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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2015
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jeffrey Kyle Werner, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Alexander Cyrus Salimian, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Robert Scott Bollinger, Stewartstown, PA (US);
Robert Paul Gordon, Quincy, MA (US);
Keith Andrew Swenson, Milton, MA (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A safety device for a mechanical motion device and a method for protecting a person or object in the vicinity of a mechanical motion device are described herein. The safety device may include: a shroud; a coupling mechanism; and a detection device. The coupling mechanism joins the shroud in a displaceable manner to a mechanical motion device. The detection device is configured for communication with the safety control system of a mechanical motion device. The detection device is capable of detecting misalignment of the shroud from its initial aligned position and/or a collision between the shroud and a person or object. The detection device may send a signal to the safety control system of the mechanical motion device to at least slow the movement of the mechanical motion device before the mechanical motion device reaches the location of the collision of the shroud with an object or person.