Method and apparatus for monitoring a conveyor belt
AssigneeBarge's Belting Solution Pty Ltd
InventorGraham Warner
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for monitoring operation of a conveyor belt. The apparatus includes a detection system configured to detect transverse displacement of each edge of a portion of the conveyor belt as the conveyor belt travels past the detection system, and determine, using the transverse displacements of the edges of the conveyor belt and one or more operating rules, if an operating irregularity of the conveyor belt has occurred.
Claims26
An apparatus for monitoring operation of a conveyor belt, wherein the apparatus includes a detection system configured to:
- detect transverse displacement of each edge of a portion of the conveyor belt as the conveyor belt travels past the detection system;
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- determine, using the transverse displacements of the edges of the conveyor belt and one or more operating rules, if an operating irregularity of the conveyor belt has occurred;
- rollers including angularly offset rollers supporting the conveyor belt, wherein the angularly offset rollers have an axis which are angularly offset relative to a transport direction of the conveyor belt for applying an outward transverse force toward opposing edges of the portion of the conveyor belt travelling past the detection system.
A method for monitoring operation of a conveyor belt, wherein the method includes, in a detection system, steps of
- detecting transverse displacement of each edge of a portion of the conveyor belt as the conveyor belt travels past the detection system;
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- determining, using the transverse displacements of the edges of the conveyor belt and one or more operating rules, if an operating irregularity of the conveyor belt has occurred;
- and applying an outward transverse force toward opposing edges of the portion of the conveyor belt travelling past the detection system via rollers including angularly offset rollers supporting the conveyor belt, wherein the angularly offset rollers have an axis which are angularly offset relative to a transport direction of the conveyor belt.
An apparatus for monitoring operation of a conveyor belt, wherein the apparatus includes:
- rollers including angularly offset rollers supporting a conveyor belt, wherein the angularly offset rollers have an axis which are angularly offset relative to a transport direction of the conveyor belt for applying an outward transverse force toward opposing edges of a portion of the conveyor belt travelling past the detection system;
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- a detection system configured to detect transverse displacement of each edge of the portion of the conveyor belt as the conveyor belt travels past the detection system, wherein the transverse displacement is indicative of an operating irregularity.
A method for monitoring operation of a conveyor belt, wherein the method includes:
- applying an outward transverse force toward opposing edges of a portion of the conveyor belt travelling past the detection system via rollers including angularly offset rollers supporting the conveyor belt, wherein the angularly offset rollers have an axis which are angularly offset relative to a transport direction of the conveyor belt;
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- detecting, in a detection system, transverse displacement of each edge of a portion of the conveyor belt as the conveyor belt travels past the detection system, the transverse displacement is indicative of an operating irregularity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.