Patents Assigned to Elevator Industry Work Preservation Fund
  • Publication number: 20220048731
    Abstract: A safety device for a path that is traversed to enter a region in which danger to an individual is heightened due to operation of a machine includes at least one sensor installed along the path so as to detect the individual thereat, which compels the sensor to generate a signal. A lockout mechanism is deployed that compels the machine into a non-operational state in response to receiving the signal from the sensor. The lockout mechanism ensures the machine remains in the non-operational state when the signal from the sensor is removed therefrom. A reset circuit is deployed that, in response to activation thereof, compels the lockout mechanism to allow the machine into the operational state from the non-operational state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: Elevator Industry Work Preservation Fund
    Inventor: H. Scott Russell