Movable or removable closures – Safety means responsive to obstruction to closure – Sensing shoe on leading edge
Patent
1997-07-29
1998-11-24
Redman, Jerry
Movable or removable closures
Safety means responsive to obstruction to closure
Sensing shoe on leading edge
200 6143, E05F 1502
Patent
active
058392270
ABSTRACT:
A safety edge for an electrically operated door includes a female housing strip adapted for attachment to an edge of a door and a male actuator strip. The female housing strip has an interior cavity in which is positioned a first electrical contact. The male actuator strip has a second electrical contact. The male actuator is telescopically received in the female housing. The male actuator strip is movable between a first position in which the second electrical contact is spaced from the first electrical contact and a second position in which the second electrical contact engages the first electrical contact.
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Kuharchuk Terrence N.
Redman Jerry
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