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Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 31, 2022
Applicant:

Rytec Corporation, Jackson, WI (US);

Inventor:

Daniel Gregoriou, Kewaskum, WI (US);

Assignee:

Rytec Corporation, Jackson, WI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05F 15/74 (2015.01); E06B 9/68 (2006.01); E05F 15/73 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05F 15/74 (2015.01); E06B 9/68 (2013.01); E05F 2015/765 (2015.01); E05Y 2400/44 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/822 (2013.01); E06B 2009/6836 (2013.01);
Abstract

A safety curtain and system includes multiple light emitters and multiple light receivers to detect traffic approaching a doorway. The safety curtain my include pairs of multiple light emitters and receivers positioned on both sides of a passageway (doorway) so as to detect approaching traffic. The multiple light emitters and light receivers may detect a height of an approaching traffic (e.g., person or vehicle) and initiate warning lights of a possible door closing. The detected approach of traffic may cause the door to be stopped, reversed or slow down. The system may include a computer to monitor the signals from the receivers and may control the motion of the door.


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