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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:
Mar. 18, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1995
Dale R Herbstritt, Clemmons, NC (US);
Ingersoll-Rand Company, Woodcliff Lake, NJ (US);
Abstract
In one aspect of the present invention, this is accomplished by providing a tower that includes a fixed member; at least one movable tower member, the at least one movable tower member is movable relative to the fixed member. The tower also includes a drive for moving the at least one movable tower member when power is supplied to the drive; and a tower position detection system comprising: a switch mounted on the fixed member and electrically connected to the drive, and an actuator member mounted in a predetermined position along the length of one of the at least one movable tower members so that when the one of the at least one movable tower members is in a predetermined location relative to the fixed member, the actuator is located proximate the switch to open the switch and terminate the supply of power to the drive.
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