Mechanical device for transmitting signals through a swivel conn

Details Mechanical device for transmitting signals through a swivel conn Mechanical device for transmitting signals through a swivel conn

1985-02-27

1987-07-14

Love, John J.

Motor vehicles

Power

Electric

188 111, 188 112, 200DIG29, 187 9E, B60K 100

Patent

active

046796452

ABSTRACT:
An electromechanical device for transmitting a binary ON-OFF or an analog signal through a rotary connection between two parts of a mechanical system. It is applicable to rotary connections in general but particularly as a warning system for work platforms which employ swivelable casters having operator actuated locks to prevent movement of the platform during work operations. The swivelable caster includes a lock or brake and means for engaging and disengaging the lock. The caster includes a hollow shaft which allows pivoting of the caster The shaft is journaled in the platform base and includes an axially extending actuator operated by the lock or brake actuator to operate an electrical switch carried by a work platform and mounted near the caster shaft for operation whenever the caster brake is engaged regardless of the swivel orientation. Discrete ball bearings are trapped in the hollow shaft and displaced by a wire cable moving between the trapped balls. In its most general form, a transducer on one side of a rotary swivel is actuated by an intermediate plunger which moves inside of a sleeve in a hollow axial shaft or king post. The plunger is moved by a wire or other flexible member which moves transverse to the axis and contacts the end of the plunger and displaces it. In elevating work platform safety, this device is used to sense whether or not a caster and the information is transmitted to safety circuits within the work platform itself.

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