Patent ID: 8365897

Claim:
A device ( 1 ) for safety and rescue ( 2 ) for a mountain conveyor belt having a transporting band ( 2 d ), comprising: a flap ( 4 ) slidable between a closed position and an open position; a frontal blade ( 7 ) wherein in the closed position of the flap, a longitudinal edge of the frontal blade ( 7 ) is in at least one of i) a vicinity of an end of the transporting band ( 2 d ) and ii) in contact with the transporting band ( 2 d ), wherein the frontal blade ( 7 ) is one of i) a pressure sensor ii) a pressure-sensitive blade, wherein the frontal blade ( 7 ) is integral with the flap ( 4 ); and a motorized winding tube ( 10 ) arranged to move the sliding flap ( 4 ) between the closed position and the open position responsive to pressure sensed by the frontal blade ( 7 ).