Trolley detection and safety system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11536300-B2
Application number	US-201716076119-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 7, 2017
Priority date	Feb 15, 2016
Publication date	Dec 27, 2022
Grant date	Dec 27, 2022

Abstract

This invention relates to a method to detect the connection between two food processing—, food-preparation and/or handling-devices (1, 2), wherein one device (1) comprises detection means (31) with a sensor (6) and sensor activation means (18). The invention further relates to a set with a first device (1) and a second food processing—, food preparation and/or handling device (2), which are reversibly connected wherein the first device (1) comprises a safety device (10, 20) with a sensor (6) and an activation means (18).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
detecting a connection between a device and a trolley,
wherein the trolley comprises a trolley guide;
wherein the device comprises detection means with a lever, a sensor, and sensor activation means, and
wherein during the connection, the sensor and the sensor activation means are both displaced by the trolley guide, independently from each other, from a remote position into an activated position, and vice versa.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor and the sensor activation means are displaced relative to one another via an intermediate from the remote position into the activated position, and vice versa, and
wherein during the displacement, a distance between the sensor and the sensor activation means first increases and then decreases.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor and/or the sensor activation means is pivoted from the remote position to the activated position, and vice versa.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the device is locked at the trolley when the sensor and/or the sensor activation means are in the activated position.

5. Set of a device and a trolley,
wherein the trolley comprises a trolley guide,
wherein the device comprises detection means with a lever, a sensor, and a sensor activation means,
wherein during a connection, the sensor and the sensor activation means are both displaced by the trolley guide, independently from each other, from a remote position into an activated position, and vice versa.

6. The set according to claim 5 , wherein during the displacement, a distance between the sensor and the sensor activation means first increases and then decreases.

7. The set according to claim 5 , wherein the sensor and the sensor activation means are provided at the lever, respectively.

8. The set according to claim 7 , wherein a length between an end of the lever and the sensor is different than a length between the end of the lever and the sensor activation means.

9. The set according to claim 5 , wherein the lever is connected to and/or comprises a locking means, which locks the trolley and the device.

10. The set according to claim 5 , wherein a safety device is surrounded by a cover.

11. The set according to claim 5 , wherein the sensor and/or the sensor activation means are forced into the remote position by gravity or spring-force.

12. The set according to claim 5 , wherein the device and/or the trolley comprise identification means.

13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the device is a mixer.

14. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a connection is detected between the device and two trolleys.

15. The set according to claim 5 , wherein the device is a mixer.

Assignees

• Gea Food Solutions Bakel Bv

Inventors

• Van De Kerkhof Paulus Petrus Johannus Lambertus
• Faber Petrus Johannes Adrianus

Classifications

• B62B5/00

  Accessories or details specially adapted for hand carts ({B62B3/1404} , B62B9/00 take precedence; wheels, axles, or axle bearings for vehicles B60B; castors for vehicles, castors in general B60B33/00) · CPC title

• G06K17/0022 Primary

  arrangements or provisions for transferring data to distant stations, e.g. from a sensing device ("transfer between computer elements G06F13/00 "; data-transmission H04L) · CPC title

• F16B2/185 Primary

  using levers · CPC title

• G06K17/00

  Methods or arrangements for effecting co-operative working between equipments covered by two or more of main groups G06K1/00 - G06K15/00, e.g. automatic card files incorporating conveying and reading operations · CPC title

• A22C18/00 Primary

  Plants, factories, or the like for processing meat (for processing poultry only A22C21/00; for processing fish only A22C25/00) · CPC title