller that controls the motor. The concrete vibrator system may also include one or more remote devices or servers that wirelessly communicate with the controller of the concrete vibrator. The remote device may monitor the speed output by the motor and the voltage supplied to the motor to achieve a set speed via the controller, and display information representative of the motor speed and motor voltage to the user. Moreover, the speed output by the motor may be controlled using voltage supplied to the motor.
Claims32
A system for controlling speed of a concrete vibrator comprising:
- a controller affixed to the concrete vibrator and operable to control the motor speed of the concrete vibrator;
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- a remote device configured to communicate with the controller to control motor speed of the concrete vibrator based on the readings received from the controller, wherein the remote device is configured to set an operating speed of the concrete vibrator and the controller is configured to adjust voltage supplied to the concrete vibrator to maintain the operating speed set in the remote device, and wherein the readings received from the controller include voltage draw of the concrete vibrator and/or actual motor speed of the concrete vibrator, and wherein the remote device displays the readings.
A concrete vibrator, comprising:
- a motor assembly operatively connected to a vibratory head;
- a controller affixed to the motor assembly, wherein the controller applies a drive voltage to the motor assembly and is operable to control motor speed output by the motor assembly based on both the drive voltage fluctuations and the motor speed monitored by the controller;
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- a remote device configured to communicate with the controller to control motor speed of the motor assembly based on the drive voltage readings received from the controller, and wherein the remote device displays the drive voltage readings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.