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US 7,119,673 B2Granted
Loading dock monitoring system and apparatus
AssigneeSPX Corporation
InventorsLeslie Eager, Thomas Ronald Goolsby
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Abstract
A system and apparatus for monitoring the status of loading dock equipment includes a control panel operatively connected to an input/output device which is operatively connected to a display device for displaying the status of at least some of the dock loading equipment. A method for monitoring the status of dock loading equipment is also provided. The method includes displaying the status of various dock loading equipment.
Claims20
A loading dock equipment monitoring system comprising:
- a loading dock equipment control panel;
- a first input output device operatively connected to the control panel and configured to be inputted with loading dock equipment status information;
- and
- a second input output device located remotely from the control panel and first input output device, the second input out put device display operatively connected to the first input output device via a network and configured to communicate to a system user at least some of the loading dock equipment status information.
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A loading dock equipment monitoring system comprising:
- means for controlling loading dock equipment;
- means for inputting and outputting loading dock equipment status information operatively connected to the controlling means and to a network;
- and
- means for accessing at least some of the loading dock equipment status information via the network.
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A method of monitoring loading dock equipment status comprising:
- operablely connecting a loading dock equipment control panel to a first input output device;
- configuring the control panel to input loading dock status information into the first input output device;
- operablely connecting a second input output device via a network to the first input output device;
- and
- configuring the second input output device to communicate loading dock equipment status information to a system user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.