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Method for adjusting a belt strip on a conveyor

  • US 5,720,837 A
  • Filed: 08/01/1995
  • Issued: 02/24/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/06/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for adjusting a belt strip as it passes from a first conveyor to a second conveyor, said method comprising the steps of:

  • (a) cutting a belt strip from a supply of belt material, said belt strip having leading and trailing ends;

    (b) conveying the belt strip on the first conveyor and at a first velocity towards the second conveyor, the second conveyor being spaced apart from the first conveyor by a transition;

    (c) determining a shape of at least one side of the belt strip as it passes over the transition;

    (d) comparing the determined shape of the at least one side with a shape of a stored reference belt strip;

    (e) shifting the belt strip relative to the second conveyor in a direction transverse to the direction of conveyance in response to the comparison; and

    (f) fixing that portion of the belt strip which has passed over the transition, onto the second conveyor, whereinsteps (c)-(f) are carried out substantially concurrently as the belt strip passes over the transition.

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