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US 2020/0124141 A1Published application
Belt drive system
AssigneeRoche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
InventorsWalter Berberich, Timo Ziegler, Benjamin Zoelch
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AssigneeRoche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
InventorsWalter Berberich, Timo Ziegler, Benjamin Zoelch
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A drive system for driving a belt is presented. The system comprises a frame, a driving shaft connected to a motor, a controller, a driven shaft, two pulleys connected to the driven and driving shafts, and a belt. The frame supports the driving and driven shafts to mount the belt on the pulleys. A signal element is mounted on and drives with the belt. At least two detection elements are mounted on the frame so that when the signal element passes the detection elements, a signal is generated as the belt moves. The detector elements are connected to a controller which controls the motor so that when the system starts, the belt moves until the signal element generates a signal in a first detector element to fix a zero point of the belt movement. The signal of the second detector element checks the zero point during normal drive operation.
A belt drive system for driving a belt, the belt drive system comprising:
A method to monitor a belt drive system, wherein the belt drive system comprises a frame, a driving shaft connected to a motor, a controller, a driven shaft, and two pulleys connected to the driven shaft and driving shaft respectively, a belt, wherein the frame supports the driving shaft and driven shaft so that the belt is mounted on the pulleys, a signal element mounted on the belt so that the signal element drives with the belt, at least two detection elements mounted at the frame so that the signal element can pass by the detection elements to generate a signal by passing by, wherein the detector elements are connected to the controller, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.