Patent ID: 8330452

Claim:
A belt monitoring system for detecting the condition of a conveyor belt, comprising: a transmitting sensor disposed on a conveyor belt for transmitting signals; and a receiving sensor for receiving the signals from the transmitting sensor; wherein the transmitting sensor includes a first transmitting sensor for detecting wear of the conveyor belt and a second transmitting sensor for detecting a position of the conveyor belt, the first transmitting sensor having a belt width length that is longer than a belt circumferential length thereof, the first transmitting sensor being embedded in a predetermined region in the belt width direction and the second transmitting sensor having a length in the width direction that is shorter than the belt width length of the first transmitting sensor, the second transmitting sensor being embedded in a predetermined position in the belt width direction of the conveyor belt, and wherein the receiving sensor is a plurality of receiving sensors disposed at predetermined intervals in the belt width direction.