Patent ID: 9212513
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: E05F,E05Y

Abstract:
1. A driving device for entering and exiting mechanisms of a public transportation vehicle, comprising a drive unit arranged within a rotary column and drives this rotary column by rotating the rotary column about a longitudinal axis Z-Z during opening and closing operations of the entering and exiting mechanisms, wherein the driving device is held on the vehicle and the drive unit features a driving motor, a non-self-locking step-down gear and controllable blocking means configured to block a rotation of the rotary column, wherein the driving device comprises a sensor configured to measure a magnitude of an external force acting upon the driving device, wherein the driving device furthermore features means for evaluating a plurality of signals of the sensor and canceling a blocking effect of the blocking means when a limiting value of an external force measured by the sensor is exceeded.