Conveyor belt calibration device
OwnerJames Lee Egger, Robert Paul Eggerinventors
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Abstract
A device for calibrating a conveyor belt comprising a housing with a remote controlled sensor assembly. The remote controller is secured to the housing for storage and shipping, the controller operating as a guard for the stored sensor assembly. When the remote controller is detached, the sensor assembly used to calibrate the conveyor belt is exposed. The housing is set adjacent a conveyor belt; the sensor assembly is set onto the conveyor belt that is to be measured. Jogging the conveyor belt at set intervals, the sensor assembly self-aligns while measuring the distance traversed and calculates the appropriate length correcting or speed that can be inputted to a conveyor belt control system.
Claims20
A conveyor belt calibration device comprising:
- a housing defining an internal chamber and enclosing electronic components including a microcontroller computer, a rechargeable lithium battery, a LoRa RF transceiver, magnetic two-pin charging connector, and a reed switch;
- a sensor assembly removably secured within said chamber, said sensor assembly including at least one wheel-based length sensor coupled to a ball joint and a linear guide track, said length sensor configured to generate a signal corresponding to movement of a conveyor belt when said sensor assembly is withdrawn from said chamber and placed on said conveyor belt;
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- a remote controller magnetically attachable to said housing and including a display and a user-input button, said remote controller being configured to receive the signal from said sensor assembly and to display a measured distance or calculated belt speed;
- wherein detachment of said remote controller from said housing activates said electronic components and enables wireless communication between said remote controller and said sensor assembly for measuring conveyor-belt movement.
A conveyor belt calibration device comprising:
- a housing defining an internal chamber and enclosing electronic components including a microcontroller, a rechargeable lithium battery, a LoRa RF transceiver, a magnetic two-pin charging connector, and a reed switch;
- a sensor assembly removably secured within said chamber, said sensor assembly including at least one wheel-based length sensor coupled to a ball joint and a linear guide track, said length sensor configured to generate a signal corresponding to movement of a conveyor belt when said sensor assembly is withdrawn from said chamber and placed on said conveyor belt;
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- a remote controller magnetically attachable to said housing and including an LCD display configured to tilt upward at an angle relative to said housing for ease of viewing, and a user-input button, said remote controller being configured to receive the signal from said sensor assembly and to display a measured distance or calculated belt speed;
- wherein said microcontroller executes a source code configured to read inputs from said length sensor over time and incrementally store and compile the data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.