Machine protection device
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorsChristian Stoiber, Robert Scheibenpflug
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Abstract
A protection mechanism for a machine, used for monitoring and securing the position of doors and/or positionable machine parts, having a central safety bracket movably supported relative to the doors and/or the positionable machine parts, and configured such that it can only be closed when all the doors are closed and all the machine parts are at an operating position, and a central safety switch which monitors the position of the central safety bracket.
Claims15
A protection mechanism for a machine, used for monitoring and securing the position of at least one of a group including one or more doors and one or more positionable machine parts comprising:
- a central safety bracket, which is movably supported relative to the at least one of the group of doors and the positionable machine parts, the central safety bracket configured such that it can only be closed when all the doors are closed and all the machine parts (80) are at an operating position, and
- a central safety switch, which monitors the position of the central safety bracket.
A protection mechanism for a cold-glue unit comprising a gluing roller, a vertically adjustable drive motor for the gluing roller, a lever for raising the drive motor to an inspection position, at least one door as an inspection access and a removable protective mask for a label container, the protection mechanism being provided for monitoring and securing the position of the doors, the protective mask and the vertically adjustable drive motor for the gluing roller and comprising the following components:
- a central safety bracket, which is movably supported relative to the doors, the protective mask and the vertically adjustable drive motor and configured such that it can only be closed when all the doors are closed and the vertically adjustable drive motor is at an operating position, and
- a central safety switch, which monitors the position of the central safety bracket, and the presence of the protective mask.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.