1. A support roller assembly for a conveyor belt, the conveyor belt having reinforcement means attached thereto adjacent a first edge, the reinforcement means including at least a first strand having magnetic properties, said support roller assembly comprising
a) a hollow cylindrical sleeve;
b) at least one permanent magnet within said cylindrical sleeve;
c) mounting means to support said cylindrical sleeve beneath the first edge to magnetically attract the at least first strand having magnetic properties to maintain the conveyor belt centered on said support roller assembly.
2. The support roller assembly of claim 1 wherein said at least one permanent magnet comprises a rare earth magnet.
3. The roller support assembly of claim 1 wherein the conveyor belt has at least a second reinforcing strand having magnetic properties adjacent a second edge, said support roller assembly further comprising a second magnetic roller aligned with said first magnetic roller with mounting means positioning said second roller beneath the second edge to attract the at least second strand having magnetic properties to maintain the conveyor belt centered on the support roller assembly.
4. A support roller assembly for a conveyor belt, the conveyor belt being reinforced adjacent a first edge with at least one strand having magnetic properties, said support roller assembly comprising
a) a plurality of disks, at least a portion of each said disk being a permanent magnet, said plurality of disks being spaced into a plurality of stacks of said permanent magnets thereby defining at least one set of elements having opposing polarity;
b) first and second end flanges positioned on opposite sides of said plurality of disks;
c) means securing said first and second end flanges and said plurality of disks in an ordered array;
d) a cylindrical sleeve forming an outer shell which surrounds said ordered array;
e) fastener means securing said outer shell in position surrounding said ordered array;
f) a shaft extending through a center portion of each member of said ordered array;
g) means rotationally mounting said ordered array for rotation about an axis of said shaft;
h) support means positioning said guide roller adjacent to an upper or lower surface portion of the at least one edge having at least one strand having magnetic properties in order to exert a magnetic force thereon to maintain the conveyor belt in proper lateral alignment.
5. The support roller assembly of claim 4 wherein said one set of elements comprises three elements total, two outer elements having a first polarity and a center element having an opposite polarity.
6. The support roller assembly of claim 4 wherein said means securing comprises a plurality of bolts extending through each element of said ordered array and being secured in position by a nut.
7. The support roller assembly of claim 5 wherein said means securing further comprises a layer of adhesive securing said plurality of said disks adjacent to said pole elements to said respective pole elements.
8. The support roller assembly of claim 4 wherein said means rotationally mounting comprises first and second rotatable bearings mounted between said shaft and said end flanges.
9. The support roller assembly of claim 4 wherein the conveyor belt comprises an elastomeric belt which is reinforced with at least one strand adjacent each of said first and a second lateral edge, said support roller assembly comprising a second roller adjacent an upper or lower surface of said second edge portion having at least one strand having magnetic properties.
10. The support roller assembly of claim 4 wherein said permanent magnets comprise rare earth magnets.
11. A conveyor assembly comprising
a) a continuous flexible belt having at least one reinforcing element adjacent a first edge, said reinforcing element containing iron;
b) a support roller assembly positioned adjacent to an upper or lower surface portion of either an upper load-supporting run or a lower return run, said support roller assembly including
i) a plurality of disks, at least a portion of each said disk being a permanent magnet, said plurality of disks being spaced into a plurality of stacks of said permanent magnets thereby defining at least one set of elements having opposing polarity;
ii) first and second end flanges positioned on opposite sides of said plurality of disks;
iii) means securing said first and second end flanges and said plurality of disks in an ordered array;
iv) a cylindrical sleeve forming an outer shell which surrounds said ordered array;
v) fastener means securing said outer shell in position surrounding said ordered array;
vi) a shaft extending through a center portion of each member of said ordered array;
vii) means rotationally mounting said ordered array for rotation about an axis of said shaft;
viii) support means positioning said guide roller adjacent to an upper or lower surface portion of the at least one edge having at least one strand having magnetic properties in order to exert a magnetic force thereon to maintain said conveyor belt in proper lateral alignment.
12. The conveyor assembly of claim 11 wherein said conveyor belt comprises an elastomeric belt having at least one first steel cord embedded adjacent said first edge portion.
13. The conveyor assembly of claim 12 further comprising said elastomeric belt having at least one second steel cord embedded adjacent a second edge portion.
14. The conveyor belt assembly of claim 13 wherein said support roller assembly further comprises a second ordered magnetic array positioned adjacent an upper or lower surface portion adjacent said second edge portion to exert a magnetic force on said second steel cord in order to exert a magnetic force thereon to maintain said conveyor belt in proper lateral alignment.
15. The conveyor belt assembly of claim 11 wherein said permanent magnets comprise rare earth magnets.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A receiving device for producing an ambient light effect, the receiving device comprising:
a processor configured to parse an incoming digital video file including a plurality of scenes, the processor programmed to:
parse the incoming digital video file and detect, based on information contained in the digital video file, at least one scene in the digital video file for association with at least one ambient light effect;
generate a command specifying the at least one ambient light effect to be associated with the at least one scene; and
send the command from the receiving device to at least one lighting device in communication with the receiving device to generate the at least one ambient light effect associated with the at least one scene when the at least one scene is displayed to a user.
2. The receiving device of claim 1, wherein the receiving device is at least one of a television, set-top box, disc player, personal computer, laptop, tablet computer, and mobile phone.
3. The receiving device of claim 1, wherein the processor is one of a stand-alone decoder and a decoder incorporated into a graphics card integrated into the receiving device.
4. The receiving device of claim 1, wherein the processor is programmed to detect at least one scene in the digital video file predetermined to be associated with the at least one ambient light effect.
5. The receiving device of claim 1, wherein the processor is programmed to specify in the command chrominance control data specifying at least one color selected from red, green, blue, or combinations thereof to be generated by the at least one lighting device.
6. The receiving device of claim 5, wherein the processor is programmed to specify in the command a color intensity of the at least one light color specified by the chrominance control data.
7. The receiving device of claim 1, wherein the processor is programmed to specify in the command a predetermined time when the at least one ambient light effect is to be generated by the at least one lighting device.
8. The receiving device of claim 1, wherein the processor is programmed to specify in the command at least one lighting device for generating the at least one ambient light effect specified in the command.
9. The receiving device of claim 1, wherein the processor is programmed to send the command from the receiving device to the at least one lighting device via an intermediate receiver.
10. The receiving device of claim 1, wherein the processor is programmed to send the command from the receiving device to the at least one lighting device via a home automation system.
11. A method of producing an ambient light effect, the method comprising:
sending a digital video stream including an audio file and a video file with a plurality of scenes from a video source to a receiving device including a processor configured to:
parse the digital video file and detect, based on information contained in the digital video file, at least one scene in the digital video file for association with at least one ambient light effect;
generate a command specifying the at least one ambient light effect to be associated with the at least one scene; and
send the command from the receiving device to at least one lighting device in communication with the receiving device to generate the at least one ambient light effect associated with the at least one scene when the at least one scene is displayed to a user.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the receiving device is one of a television, set-top box, decoder, graphics card, media player, disc player, personal computer, laptop, tablet computer, and mobile phone.
13. The method of claim 11, wherein the video source is one of a cable head-end, a digital video disc, a video game disc, a hard drive, and a digital media server configured to send the digital video stream to the receiving device.
14. The method of claim 11, wherein the processor is programmed to detect at least one scene in the digital video file predetermined to be associated with the at least one ambient light effect.
15. The method of claim 11, wherein the processor is programmed to specify in the command chrominance control data specifying at least one color selected from red, green, blue, or combinations thereof to be generated by the at least one lighting device.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein the processor is programmed to specify in the command a color intensity of the at least one light color specified by the chrominance control data.
17. The method of claim 11, wherein the processor is programmed to specify in the command a predetermined time when the at least one ambient light effect is to be generated by the at least one lighting device.
18. The method of claim 11, wherein the processor is programmed to specify in the command at least one lighting device for generating the at least one ambient light effect specified in the command.
19. The method of claim 11, wherein the processor is programmed to send the command from the receiving device to the at least one lighting device via an intermediate receiver.
20. The method of claim 11, wherein the processor is programmed to send the command from the receiving device to the at least one lighting device via a home automation system.