Automatic control system for blending equipment

Claim 1

A SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF EQUIPMENT OF THE TYPE THAT COLLECTS MATERIAL IN DISCHARGE MEANS WHILE EFFECTIVELY MEASURING THE MATERIAL BY SENSING FOR A GIVEN QUANTITY OF A PREDETERMINED CHARACTERISTIC RELATED TO SAID MATERIAL FOR A DESIRED OPERATION OF THE EQUIPMENT AND OF THE TYPE SAID DISCHARGE MEANS RELEASES THE COLLECTED MATERIAL ONTO CONVEYOR MEANS MOVABLE BY ENERGIZABLE MEANS, SAID SYSTEM COMPRISING: MEANS FOR ENERGIZING SAID ENERGIZABLE MEANS FOR CAUSING SAID CONVEYOR MEANS TO RUN, SWITCH MEANS MOVABLE TO FIRST AND SECOND POSITIONS IN RESPONMSE TO THE RUNNING OF SAID CONVEYOR MEANS, MEANS OPERABLE IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF THE SWITCH MEANS TO SAID FIRST POSITION FOR DISCONNECTING SAID ENERGIZING AND ENERGIZABLE MEANS, MEANS FOR SENSING COMPLETION OF MEASUREMENT OF SAID GIVEN QUANTITY OF SAID CHARACTERISTIC, AND MEANS OPERABLE IN RESPONSE EITHER TO EVENT (A) WHICH IS THE SENSING OF MEASUREMENT COMPLETION AS AFORESAID OR TO EVENT (B) WHICH IS THE MOVEMENT OF SAID SWITCH MEANS TO SAID FIRST POSITION, ACCORDING TO WHICH ONE OF SAID (A) AND (B) EVENTS OCCURS LAST AS LONG AS THE OTHER THEREOF HAS ALREADY OCCURRED AND, IN THE CASE OF EVENT (A) OCCURRING LAST, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INTERVENING RETURN OF SAID SWITCH MEANS FROM SAID FIRST POSITION TO SAID SECOND POSITION, FOR AUTOMATICALLY RE-ENERGIZING SAID ENERGIZABLE MEANS VIA SAID ENERGIZING MEANS AND CAUSING SAID DISCHARGE MEANS TO RELEASE ITS COLLECTED MATERIAL ONTO THE RUNNING CONVEYOR MEANS.

Claim 2

A SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF EQUIPMENT OF THE TYPE THAT COLLECTS MATERIAL IN DISCHARGE MEANS WHILE EFFECTIVELY MEASURING THE MATERIAL BY SENSING FOR A GIVEN QUANTITY OF A PREDETERMINED CHARACTERISTIC RELATED TO SAID MATERIAL FOR A DESIRED OPERATION OF THE EQUIPMENT AND OF THE TYPE SAID DISCHARGE MEANS RELEASES THE COLLECTED MATERIAL ONTO CONVEYOR MEANS MOVABLE BY ENERGIZABLE MEANS, SAID SYSTEM COMPRISING: MEANS FOR ENERGIZING SAID ENERGIZABLE MEANS FOR CAUSING SAID CONVEYOR MEANS TO RUN, SWITCH MEANS MOVABLE TO FIRST AND SECOND POSITIONS IN RESPONMSE TO THE RUNNING OF SAID CONVEYOR MEANS, MEANS OPERABLE IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF THE SWITCH MEANS TO SAID FIRST POSITION FOR DISCONNECTING SAID ENERGIZING AND ENERGIZABLE MEANS, MEANS FOR SENSING COMPLETION OF MEASUREMENT OF SAID GIVEN QUANTITY OF SAID CHARACTERISTIC, AND MEANS OPERABLE IN RESPONSE EITHER TO EVENT (A) WHICH IS THE SENSING OF MEASUREMENT COMPLETION AS AFORESAID OR TO EVENT (B) WHICH IS THE MOVEMENT OF SAID SWITCH MEANS TO SAID FIRST POSITION, ACCORDING TO WHICH ONE OF SAID (A) AND (B) EVENTS OCCURS LAST AS LONG AS THE OTHER THEREOF HAS ALREADY OCCURRED AND, IN THE CASE OF EVENT (A) OCCURRING LAST, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INTERVENING RETURN OF SAID SWITCH MEANS FROM SAID FIRST POSITION TO SAID SECOND POSITION, FOR AUTOMATICALLY RE-ENERGIZING SAID ENERGIZABLE MEANS VIA SAID ENERGIZING MEANS AND CAUSING SAID DISCHARGE MEANS TO RELEASE ITS COLLECTED MATERIAL ONTO THE RUNNING CONVEYOR MEANS.