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US 11,447,282 B2Granted
Illuminated door indicator for automated machinery
AssigneeMGS Machine Corporation
InventorRichard Allen Bahr
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Abstract
Lighting elements are disposed within the enclosure doors surrounding an automated material handling machine such as a packaging machine. The clear panels in the door are edge-lit so that the entire door window corresponding to the location of the maintenance notice is illuminated a contrasting color to call the operator's quick attention to that portion of the machine.
Claims20
An illuminated exterior door for a packaging machine, comprising:
- a window;
- a door frame surrounding the window;
- a pocket defined into the door frame and aligned with an edge of the window;
- and
- a light emitting diode (LED) strip disposed within the pocket and arranged to project light into the edge of the window.
2 more elements
A packaging machine system, comprising:
- an enclosure surrounding a packaging machine, the enclosure defining a plurality of doors, each of the plurality of doors are openable for an operator to access a portion of the packaging machine,
- wherein each of the plurality of doors comprises:
- a window;
- a door frame surrounding the window;
- a pocket defined into the door frame and aligned with an edge of the window;
- and
- an LED strip disposed within the pocket and arranged to project light into the edge of the window.
4 more elements
A packaging machine, comprising:
- a plurality of doors that are openable for an operator to access a portion of the packaging machine, wherein each of the plurality of doors comprises:
- a window;
- a door frame surrounding the window;
- a pocket defined into the door frame and aligned with an edge of the window;
- and
- a plurality of lights disposed within the pocket and arranged to project light into the edge of the window.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.