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US 8,412,373 B2Granted
Conveying system
AssigneeKone Corporation
InventorsPetteri Kangas, Pekka Jahkonen
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Abstract
A conveying system, includes control devices for controlling the operation of the conveying system. The conveying system also includes a central control. The central control is arranged to select from a plurality of the different operating modes of the conveying system the operating mode to be used at any given time. The central control is connected to the control devices with a communications channel for indicating the operating mode selected to the control devices.
Claims21
A conveying system, comprising:
- control devices for controlling operation of the conveying system;
- and
- a central control, wherein the control devices are located outside of the central control;
- wherein the central control is arranged to select from a plurality of the different operating modes of the conveying system an operating mode to be used at any given time,
- wherein the central control is connected to the control devices via a communications channel for indicating the selected operating mode to the control devices, and at least a portion of the communications channel located between the central control and the control devices is external to the central control, and
- wherein at least one of the control devices is arranged to switch from one operational state to another when the operating mode of the conveying system indicated by the central control changes.
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A conveying system, comprising:
- control devices for controlling operation of the conveying system;
- and
- a central control;
- wherein the central control is arranged to select from a plurality of the different operating modes of the conveying system an operating mode to be used at any given time,
- wherein the central control is connected to the control devices with a communications channel for indicating the selected operating mode to the control devices,
- wherein at least one of the control devices is arranged to switch from one operational state to another when the operating mode of the conveying system indicated by the central control changes, and
- wherein the communications channel comprises a first data transfer channel and a second data transfer channel, and the central control is arranged to indicate the operating mode of the conveying system to the control devices via the first data transfer channel, and the control device is arranged to indicate the measuring data of a sensor to the central control via the second data transfer channel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.