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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gerald F Rome, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texaco Inc., White Plains, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361-1 ; 340552 ; 340685 ;
Abstract
A safety system for use with apparatus having a conductive member and where the apparatus changes the attitude and/or altitude of the conductive member during its operation includes at least one sensor which senses an electric field and provides a signal representative of the strength of the electric field. A safety device responsive to the signal from the sensor prevents the further changing of the conductive member's attitude and/or altitude when the electric field strength is greater than a predetermined safe value.