Control device for a flow of objects in continuous file
US5141097A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 3, 1991 |
| Grant date | Aug 25, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 3, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G47/31
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Control device for a flow of objects in continuous file and, more particularly, of postal parcels or packages, prior to their introduction into a separator mechanism which imposes at its oulet a suitable spacing between one object and the next, which comprises a first conveyor belt on which the objects are disposed in bulk, this conveyor travelling at a variable linear speed (V1), a second conveyor belt, disposed following the first and driven at a similarly variable linear speed (V2), a photographic camera for the acquisition in real time of an image of the second conveyor and of the packages transported by it, presenting according to the length of the conveyor a given longitudinal dimension (L), a processing circuit for the image received from the camera in order to discern within this image the number of packages (Nc) which it contains, a computer for controlling the instantaneous speeds (V1 and V2) of the two conveyors during the transfer of the packages disposed on the second conveyor according to the dimension (L), this speed (V2) being chosen such that the throughput of the packages delivered by the second conveyor to the entrance of the separator mechanism is constantly equ…
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