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US 2023/0067753 A1Published application
Nut gap monitoring system
AssigneeNabholz Construction Corporation
InventorsMark Raymond Potter, Stephen Harold Schumacher
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Abstract
A drop table can employ a number of lifting columns respectively arranged with a nut and traveler each positioned on a rotating core with the nut separated from the traveler by a nut gap. The nut gap may be measured with a first sensor positioned within the nut and the first sensor detecting a nut gap distance with a first sensing feature. The first sensor can be changed to a second sensor that detects the nut gap distance with a second sensing feature that is different than the first sensing feature.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- positioning a nut and traveler in contact with a rotating core, the nut separated from the traveler by a nut gap having a default distance separating a top surface of the nut from a bottom surface of the traveler;
- lifting a platform with the traveler;
- and
- installing a sensor proximal the nut gap to monitor the default distance while the rotating core rotates.
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A method comprising:
- positioning a nut and traveler in contact with a rotating core, the nut separated from the traveler by a nut gap having a default distance separating a top surface of the nut from a bottom surface of the traveler;
- monitoring the default distance of the nut gap with a first sensor configuration while the rotating core rotates, the first sensor located in a first position proximal the nut gap;
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- changing the first sensor configuration to a different second sensor configuration to monitor the default distance of the nut gap.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.