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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:
Jan. 23, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 05, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gerhard Dieterle, Simonswald, DE;
Assignee:
Erwin Sick GmbH Optik-Eletronik, Waldkirch, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ; B60T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250221 ; 340555 ; 340556 ; 340557 ;
Abstract
A monitoring apparatus for working machines (16) has a light curtain (11) at the entry side (14) of the working space (13). A rotational scanner (12) is also provided which scans at least the dangerous zone of the working space in a horizontal plane in order to also protect body parts of operators which enter into the working space (13).