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US 2009/0241684 A1Published application
Measuring unit for air flow
AssigneeMurata Machinery, Ltd.
InventorKatsumi MATSUBA
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Abstract
A casing is capable of being transported by a transportation apparatus in an automated warehouse and being placed in a cell of the automated warehouse. A plurality of strings are suspended in the casing, and displacement of the strings caused by the air flow in the casing is measured to determine the state of the air flow based on the measured displacement.
Claims4
A measuring unit arranged to measure air flow comprising:
- a casing arranged to be transported by a transportation apparatus in an automated warehouse and to be placed in a cell of the automated warehouse;
- a plurality of strings suspended in the casing;
- a measuring device arranged to measure displacement of the strings caused by air flow in the casing;
- and
- a computation device arranged to determine a state of the air flow based on the measured displacement of the strings.
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A method of measuring air flow in an automated warehouse, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a measuring unit in the automated warehouse, the measuring unit having a plurality of strings in a casing arranged to be transported by a transportation apparatus in the automated warehouse and to be placed in a cell of the automated warehouse;
- measuring displacement of the strings caused by air flow in the casing;
- and
- determining a state of the air flow based on the measured displacement of the strings.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.