Mobile machine hazardous working zone warning system

Patent Application · Tue Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1996

OSTI ID:663612

Schiffbauer, W H; Ganoe, C W

A warning system is provided for a mobile working machine to alert an individual of a potentially dangerous condition in the event the individual strays into a hazardous working zone of the machine. The warning system includes a transmitter mounted on the machine and operable to generate a uniform magnetic field projecting beyond an outer periphery of the machine in defining a hazardous working zone around the machine during operation thereof. A receiver, carried by the individual and activated by the magnetic field, provides an alarm signal to alert the individual when he enters the hazardous working zone of the machine.

• Research Organization: Dept. of Energy, Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center, PA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
• Assignee: US Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
• Patent Number(s): PATENTS-US-A8733846
• Application Number: ON: DE98007410; PAN: 8-733,846; NC: NONE; TRN: AHC29818%%450
• OSTI ID: 663612
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 1996
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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