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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1996
Gerhard Glemser, Stuttgart, DE;
Werner Schuette, Stuttgar, DE;
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for monitoring and controlling a combination which includes a main device (2) and at least one auxiliary device (20). The main device (2) includes a stop button (14a), at least one drive motor (13a), and a plurality of safety switches (15a). In addition, an electrical control circuit (8), which has on the auxiliary device side an input (11) through which the auxiliary device (20) and the electrical control circuit (8) are connected to an individual signal line (21) and a ground line (23) of the auxiliary device (20), is installed in the main device (2). On the main device side, the electrical control circuit (8) has two inputs (12, 13) and two outputs (14, 15).