B - Operations – Transporting – 65 – G
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
65
G
B65G 43/02 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2511062
A conveyor system has a conveyor track having at least one pathway, a number of undercarriage units for travel along the conveyor track, each with a plurality of travel elements confined for travel along the pathway, the conveyor track having at least one sensing location, at least one sensing portion for each sensing location the detecting the presence of a travel element et the sensing location, a monitoring portion for monitoring an operative frequency at which successive travel elements pass the sensing location, a signalling portion responsive to the monitoring portion for issuing a signal on a change in the operative frequency indicative of a corresponding change is the condition of one or more than one affected travel element, the conveyor track including art access site for accessing the affected travel element, and a drive portion for driving the undercarriage units along the conveyor, the drive portion being responsive to the monitoring portion for bringing the conveyor to a temporary halt with the affected travel element at the access site for subsequent replacement and/or repair.
Hillier James
Nolan Mike
Turcotte Christopher John
Gastle And Associates
Honda Motor Co. Ltd.
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