System and method for monitoring connections in a rail assembly
AssigneeSyron Engineering & Manufacturing, LLC
InventorRichard R. Johnson
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Abstract
A system and method for a rail assembly ensures that the correct arms are connected to the correct receivers. Each arm has a unique associated arm code, and each receiver is assigned a unique receiver code based on the job to be performed by the rail assembly. After the arms are connected to the receivers, a processor compares the receiver code of each receiver with the arm code of the arm inserted in that receiver. If the two codes do not match, the system generates an alert to notify the user of the improper connection. The alert may be an audible alert, a visual alert, and/or an operational stoppage of the rail assembly.
Claims16
A sensor system for a rail assembly having an arm and a receiver, comprising:
- a processor that compares an arm code associated with the arm and a receiver code associated with the receiver;
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- an interface that generates an alert if the processor indicates that the arm code and the receiver code do not correspond with each other.
A rail assembly, comprising:
- at least one rail;
- at least one receiver disposed on said at least one rail, each receiver having a receiver code;
- at least one arm connected to said at least one receiver, each arm having an arm code;
- a central processor that sets the receiver code and indicates the result of a comparison between the arm code of each arm and the receiver code of the receiver corresponding to each arm;
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- an interface that generates an alert if the central processor indicates that the arm code and the receiver code do not match.
A method of checking a connection between an arm and a receiver connected together in a rail assembly, comprising:
- comparing an arm code associated with the arm and a receiver code associated with the receiver;
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- generating an alert if the arm code and the receiver code do not match.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.