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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2014
Tente Gmbh & Co. KG, Wermelskirchen, DE;
Georg Hein, Luedenscheid, DE;
TENTE GmbH & Co. KG, Wermelskirchen, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a control and to a method for controling rollers () mounted on a movable part such as, for example, a hospital bed (), wherein one, several or all of the rollers () have a brake mechanism which can be set to a brake position and a release position, further preferably also to a direction-setting position, wherein, further, all the rollers () can be actuated electrically and one or several or all of the rollers () can in addition be actuated manually, and wherein, furthermore, an additional roller () with a wheel having a travel drive is provided, which additional roller () is preferably movable between a lowered position and a raised position. In order to obtain an advantageous control of the rollers in combination with the additional roller and also to provide an advantageous control method for this purpose, it is proposed that the travel drive can be activated only when the rollers () are located in the release position or the direction-setting position.