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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2016
Miller Edge, Inc., West Grove, PA (US);
Bearge Miller, West Chester, PA (US);
Daniel G. Lasley, West Chester, PA (US);
Timothy Castello, West Chester, PA (US);
William Kalin, Peach Bottom, PA (US);
Miller Edge, Inc., West Grove, PA (US);
Abstract
A system and method which allows automatic recognition of any of three common monitored motorized door or gate safety edges or other entrapment protection devices. The invention allows retrofitting existing motorized door operators without enough monitored input ports to allow for more monitored entrapment devices required on laterally moving motorized gates. The system interfaces with obstruction monitoring devices in normally closed, pulsed, or resistive termination operating environments found in entrapment protection systems. Firmware logically analyzes the state of each edge or entrapment protection device to select and direct an appropriate output signal for a motorized gate operator. An operational example is disclosed which provides for up to six different device inputs and two separate outputs for the motorized door operator, which can be configured through dual inline package switches allowing field configuration.