BUCKET ELEVATOR Russian patent published in 2020 - IPC B65G43/04 B65G17/12 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to means of automation of continuous transport, in particular, to means of control of bucket elevator with belt traction element, arranged by buckets and centrifugal unloading. Bucket elevator includes upper drive and lower tension drums, enveloped by traction belt with buckets, located in casing consisting of head with discharge pipe, shoe with tip for loading and middle sections. Bucket elevator includes proximity sensor installed in zone of lower tensioning drum, galvanic decoupling unit, programmable logic controller and power supply source, wherein the output of the proximity sensor is connected to the input of the galvanic decoupling unit, the output of which is connected to the input of the programmable logic controller. Inputs of power supply are connected to alternating voltage network of 220 V, and outputs of power supply are connected to power inputs of programmable logic controller, proximity sensor and galvanic decoupling unit.

EFFECT: technical result is possibility of determining moment of buckets break with high reliability.

1 cl, 1 dwg