(19)
(11) EP 0 621 223 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
02.11.1995 Bulletin 1995/44

(43) Date of publication A2:
26.10.1994 Bulletin 1994/43

(21) Application number: 94105757.2

(22) Date of filing: 14.04.1994
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: B66B 5/20
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 23.04.1993 IT TO930276

(71) Applicant: SOILMEC S.p.A.
I-47023 Cesena (Province of Forli) (IT)

(72) Inventor:
  • Trevisani, Davide
    I-47023 Cesena (Forli) (IT)

(74) Representative: Lotti, Giorgio et al
c/o Ing. Barzanò & Zanardo Milano S.p.A. Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 61
I-10128 Torino
I-10128 Torino (IT)


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    (54) Anti-fall safety device


    (57) A safety device is disclosed for stopping the fall of a carriage (1) slidably mounted to non horizontal guides (3) and suspended by a series of tensile stressed sustaining members (2, 4).
    The safety device comprises means (5) capable of detecting a breaking occurring in said series of tensile stressed sustaining members (2, 4). The detecting means (5) are mounted to the carriage (1) and operationally connected to locking means (8) fitted on the carriage and adjacent the guides (3). The locking means (8) are movable from a starting non-operational position close to the guides (3) to a final operational position in which the locking means (8) engage the guides (3), whereby the carriage (1) is stopped from falling.






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