Cleanliness monitoring system and cartridges thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9551725-B2
Application number	US-201213641098-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 5, 2012
Priority date	Aug 31, 2012
Publication date	Jan 24, 2017
Grant date	Jan 24, 2017

Abstract

A system for monitoring cleanliness of a material handling system is disclosed. The system includes a measuring device, a first signal device, a second signal device, and a measuring host. The measuring device installed in the cartridges conduct the cleanliness measurements and obtains the measured result. The first signal device installed in the cartridges transforms the measured results to wireless signals. The second signal device installed in a predetermined location outside of the cartridges receives the wireless signal. The measuring host transforms the received wireless signals back to the measured results. The cartridges of the material handling system are also disclosed. The disclosed cleanliness monitoring system and the cartridge can reduce the cost.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for monitoring cleanliness of a material handling system, the material handling system comprises a plurality of cartridges for loading materials, the material handling system transports the cartridges according to a predetermined route, the system comprising:
a measuring device conducts the cleanliness measurements and obtains the measured results, the measuring device is installed in the cartridges;
a first signal device connects with the measuring device to receive the measured results and transforms the measured results to wireless signals, the first signal device is installed in the cartridges with at least one lithium battery supplying power to the measuring device and the first signal device;
a second signal device receives the wireless signals, the second signal device is installed in a predetermined location outside of the cartridges;
a measuring host connects with the second signal device to control the measuring device by the second signal device and the first signal device to conduct the cleanliness measurement only when the cartridge moves to the predetermined location of the second signal device so as to obtain the measured results and to receive the measured results, and the measuring host transforms the received wireless signals back to the measured results;
a printer connecting to the measuring host is configured to print the measured results;
wherein the second signal device comprising:
a plurality of wireless routers connecting with the first signal device by wireless communications to receive the wireless signals, the plurality of wireless routers respectively corresponds to a plurality of the measuring particular locations of the predetermined route, each of the wireless routers is assigned with one IP address corresponding to location information, and the wireless router transmits the location information and time information together with the wireless signals to the measuring host when the cartridge passes through a measuring particular location;
a main router connecting with the wireless routers to receive the wireless signals;
wherein the measuring host connects with the main router.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the measuring host obtains the location information of the cartridges when the cartridges passes through each of the measuring particular locations, after obtaining the location information, the measuring host controls the measuring device to conduct the cleanliness measurements of each of the measuring particular locations by the first signal device and the second signal device and obtains the measured results of each of the measuring particular locations, and receives the time information and the wireless signals transformed from the measured results of each of the measuring particular locations.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the plurality of cartridges are installed with the measuring device and the first signal device.

Assignees

• Wang Yongqiang
• Wu Chunhao
• Lin Kunhsien
• Li Xiande
• Qi Minghu
• Yang Weibing
• Chen Zenghong
• Guo Zhenhua
• Jiang Yunshao
• Shu Zhiyou
• Shenzhen China Star Optoelect

Inventors

• Wang Yongqiang
• Wu Chunhao
• Lin Kunhsien
• Li Xiande
• Qi Minghu
• Yang Weibing
• Chen Zenghong
• Guo Zhenhua
• Jiang Yunshao
• Shu Zhiyou

Classifications

• G01N35/00871 Primary

  Communications between instruments or with remote terminals · CPC title

• G01N2015/0046

  in gas, e.g. smoke · CPC title

• G01N2035/00881

  network configurations · CPC title