ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,460, issued on Jan. 13.
"System and method for characterizing a conveyor belt" was invented by Klaus Wagner (Reinach, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for measuring a conveyor belt includes a first detector fixed at a location along a path of a conveyor belt. A first signal generator is affixed at a first location of the conveyor belt such that the first signal generator is detectable by the first detector when the first signal generator is in range of the first detector. The first detector is configured to provide a first signal as the first signal generator approaches the first detector. The first detector is con...