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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:
Sep. 10, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gerard J Schorn, Southampton, PA (US);
Assignee:
Murata Wiedemann, Inc., King of Prussia, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340680 ; 367 93 ; 1921 / ; 340552 ;
Abstract
A safety system for a machine tools having a powered feed table in which ultrasonic transmitters and receivers are arrayed on the leading, trailing and lateral sides of the table establishing moving protected zones so that if an operator enters the zones, the machine is shut down only if the table has moved close to the person in that zone. A failsafe feature causes shutdown in the event of failure of any of the safety system components.