Patent · US Expired

Safety device for a tool powered by an electric motor

US4847721A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 12, 1987
Grant dateJul 11, 1989
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Expiry dateAug 12, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02H7/093
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A safety device for a tool powered by an electric motor. It has a main switch, electronic controls, and a tachometer-generator. In order to provide a device for switching off a motor as a function of motor speed that is simple and economical and that will retain the same nominal switch-off value for the total life of the device, a relay is wired in parallel with the motor and controls the supply of power to the motor through a relay contact.

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