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Pocket-type conveyor belt installation

US10889443B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 1, 2018
Grant dateJan 12, 2021
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Expiry dateFeb 1, 2038

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65G2203/0291
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a pocket-type conveyor belt installation (2) having a plurality of carrying rollers (21) which are designed to support a pocket-type conveyor belt (1), preferably a lower conveyor belt edge (12) of a pocket-type conveyor belt (1), wherein the carrying rollers (21) are each connected in load-bearing fashion by means of at least one carrying roller holder (22) to a carrying frame (23) of the pocket-type conveyor belt installation (2). The pocket-type conveyor belt installation (2) is characterized in that at least one carrying roller holder (22), preferably a plurality of carrying roller holders (22), has at least one sensor element (4), which is arranged and designed to record at least a force and/or a change in force between the carrying roller (21) and the carrying frame (23).

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