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Computer controlled conveyor system

  • US 4,766,547 A
  • Filed: 04/14/1986
  • Issued: 08/23/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/14/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer-controlled overhead conveyor system comprising:

  • a plurality of conveyor track segments joined together to form a track system including identification means associated with each track segment for identifying each track segment;

    a plurality of self-propelled vehicles confined to travel along said track system, each vehicle including reader means for reading said track segment identification means and storage means for storing the identification information;

    computer control means for controlling the movement of said vehicles along said track system, said control means including memory means for storing information corresponding to each vehicle including the track segment on which each vehicle is located; and

    a substantially continuous communication means extending along said track system and coupled to said control means, each of said vehicles being coupled to said communication means, said communication means enabling said control means to poll each vehicle individually at substantially any location in the track system and further enabling each of said vehicles to transmit its current track location in response to the polling for storage in said memory means.

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