Chamber conveyor belt machine
AssigneeMultivac Sepp HaggenmüLler SE & Co. KG
InventorsMaximilian Brunner, Rainer Häring, Konrad Mössnang
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Abstract
A chamber conveyor belt machine having a machine frame, a chamber cover with two or more columns and a lifting device for lifting the chamber cover. The lifting device may include a safety system that includes a latching rail that cooperates with a latching hook disposed on at least one of the two columns. The safety system may include one or more sensors for determining whether the lifting device is working correctly or is in a failure condition. The safety system may prevent the chamber conveyor belt machine from operating if a failure condition is sensed.
Claims13
A chamber conveyor belt machine comprising:
- a machine frame;
- a chamber cover with two columns;
- a lifting device for lifting the chamber cover, the lifting device having a safety system, wherein the safety system includes a latching rail that cooperates with a latching hook disposed on at least one of the two columns.
A method for operating a chamber conveyor belt machine, the method comprising:
- carrying out a functional test prior to a machine start of the chamber conveyor belt machine;
- wherein carrying out the functional test step comprises extending a chamber cover into its uppermost position, disposing a safety system in an open position, and verifying the safety system is in the open position using a first sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.