System for protecting persons underground from dangerous areas
First Claim
1. A system for protecting persons engaged in underground operations from danger areas, comprising in combination a plurality of miner'"'"'s head lamps;
- a plurality of continuously operating signal transmitters each connected to a respective one of said miner'"'"'s head lamps in such a manner that when the head lamps are worn the signal transmitters must be carried along by the wearers;
signal reception means positioned at a danger area and responsive to signals transmitted by said signal transmitters;
means for establishing a definite zone within which a transmitter must be located to be detected by said reception means; and
electric means for automatically initiating a safeguarding operation when a respective one of said transmitters enters said zone.
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Abstract
Each person underground in the mine carries in his helmet lamp a continuously operating transmitter the signal of which is detected by a receiver. The receiver or the antenna thereof is installed, in one embodiment, in a Faraday cage that surrounds the dangerous area, such as the feed side of the crushing machine or the delivery end of a conveyor. In another embodiment, directional antennas are located at the approaches to a blasting area, for example. In either case, when a signal is detected indicating the presence of a person in the danger zone, in the case of the Faraday cage, or near the danger zone, the conveyor is stopped or a warning is sounded, as the case may be.
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17 Claims
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1. A system for protecting persons engaged in underground operations from danger areas, comprising in combination a plurality of miner'"'"'s head lamps;
- a plurality of continuously operating signal transmitters each connected to a respective one of said miner'"'"'s head lamps in such a manner that when the head lamps are worn the signal transmitters must be carried along by the wearers;
signal reception means positioned at a danger area and responsive to signals transmitted by said signal transmitters;
means for establishing a definite zone within which a transmitter must be located to be detected by said reception means; and
electric means for automatically initiating a safeguarding operation when a respective one of said transmitters enters said zone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
- a plurality of continuously operating signal transmitters each connected to a respective one of said miner'"'"'s head lamps in such a manner that when the head lamps are worn the signal transmitters must be carried along by the wearers;
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