US 11,939,167 B2
Vibratory apparatus with electro-mechanical sensor
Ben Belton, Crystal Lake, IL (US); Oscar L. Mathis, Jr., Cary, IL (US); Steve Massman, Poplar Grove, IL (US); and Toby Imes, Crystal Lake, IL (US)
Assigned to General Kinematics Corporation, Crystal Lake, IL (US)
Filed by General Kinematics Corporation, Crystal Lake, IL (US)
Filed on May 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/662,911.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/189,242, filed on May 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0363485 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B65G 27/16 (2006.01); B06B 1/16 (2006.01); B65G 27/20 (2006.01); B65G 43/08 (2006.01); G01P 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 27/20 (2013.01) [B06B 1/16 (2013.01); B65G 43/08 (2013.01); B65G 2201/04 (2013.01); B65G 2203/025 (2013.01); B65G 2203/042 (2013.01); B65G 2812/0304 (2013.01); G01P 5/02 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vibratory apparatus comprising:
a deck having an upper surface configured to receive items to be conveyed in at least a first direction along a longitudinal axis from a first deck end to a second deck end;
an electro-mechanical sensor comprising a wheel disposed above the upper surface of the deck, the wheel being rotatable about a wheel axis disposed transverse to the longitudinal axis, and an electronic sensor associated with the wheel, the electronic sensor configured to generate a signal representative of the revolutions per unit time of the wheel; and
at least one vibratory exciter attached to the deck.