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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2007
Medi Mohtasham, Astley, GB;
Hamed Faridfar, Altherton, GB;
Medi Mohtasham, Astley, GB;
Hamed Faridfar, Altherton, GB;
Idem Safety Switches Limited, Leigh, GB;
Abstract
A safety switchused in conjunction with a cable as a machine guard, the switch being actuated to cut power to attendant machinery when a predetermined tension in the cable is varied by for example pulling the cable, or the cable becoming loose. The switchcomprising a sliding camwhich is connected to a connection pointfor the cable via a spring loaded shaftwhich shaft also supplies said predetermined tension and acts to move said sliding camin a first plane when the predetermined tension is varied. The sliding camthen acts on a transverse cammoving it in a plane transversely disposed to said first plane which in turn acts to cut said power