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US 8,575,538 · App. 13/673,265 · Granted Nov 5, 2013

Safety system for safeguarding a moving, guided motion element that blocks the movement of the guided motion element from triggering the saftey mode

Inventors: Beat De Coi (Sargans, CH); Christian Signer (Malans, CH); Markus Menzi (Filzbach, CH); Rene Hug (Melz, CH)
Assignee: Cedes AG
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Patent No.
US 8,575,538
App. No.
13/673,265
Granted
Nov 5, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A safety system for safeguarding a moving, guided motion element against unwanted collisions with an object located on a motion path in the direction of motion of the motion element, including an object-detection device that includes a plurality of parts for detecting an object in an area of the motion element, wherein the object-detection device can be blocked with respect to object detection by a motion of the motion element, and an electronic unit that controls the motion of the motion element and is configured to assign a blocked state to the object-detection device when the motion element approaches, wherein in the blocked state an object and motion element does not trigger a safety mode, and wherein shut-off means are provided which, when a shut-off signal coming from the motion element is detected, transfer one or more parts of the object-detection device into the blocked state.

Claims (10)

1. A safety system for safeguarding a moving, guided motion element against unwanted collisions with an object located on a motion path in the direction of motion of the motion element, the safety system comprising: an object-detection device for detecting an object in an area of the motion element, which object-detection device can be blocked with respect to object detection by a motion of the motion element, and has an electronic unit with which the motion of the motion element is controlled and which is configured to assign a blocked state to the object-detection device when the motion element approaches, in which blocked state an object or motion element does not trigger a safety mode, wherein shut-off means are provided which, when a shut-off signal coming from the motion element is detected, transfer at least part of the object-detection device into the blocked state, wherein the shut-off means comprise a transmitting element for a shut-off signal which is tuned to a reflector for electromagnetic radiation on the motion element in such a way that a signal of the transmitting element is received by a receiver of the shut-off means only in a predefined motion area of the reflector on the motion element, and whereby at least one of said object-detection device and the shut-off means is a distance sensor.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the safety system is a door/gate/door safety system.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the object-detection device comprises a curtain composed of a multiplicity of object-detection means which are arranged successively in the direction of motion of the motion element.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the shut-off means are configured to evaluate a shut-off signal as such only if said shut-off signal comes from the motion element in a predefined time section during the motion of the motion element.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the shut-off signal is a signal on the basis of light, sound, electromagnetic radiation and/or a magnetic field.

6. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the shut-off means comprise a transmitter or receiver which forms, together with a receiver or transmitter of the object-detection device, the shut-off means in the region of a guide bar of a motion element.

7. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the shut-off means are configured to detect an end position, in particular a completely closed state of a motion element.

8. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the object-detection means are arranged non-equidistantly in the direction of motion of the motion element.

9. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the distance sensor is a time-of-flight sensor.

10. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the reflector for electromagnetic radiation is an optical reflector.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2013
From: DE COI, BEAT; SIGNER, CHRISTIAN; MENZI, MARKUS; HUG, RENE
To: CEDES AG
Reel/Frame 030825/0281 →
Priority Claims (3)
DE 10 2008 004 760 · Jan 16, 2008 · national
DE 10 2008 013 844 · Mar 12, 2008 · national
DE 10 2008 023 294 · May 13, 2008 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 12836838 · Jul 15, 2010
Continuation PCTEP2009000276 · Jan 16, 2009
Related Publication 20130062511A1 · Mar 14, 2013