Patent ID: 7124872

Claim:
A safety device in combination with an industrial machine provided with a control unit and with at least a first and a second parts, said first part being movable in abutment toward the second part that is provided fixed, and with at least one blank being interposable between said first and second parts, the safety device comprising: at least one glove worn by an operator, said glove being provided with first electrically conducting regions and with second nonconducting regions, and constituting, in case of contact with the industrial machine and/or with the blank, a transmitting means for transmitting an electrical signal between the industrial machine and the control unit, in order to stop movement of said first movable part, the safety device further comprising a first electrical circuit, that is electrically separate of the operator and that is open and without current in an operating mode of said machine for movement of said first movable part, said first electrical circuit comprising; said first electrically conducting regions on said glove; said industrial machine; and said transmitting means such that said first electrical circuit is electrically closed when said first movable part makes contact with said first electrically conducting regions for halting the movement of said first movable part.