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Height measurement apparatus for determining the volume/density of wood chips on a conveyor

US6211470A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 22, 1999
Grant dateApr 3, 2001
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Expiry dateNov 22, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01G11/003
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

This invention relates to a height measurement apparatus for determining volume/density of wood chips on a conveyor. Such structures of this type, generally, employ the use of contacts that ride on top of the pile of wood chips in order to more accurately measure the volume and density of the wood chips.

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