ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,272, issued on July 29, was assigned to Flexible Steel Lacing Co. (Downers Grove, Ill.).
"Monitoring system for conveyor belt ancillary devices" was invented by Brett E. DeVries (Comstock Park, Mich.) and David Adrian Moelker (Zeeland, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and apparatus are provided for monitoring a conveyor system. The system and apparatus may include one or more sensors or sensor modules associated with a conveyor belt. In one aspect, the apparatus includes a sensor connected to at least one of first and second plate members that are configured to be connected to one another on opposite surfaces of the conv...