Monitoring device

US6782769B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Middex-Electronic GmbH · DE

Inventor

• Rainer Ludwig · Bitburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 11, 2001
• Grant date: Aug 31, 2004
• Expiry date: Feb 20, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05B2219/37004
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In order to improve a monitoring device for checking for a predefined position of a body or for checking for the presence of a body, comprising a pivotal checking element, a motor for driving the checking element and a control device for controlling the pivotal movement of the checking element, in such a manner that it is universally employable and, in particular, the exertion of too high a force on a body is prevented, it is proposed that the checking element be adapted to be pivoted commencing from a starting position through a transition region into a monitoring region in which the predefined position of the body lies or in which the presence of a body should be monitored, and that the control device limit the torque of the checking element in such a manner that the maximum possible torque in the monitoring region is reduced relative to that in the transition region.