Patent ID: 7259854

Claim:
Device for monitoring a conveyor, comprising: a conveyor belt ( 1 ) made of elastomer material, having a carrying side for the goods to be conveyed, and a running side, whereby the conveyor belt has, in particular, an embedded strength support (e.g. steel ropes, woven fabric); an optoelectronic system ( 3 ) that optically detects the belt surface, particularly the carrying side, in that it recognizes damage during operation, and if a critical state of the conveyor belt is reached, shuts the system down, so that repair measures can be initiated in timely manner; a process computer ( 7 ) with which the optoelectronic system ( 3 ) is coupled, for the purpose of evaluating all of the data, whereby the processor is particularly connected with a drive control; as well as other system parts, namely a non-driven drum ( 2 ), support rollers, support scaffolding, as well as any other components that might be necessary; wherein the entire conveyor belt ( 1 ) is divided into finite segments (X), whereby each segment is provided with a distinct address, so that segment marking occurs, whereby the detection of the address of the segment marking, in each instance, takes place without contact, by means of a first scanning unit; the segments (X) are delimited by a start marking ( 6 ), in each instance, whereby the detection of the start marking, in each instance, also takes place without contact, by means of a second scanning unit; a movable part of the conveyor is provided with an encoder ( 5 ), and the first and the second scanning unit as well as the encoder are coupled with the process computer.