US 12,753,043 B2Granted

Elevating body derailment detection device

AssigneeMitsubishi Electric Corporation

InventorShinichi Sato

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Abstract

An elevating body derailment detection device includes: a photoelectric sensor provided on an elevating body elevated and lowered along a guide rail, including a light emitter which performs irradiation of light and a photodetector which receives the light, and attached to a position where the photodetector is blocked from receiving the light by the guide rail or a wire provided in parallel with an elevating and lowering direction of the elevating body; and a detector configured to detect that the elevating body is detached from the guide rail. The photodetector receives the light in response to the photoelectric sensor moving from the position. The detector detects that the elevating body is detached from the guide rail when the photodetector receives the light.

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An elevating body derailment detection device comprising:

a photoelectric sensor provided on an elevating body elevated and lowered along a guide rail and including a first light emitter which performs irradiation of first light and a first photodetector which receives the first light;
a wire provided in parallel with an elevating and lowering direction of the elevating body and arranged at a position to block the first photodetector from receiving the first light between the first light emitter and the first photodetector;
a detector configured to detect that the elevating body is detached from the guide rail,
a light emission controller configured to control the first light emitter, wherein
the first photodetector receives the first light in response to the photoelectric sensor moving such that the wire deviates from the position, and
the detector detects that the elevating body is detached from the guide rail when the first photodetector receives the first light, wherein
when the light emission controller controls the first light emitter so as to stop the irradiation of the first light and the detector receives, from the first photodetector, a signal indicating that the first light is received, the detector detects that the first photodetector is in a short-circuit condition;
and
the photoelectric sensor further includes a second light emitter which performs irradiation of second light and a second photodetector which receives the second light,
the position of the wire is a position to block the first photodetector from receiving the first light and not to block the second photodetector from receiving the second light,
the first photodetector receives the first light and the second photodetector is blocked from receiving the second light by the wire in response to the photoelectric sensor moving such that the wire deviates from the position, and
when the signal indicating that the first light is received is not received from the first photodetector and the second photodetector does not receive the second light, the detector detects that the first photodetector is in a disconnection condition.

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An elevating body derailment detection device comprising:

a photoelectric sensor provided on an elevating body elevated and lowered along a guide rail, including a first light emitter which performs irradiation of first light and a photodetector which receives the first light, and attached to a position where the first photodetector is blocked from receiving the first light by the guide rail;
and
a detector configured to detect that the elevating body is detached from the guide rail, wherein
the first photodetector receives the first light in response to the first photoelectric sensor moving from the position, and
the detector detects that the elevating body is detached from the guide rail when the photodetector receives the first light,
wherein the photoelectric sensor further includes a second light emitter which performs irradiation of second light and a second photodetector which receives the second light,
the position of the wire is a position to block the first photodetector from receiving the first light and not to block the second photodetector from receiving the second light,
the first photodetector receives the first light and the second photodetector is blocked from receiving the second light by the wire in response to the photoelectric sensor moving such that the wire deviates from the position, and
the photoelectric sensor further includes a third light emitter which performs irradiation of third light and a third photodetector which receives the third light,
the position of the photoelectric sensor is a position where the first photodetector is blocked from receiving the first light by the guide rail, the second photodetector is blocked from receiving the second light by the guide rail, and the third photodetector is blocked from receiving the third light by the guide rail,
the second light emitter, the second photodetector, the third light emitter and the third photodetector are arranged such that an optical path of the first light exists between an optical path of the second light and an optical path of the third light in a planar view, and
when the signal indicating that the first light is received is not received from the first photodetector, the second photodetector receives the second light and the third photodetector receives the third light, the detector detects that the first photodetector is in the disconnection condition.

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Abstract

An elevating body derailment detection device comprising:

a photoelectric sensor provided on an elevating body elevated and lowered along a guide rail and including a first light emitter which performs irradiation of first light and a first photodetector which receives the first light;
a wire provided in parallel with an elevating and lowering direction of the elevating body and arranged at a position to block the first photodetector from receiving the first light between the first light emitter and the first photodetector;
a detector configured to detect that the elevating body is detached from the guide rail,
a light emission controller configured to control the first light emitter, wherein
the first photodetector receives the first light in response to the photoelectric sensor moving such that the wire deviates from the position, and
the detector detects that the elevating body is detached from the guide rail when the first photodetector receives the first light, wherein
when the light emission controller controls the first light emitter so as to stop the irradiation of the first light and the detector receives, from the first photodetector, a signal indicating that the first light is received, the detector detects that the first photodetector is in a short-circuit condition;
and
the photoelectric sensor further includes a second light emitter which performs irradiation of second light and a second photodetector which receives the second light,
the position of the wire is a position to block the first photodetector from receiving the first light and not to block the second photodetector from receiving the second light,
the first photodetector receives the first light and the second photodetector is blocked from receiving the second light by the wire in response to the photoelectric sensor moving such that the wire deviates from the position, and
when the signal indicating that the first light is received is not received from the first photodetector and the second photodetector does not receive the second light, the detector detects that the first photodetector is in a disconnection condition.

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