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Safety circuit arrangement for connection or failsafe disconnection of a hazardous installation

US9293285B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 20, 2012
Grant dateMar 22, 2016
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Expiry dateAug 9, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H47/005
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A safety circuit arrangement for failsafe connection or disconnection of a hazardous installation has a control device, which is designed to connect or interrupt, in failsafe fashion, a power supply path to the installation. The safety circuit arrangement also has a signaling device, which is connected to the control device via a two-wire line having a first core and a second core. The signaling device has an actuator, which can change between a defined first state and a second state. Between the two cores is a substantially constant voltage when the actuator is in the second state. A pulse generator in the signaling device causes a voltage dip between the first core and the second core in order to generate a defined pulsed signal comprising a plurality of signal pulses on the lines, when the actuator is in the defined first state.

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