公开(公告)号：US10697587B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-30

申请号：US15515180

申请日：2015-09-28

Applicant: Scott Automation & Robotics Pty Ltd

Inventor： Clyde Mark Campbell

IPC: F16P3/14 ,  B27G19/06 ,  B23D59/00 ,  B23D55/00 ,  B27B13/14 ,  G01V8/10 ,  G01V8/20 ,  A22B5/20 ,  G08B23/00

Abstract: A safety apparatus for protecting an operator of an electrically powered saw from the blade during operation, the saw being of the type including a cutting table through which the blade passes, comprising: an image processing arrangement operable to sense, within a predefined three-dimensional sensing zone, the presence of a glove worn by the operator which has a colour distinguishable by the image sensor from the colour of an object being cut by the blade, the three-dimensional sensing zone being located in a cutting path of the blade; and an electronic controller communicable with the image sensor and operable to control an arresting mechanism to arrest movement of the blade responsive to the coloured glove being detected within the three-dimensional sensing zone.