Method and device for determining and/or monitoring the state of a protective cover
AssigneeArno Arnold GmbH
InventorsThomas Kreutzer, Wolf-Matthias Mang
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Abstract
A method for determining and/or monitoring the state of a protective cover, includes the steps of a) obtaining a first state value of at least one characteristic physical, mechanical and/or chemical property of the protective cover at a first point in time; and b) obtaining a second state value of the at least one characteristic property of the protective cover at a second point in time, which is to subsequent to the first point in time; and c) comparing the obtained state values; and d) determining the state of the protective cover based on the comparison performed in step c).
Claims16
A method for determining and/or monitoring the state of a protective cover, the method comprising the steps of
- a) obtaining a first state value of at least one characteristic physical, mechanical and/or chemical property of the protective cover at a first point in time;
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- b) obtaining a second state value of the at least one characteristic property of the protective cover at a second point in time, which is subsequent to the first point in time;
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- c) comparing the obtained state values;
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- d) determining the state of the protective cover based on the comparison performed in step c), wherein the characteristic property is translucence, light absorption, light reflection, viscosity, acceleration, speed, elasticity, stiffness, temperature, moisture content, electrical conductivity, pressure force, compressive load, tensile load, pre-load, porosity, weight, brittleness, thickness and/or density, and wherein the protective cover comprises at least one length-adjustable protective cover element, a support frame, at least one frame element and/or a length-adjustable restraining element.
A device for determining and/or monitoring the state of a protective cover, the device comprising
- a) a means for obtaining a first state value of at least one characteristic physical, mechanical and/or chemical property of the protective cover at a first point in time;
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- b) a means for obtaining a second state value of the at least one characteristic property of the protective cover at a second point in time, which is subsequent to the first point in time;
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- c) an evaluation unit for comparing the obtained state values;
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- d) an analysis unit for determining the state of the protective cover based on the comparison performed in item c), wherein the means for obtaining the first state value and the means for obtaining the second state value each register translucence, light absorption, light reflection, viscosity, acceleration, speed, elasticity, stiffness, temperature, moisture content, electrical conductivity, pressure force, compressive load, tensile load, pre-load, porosity, weight, brittleness, thickness and/or density, and wherein the protective cover comprises at least one length-adjustable protective cover element, a support frame, at least one frame element and/or a length-adjustable restraining element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.