公开(公告)号：US12122609B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-22

申请号：US17944688

申请日：2022-09-14

Applicant: Paper Converting Machine Company

Inventor： Elijah Scriven ,  Jonathon Zahn

IPC: B65G47/26 ,  B65G17/12 ,  B65G43/08

CPC classification number: B65G43/08 ,  B65G17/126 ,  B65G47/261 ,  B65G2201/0232 ,  B65G2203/025 ,  B65G2203/0283 ,  B65G2203/042

Abstract: An accumulator has a control system for controlling motion of a plurality of buckets on a continuous loop and logs traversing on a log transfer device. The log transfer device delivers a log from an entrance of the log transfer device to a bucket infeed on the accumulator. The bucket infeed receives a log from the log transfer device and allows a bucket to receive the log from the log transfer device. A time for the log to move from the entrance of the log transfer device to the bucket infeed is determined. Based on the time for the log to move from the entrance of the log transfer device to the bucket infeed, the control system controls the accumulator drive to move the continuous loop such that a bucket in the plurality of buckets is positioned at the bucket infeed with sufficient time to allow the bucket to receive the log from the log transfer device.