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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2004
Juergen Pullmann, Ebersbach, DE;
Gerhard Ehrlich, Reichenbach, DE;
Juergen Pullmann, Ebersbach, DE;
Gerhard Ehrlich, Reichenbach, DE;
Pilz GmbH & Co., Ostfildern, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus for failsafe disconnection of an electrical load has a first and at least one second safety switching device. The first safety switching device has a first evaluation and control unit, an output and an electronic switching element, for producing a potential-related switching signal at the out-put under the control of the first evaluation and control unit. The second safety switching device has a second evaluation and control unit and an input. The input and the output are connected to one another via a single-channel connecting line, and the input supplies the second evaluation and control unit with the potential-related switching signal from the output of the first safety switching device. In order to fulfill safety standards for such kind of apparatus, the second safety switching device has at least two input circuits to which the potential-related switching signal from the output of the first safety switching device is supplied in a mutually redundant manner.