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Device for precluding a collision between a mobile object and a fixed or mobile obstacle
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Inventors: Selam, Gabriel;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Schaefer; Robert K.
Assistant Examiner: Feldhaus; John J.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Schellin; Eric P.
The device precludes a collision between a mobile object moving in a predetermined path and a second object in the same path. It comprises a sensor carried by the mobile object which cooperates with a fixed tape disposed along the path. The tape carries a track which has two conductive bands having a predetermined resistivity and the sensor comprises a series circuit having a source of voltage, a threshold circuit, and a wiper element in contact with the bands so as to connect them in series in the circuit. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: 1.
A device for precluding a collision between a mobile object moving in a predetermined path and a second object in the same path, the mobile object including a motor, a source of power for said motor, and a means for interrupting the supply of power from said source to said motor, the device comprising a fixed tape disposed along the path and a sensor carried by the mobile object, said fixed tape comprising a track which has a band having a predetermined resistivity, the sensor comprising a series circuit having a source of voltage, a limit switch comprising the means for interrupting the supply of power, and a wiping means for electrically contacting the band so as to connect said band in series in said circuit, said limit switch interrupting said supply of power from said source to said motor when the resistance presented in said series circuit by said band is reduced to a predetermined value.
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A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a protective tape overlies said resistive band and said sensor comprises means for separating the protective tape from the band.
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A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein there is provided a second wiping means and said track comprises two conductive bands, said wiping means comprising brushes resiliently yieldably biased respectively against said conductive bands.
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A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second object is mobile and there is provided a second sensor comprising its own power interrupting means and a wiping means, the circuitry being such that said source of voltage, said limit switch of the first sensor, the conductive band, and the power interrupting means of the second sensor, are all connected in series through the two wiping means.
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A device as claimed in claim 4, wherein at least one indicator light means is connected for indicating a break in said series circuit.
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A device as claimed in claim 4, wherein a manually actuated switch means for interrupting the operation of the device is connected in series in said circuitry
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