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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:
May. 15, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kone Corporation, Helsinki, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 4/300 ; B66B 2/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 4/300 ; B66B 2/500 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a device for monitoring functional units on escalators and moving walkways, comprising several processors which monitor predetermined parameters of a particular functional unit independently of each other. The processors are connected to devices for immediately shutting down the escalator or moving walkway and interact with at least one other processor which is provided for controlling and/or diagnosing functions which are not relevant to safety.