Plural car conveyor system controlled by performance times between cars
Abstract
Abstract AN CONVEYOR CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A GROUP OF CARS IN WHICH THE CARS RESPOND TO CALLS FOR SERVICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE WORK LOAD OF EACH INFIVIDUAL CAR AND THE AVERAGE OF THE WORK LOADS OF ALL THE CARS IN THE GROUP. THE WORK LOAD OF A CAR PREFERABLY IS EXPRESSED IN TERMS OF THE PERFORMANCE TIME SEPARATING IT FROM THE CAR IMMEDIATELY AHEAD OF IT IN A PRESCRIBED WAY OF TRAVEL AND IS A FUNCTION OF BOTH THE DISTANCE BETWEEN IT AND THE CAR IMMEDIATELY AHEAT OF IT AND THE NUMBER OF LANDINGS BETWEEN THEM AT WHICH THE CAR IN QUESTION WILL ANSWER CALLS FOR SERVICE. IF THE WORK LOAD OF ANY CAR IS LESS THAN THE AVERAGE THE CAR IMMEDIATELY AHEAD OF IT IS ENABLED TO BYPASS WITHOUT STOPPING AT THOSE LANDINGS AT WHICH IT OTHERWISE WOULD IN ANSWER TO CALLS. IF THE COM- BINED WORK LOADS OF ANY ONE CAR AND THE CAR IMMEDIATELY BEHIND IT ARE LESS THAN THE AVERAGE, THAT ONE CAR IS AVAILABLE AND WILL OPERATE TO PROVIDE-DIRECT SERVIVE TO A SELECTED ONE OF THE HALL CALLS IN REGISTRATION.
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- 👤 John Lusti
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