Patent ID: 11866892
Assignee: CATERPILLAR PAVING PRODUCTS INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  E | IPC B  E

Claim 0:
1. A cold planer comprising:
a frame;
a milling assembly coupled to the frame, the milling assembly including a drum housing and a cutting rotor located within the drum housing, the drum housing including a discharge port;
a primary conveyor coupled to the frame, wherein the primary conveyor is positioned near the discharge port so as to receive a material through the discharge port;
a secondary conveyor positioned to receive the material off an end of the primary conveyor;
a sensor associated with the secondary conveyor to sense a load on the secondary conveyor; and
a controller configured to receive information from the sensor regarding the load and to control a speed of the secondary conveyor based on the information such that the secondary conveyor stops moving when the controller determines that there is no load on the secondary conveyor and when the controller determines that there is a load on the secondary conveyor the controller speeds up the secondary conveyor.