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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 09, 1999
Franz Mayr, Alberndorf, AT;
Hans-Peter Wintersteiger, Hagenberg, AT;
Keba Gesellschaft m.b.H. & Co., Linz, AT;
Abstract
The invention relates to a safety switching device (1) for electrically controlled machines, for use in combination with the control elements of the machine control-system itself during manual operation, in which the multi-action safety switching device (1) has several channels or several switching circuits (7, 8) and the switching circuits have at least one operating element (2, 3) which can be adjusted by an operator depending on the desired switching function. Each switching circuit (7, 8) has at least one position-sensing device (14, 15), comprising in particular contactless detection devices (16, 17) for detecting, at any time, the position (4 to 6) of the operating elements (2, 3) corresponding to the respective switching stages, which can be adjusted by the operator.