Patent ID: 8046105

Claim:
A vibrating plate system, comprising: an assembly of at least two vibrating plates that are mechanically coupled to one another via a coupling device; and a controller for outputting control data to the vibrating plates; each vibrating plate including: a receiver device for receiving the control data from the controller; a drive mechanism for advancing the vibrating plate forwardly and backwardly; a position-determining device for determining the position of a relevant vibrating plate within the assembly; a rule storage device in which control rules are stored, a control rule defining a relation between a control measure for controlling the drive mechanism of the relevant vibrating plate dependent on the position of that vibrating plate and an item of control information given by the control data; and a control device for selecting an appropriate control rule dependent on the position of the relevant vibrating plate and on the control information, and for controlling the drive mechanism of the relevant vibrating plate in a manner corresponding to the control rule.