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Safety configuration for an apparatus that can be moved over a surface

US6691811B2 · kind B2 · utility

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7References

18Claims

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Assignee

BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH · DE

Inventors

Thomas Brüntrup · Kissing, DE
Joachim Damrath · Gaggenau, DE
Jürgen Konrad · Erbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 7, 2002
Grant date	Feb 17, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 7, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S180/901
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus that attaches itself to a surface by negative pressure and that can move over the surface, in particular, for carrying out work, to prevent a risk, depending on the alignment of the surface, of the apparatus dropping downward if there is a decrease in an attachment force in the case of malfunctioning includes a safety configuration that monitors detachment of the apparatus from the surface and, in such a case, attaches a retaining configuration, preferably in the form of a suction cup, to the surface, the retaining configuration retaining the movable apparatus on the surface.

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