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US 9,440,797 B1Granted
Conveyor chain map for a mining system
AssigneeJoy MM Delaware, Inc.
InventorGareth Rimmington
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AssigneeJoy MM Delaware, Inc.
InventorGareth Rimmington
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A mining system that includes a conveyor and controller. The conveyor includes a first sprocket and a second sprocket, a chain, a drive mechanism, and a sensor. The chain is associated with the first sprocket and the second sprocket and includes a plurality of chain components. The drive mechanism is coupled to the first sprocket or the second sprocket and is operable to drive the first sprocket or the second sprocket. The sensor is operable to generate a signal related to a characteristic of the conveyor. The controller is operable to receive the signal from the sensor, determine a number of chain components that have passed a datum point based on the signal, determine the location of at least one of the plurality of chain components based on the number of chain components that have passed the datum point, and update a map of the chain based on the location.
A mining system comprising:
A method of determining a location of a chain component of a chain in a conveyor of a mining system, the method comprising:
A controller including a processor and a memory, the controller comprising executable instructions stored in the memory to:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.