EP0715766B1 - Safety switch - Google Patents

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EP0715766B1
EP0715766B1 EP94920972A EP94920972A EP0715766B1 EP 0715766 B1 EP0715766 B1 EP 0715766B1 EP 94920972 A EP94920972 A EP 94920972A EP 94920972 A EP94920972 A EP 94920972A EP 0715766 B1 EP0715766 B1 EP 0715766B1
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    • H01HELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H27/00Switches operated by a removable member, e.g. key, plug or plate; Switches operated by setting members according to a single predetermined combination out of several possible settings
    • H01H27/002Switches operated by a removable member, e.g. key, plug or plate; Switches operated by setting members according to a single predetermined combination out of several possible settings wherein one single insertion movement of a key comprises an unlocking stroke and a switch actuating stroke, e.g. security switch for safety guards

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  • the invention relates to a safety switch which has the features of the preamble of claim 1.
  • a larger number of switching wheels having driver elements are assembled to form a roller.
  • the ratchet wheels each have a slot in the same arrangement and the same position, the boundary surface of which forms a cam track for controlling the movement of a switch actuator.
  • a pin penetrating all the slots parallel to the axis of rotation of the switching wheels rests on each of the cam tracks and is connected to the switch actuator in the region of its two ends via a bracket each with the formation of a logical AND link. Due to their different widths, the driver elements of the ratchet wheels form a coded row of insertion openings for sections of different widths of a single crossbar of a key assigned to the safety switch.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object of providing a safety switch of the type mentioned at the outset which enables the use of a coded key, but nevertheless requires little additional effort compared to safety switches with a non-coded key and in particular is not susceptible to faults.
  • This object is achieved by a safety switch with the features of claim 1.
  • the safety switch according to the invention is less complex than the previously known safety switch, and the additional effort is greater than safety switches with a non-coded key relatively small, especially since the key does not have to have webs with sections of different widths.
  • the cam tracks formed by parts of the circumferential surface make the safety switch insensitive to faults because jams cannot occur.
  • the fact that the key has a longitudinal zone for each ratchet wheel, each with a crossbar, also contributes to the susceptibility to interference. This significantly improves the stability of the key and its guidance in the key channel compared to a key with a single, relatively long crossbar.
  • each cross bar of the key must be designed so that it can enter between two flanks of the associated driver element. It is therefore advantageous to design the driver element of each ratchet wheel as a slot in the ratchet wheel that is open to the circumference. Then, however, it is necessary to provide a receptacle in the key following each of the transverse webs, into which the material part of the associated switching wheel adjoining the slot in the circumferential direction can enter.
  • a stepped at its front end according to the arrangement of the crosspieces key can be avoided by having a between the front end and the crosspiece Provides recess in which the ratchet wheel can enter.
  • the tongues laterally delimiting the cutouts can serve to release a rotary lock of the switching wheels.
  • a mechanically coded safety switch has a switch 2 in a housing 1, which can be opened or closed against the force of a spring 4 by means of a plunger 3 which can be displaced in its longitudinal direction and, if the plunger 3 permits it, can be closed or opened by the spring 4 .
  • Both the first ratchet wheel 5 and the second ratchet wheel 6 are each provided with a radially extending slot 7 or 8, which is open to the circumference, and a control cam 9 or 10, which are formed by part of the peripheral surface of the ratchet wheel 5 or 6 is.
  • Both in their course formed control cams 9 and 10 form at one end a wedge-shaped groove 9 'and 10', whose cross-sectional profile corresponds approximately to that of the end 3 'of the plunger 3, so that this end 3' in the two grooves 9 'and 10 'can penetrate.
  • the bottom of the grooves 9 'and 10' has the smallest distance of all sections of the control cam from the axis of rotation of the switching wheels 5 and 6. From the groove 9 'or 10', the control curve 9 or 10 rises continuously to its other end.
  • the two ratchet wheels 5 and 6 differ only by different angles between the slot 7 and the groove 9 'or between the slot 8 and the groove 10'. In the exemplary embodiment, this angle is 225 ° or 135 ° for the first switching wheel 7, depending on the counting direction, and 180 ° for the second switching wheel 6.
  • the safety switch also has a coded key 11, which has the shape of a flat rail and can be inserted into a key channel 12 of the housing, which is in a plane parallel to the axis of rotation of the switching wheels 5 and 6 lies and runs perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the plunger 3. Both ratchet wheels 5 and 6 protrude into the key channel 12.
  • the key 11 guided laterally in the key channel 12 has two longitudinal zones, one of which is aligned with the first switching wheel 5 and the other with the second switching wheel 6 when the key 11 is located in the key channel 12 over at least part of its length. As shown in FIG.
  • a transverse web 13 is provided in the longitudinal zone aligned with the first ratchet 5 at a distance from the front end 11 'of the key, the thickness of which is selected so that it can engage in the slot 7.
  • a recess 14 Between the crosspiece 13 and the front end 11 'of the key 11 there is a recess 14, the width of which is greater than the width of the first switching wheel 5.
  • the crosspiece 13 separates this recess 14 from a slot-shaped recess 15 which, like the recess 14 is so wide that the first ratchet 5 can enter it.
  • its length is selected to be somewhat larger than the length of the material portion of the first ratchet wheel 5 entering the recess 15, measured in the longitudinal direction of the recess 15.
  • the second longitudinal zone of the key 11 lying next to the first longitudinal zone, which is aligned with the second ratchet wheel 6 when the key 11 is in the key channel, is provided with a recess 16 which extends from a crosspiece 17 to the front end of the key 11 extends and how the recess 14 has a width which is slightly larger than the width of the second ratchet wheel 6 measured in the axial direction.
  • the cross bar 17 of the second longitudinal zone is opposite the cross bar 13 of the first Longitudinal zone offset to the rear, which is why the recess 16 has a greater extent in the longitudinal direction of the key than the recess 14.
  • the transverse web 17 separates the recess 16 from a slot-shaped recess 18 which has the same width as the recess 16. Therefore, it can penetrate the second ratchet 6 when it from Crosspiece 17 is rotated into the switch-on position shown in FIG. 6. Since the peripheral part of the ratchet wheel 2, which penetrates into the slot-shaped recess 18 when it rotates, is shorter in accordance with the smaller angle of rotation of the second ratchet wheel 6 and thus the displacement of the crossbar 17 relative to the crossbar 13, the slot-shaped recess 18 ends at the same distance from the front Key end like the slot-shaped recess 15. The sum of the extent of the slot-shaped recess, the crossbar and the recess measured in the longitudinal direction of the key is therefore the same in both longitudinal zones.
  • the recesses 14 and 16 are not required for rotating the switching wheels 5 and 6 by means of the crossbars 13 and 17, respectively.
  • the crossbars 13 and 17 could therefore form the front key end in the area of the first and second longitudinal zones.
  • the reason why the cutouts 14 and 16 are provided in the exemplary embodiment, the front key end is thus formed by three tongues, is that the two switching wheels 5 and 6 are assigned locking elements, not shown, which must be brought into their unlocked position before the Ratchets 2 and 3 can be rotated. This unlocking of the two switching wheels 5 and 6 takes place by means of the tongues of the key 11 which laterally delimit the cutouts 14 and 16.
  • the two switching wheels 5 and 6 are first rotated synchronously and the switch 2 is actuated. As soon as the second ratchet wheel 6 has reached the position shown in FIG. 3, only the first ratchet wheel 5 is rotated until its slot 7 is aligned with the slot 8 and releases the crosspiece 13 of the first longitudinal zone.

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In a safety switch having a switch-actuating member, a rotatably mounted ratchet wheel (5) with a curved track for controlling the movement of the switch actuating member and a driver element that is offset from the curved track in the circumferential direction, and a key (11) that can be inserted in a key channel and that has a crosspiece (13) which cooperates with the driver element to impart the key movement to the ratchet wheel (5), the key (11) has, besides the longitudinal region with crosspiece (13), at least one additional longitudinal region with a crosspiece. At least one of the crosspieces (13, 17) of the key (11) is offset from at least one of the other crosspieces in the direction of movement of the key (11). Besides the ratchet wheel (5), there is at least one additional ratchet wheel (6) with a curved track (10) and a driver element (8). All ratchet wheels (5, 6) can be rotated independently of one another. The switch-actuating member is coupled with each of the ratchet wheels (5, 6) through a logical AND operation.

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Die Erfindung betrifft einen Sicherheitsschalter, der die Merkmale des Oberbegriffs des Anspruches 1 aufweist.The invention relates to a safety switch which has the features of the preamble of claim 1.

Bei einem bekannten Sicherheitsschalter dieser Art (DE-C 4 303 367) ist eine größere Anzahl von Mitnehmerelemente aufweisender Schalträder zu einer Walze zusammengesetzt. Die Schalträder weisen in gleicher Anordnung und gleicher Position je einen Schlitz auf, dessen Begrenzungsfläche eine Kurvenbahn zur Steuerung der Bewegung eines Schalterbetätigungsgliedes bildet. Ein alle Schlitze parallel zur Drehachse der Schalträder durchdringender Stift liegt an jeder der Kurvenbahnen an und ist im Bereich seiner beiden Enden über je einen Bügel unter Bildung einer logischen UND-Verknüpfung mit dem Schalterbetätigungsglied verbunden. Die Mitnehmerelemente der Schalträder bilden infolge einer unterschiedlichen Weite eine kodierte Reihe von Einführungsöffnungen für unterschiedlich breite Abschnitte eines einzigen Quersteges eines dem Sicherheitsschalter zugeordneten Schlüssels. Nur mittels des zugeordneten Schlüssels können deshalb alle Schalträder gleichzeitig gedreht werden, was Voraussetzung für eine Schalterbetätigung ist. Wenn nämlich nicht alle Schalträder gleichzeitig und zwangsläufig mittels des Schlüssels gedreht werden, verklemmt der Stift in den Schlitzen der Schalträder. Zwar wird dadurch die Betätigung des Schalters verhindert. Solche Verklemmungen können aber im Laufe der Zeit zu Störungen selbst bei einer Benutzung des zugehörigen Schlüssels führen.In a known safety switch of this type (DE-C 4 303 367), a larger number of switching wheels having driver elements are assembled to form a roller. The ratchet wheels each have a slot in the same arrangement and the same position, the boundary surface of which forms a cam track for controlling the movement of a switch actuator. A pin penetrating all the slots parallel to the axis of rotation of the switching wheels rests on each of the cam tracks and is connected to the switch actuator in the region of its two ends via a bracket each with the formation of a logical AND link. Due to their different widths, the driver elements of the ratchet wheels form a coded row of insertion openings for sections of different widths of a single crossbar of a key assigned to the safety switch. Therefore, all ratchet wheels can only be turned at the same time using the assigned key, which is a prerequisite for operating a switch. If not all ratchet wheels are rotated simultaneously and inevitably by means of the key, the pin jams in the slots of the ratchet wheels. This prevents the switch from being actuated. Such deadlocks can, however, lead to malfunctions over time even when the associated key is used.

Der Erfindung liegt daher die Aufgabe zugrunde, einen Sicherheitsschalter der eingangs genannten Art zu schaffen, der den Einsatz eines kodierten Schlüssels ermöglicht, dennoch aber einen geringen Mehraufwand gegenüber Sicherheitsschaltern mit nicht kodiertem Schlüssel benötigt und insbesondere störunanfällig ist. Diese Aufgabe löst ein Sicherheitsschalter mit den Merkmalen des Anspruches 1.The invention is therefore based on the object of providing a safety switch of the type mentioned at the outset which enables the use of a coded key, but nevertheless requires little additional effort compared to safety switches with a non-coded key and in particular is not susceptible to faults. This object is achieved by a safety switch with the features of claim 1.

Da die Schalträder nicht mit einem die Kurvenbahn bildenden Schlitz versehen zu sein brauchen, weil die Kurvenbahn durch einen Teil der Umfangsfläche gebildet ist, ist der erfindungsgemäße Sicherheitsschalter weniger aufwendig als der eingangs genannte, vorbekannte Sicherheitsschalter, und der Mehraufwand gegenüber Sicherheitsschaltern mit nicht kodiertem Schlüssel ist relativ gering, zumal der Schlüssel keine Stege mit Abschnitten unterschiedlicher Breite aufzuweisen braucht. Außerdem machen die durch Teile der Umfangsfläche gebildeten Kurvenbahnen den Sicherheitsschalter störunanfällig, weil es nicht zu Verklemmungen kommen kann. Zu der Störunanfälligkeit trägt ferner bei, daß der Schlüssel je eine Längszone für jedes Schaltrad mit je einem Quersteg aufweist. Hierdurch wird die Stabilität des Schlüssels und dessen Führung im Schlüsselkanal gegenüber einem Schlüssel mit einem einzigen, relativ langen Quersteg deutlich verbessert.Since the switching wheels do not have to be provided with a slot forming the cam track, because the cam track is formed by part of the circumferential surface, the safety switch according to the invention is less complex than the previously known safety switch, and the additional effort is greater than safety switches with a non-coded key relatively small, especially since the key does not have to have webs with sections of different widths. In addition, the cam tracks formed by parts of the circumferential surface make the safety switch insensitive to faults because jams cannot occur. The fact that the key has a longitudinal zone for each ratchet wheel, each with a crossbar, also contributes to the susceptibility to interference. This significantly improves the stability of the key and its guidance in the key channel compared to a key with a single, relatively long crossbar.

Da ein zwangsläufiges Drehen der Schaltwalzen beim Herausziehen des Schlüssels aus dem Sicherheitsschalter verlangt wird, muß jeder Quersteg des Schlüssels so ausgebildet sein, daß er zwischen zwei Flanken des zugeordneten Mitnehmerelementes eintreten kann. Es ist deshalb vorteilhaft, das Mitnehmerelement jedes Schaltrades als einen zum Umfang hin offenen Schlitz im Schaltrad auszubilden. Dann ist es allerdings erforderlich, im Anschluß an jeden der Querstege eine Aufnahme im Schlüssel vorzusehen, in welche die sich an den Schlitz in Umfangsrichtung anschließende Materialpartie des zugeordneten Schaltrades eintreten kann.Since an inevitable rotation of the shift drums is required when the key is removed from the safety switch, each cross bar of the key must be designed so that it can enter between two flanks of the associated driver element. It is therefore advantageous to design the driver element of each ratchet wheel as a slot in the ratchet wheel that is open to the circumference. Then, however, it is necessary to provide a receptacle in the key following each of the transverse webs, into which the material part of the associated switching wheel adjoining the slot in the circumferential direction can enter.

Ein an seinem vorderen Ende entsprechend der Anordnung der Querstege gestufter Schlüssel kann dadurch vermieden werden, daß man zwischen dem vorderen Ende und dem Quersteg eine Aussparung vorsieht, in dem das Schaltrad eintreten kann. Die die Aussparungen seitlich begrenzenden Zungen können dazu dienen, eine Drehsperre der Schalträder zu lösen.A stepped at its front end according to the arrangement of the crosspieces key can be avoided by having a between the front end and the crosspiece Provides recess in which the ratchet wheel can enter. The tongues laterally delimiting the cutouts can serve to release a rotary lock of the switching wheels.

Im folgenden ist die Erfindung anhand eines in der Zeichnung dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiels im einzelnen erläutert. Es zeigen in schematischer Darstellung

Fig. 1
eine Draufsicht auf die Schalträder und den Schlüssel in der Stellung zu Beginn der Drehbewegung der Schalträder beim Einführen des Schlüssels,
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eine Seitenansicht des ersten Schaltrades, des ihm zugeordneten Teils des Schlüssels und des Schalters mit Schalterbetätigungsglied in der Stellung gemäß Fig. 1,
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eine Seitenansicht des zweiten Schaltrades, des ihm zugeordneten Teils des Schlüssels und des Schalters mit Stößel in der Stellung gemäß Fig. 1,
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eine Draufsicht auf die Schalträder und den Schlüssel am Ende der Drehbewegung der Schalter beim Einführen des Schlüssels,
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eine Seitenansicht entsprechend Fig. 2 des ersten Schaltrades in der Stellung gemäß Fig. 4,
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eine Seitenansicht des zweiten Schaltrades in der Stellung gemäß Fig. 4.
The invention is explained in detail below using an exemplary embodiment shown in the drawing. They show a schematic representation
Fig. 1
a plan view of the ratchet wheels and the key in the position at the beginning of the rotary movement of the ratchet wheels when inserting the key,
Fig. 2
2 shows a side view of the first ratchet wheel, the part of the key assigned to it and the switch with switch actuator in the position according to FIG. 1,
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a side view of the second ratchet wheel, the part of the key assigned to it and the switch with plunger in the position shown in FIG. 1,
Fig. 4
a plan view of the switching wheels and the key at the end of the rotary movement of the switch when inserting the key,
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3 shows a side view corresponding to FIG. 2 of the first ratchet wheel in the position according to FIG. 4,
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a side view of the second ratchet in the position shown in FIG .. 4

Ein mechanisch kodierter Sicherheitsschalter weist in einem Gehäuse 1 einen Schalter 2 auf, der mittels eines in seiner Längsrichtung verschiebbaren Stößels 3 entgegen der Kraft einer Feder 4 geöffnet oder geschlossen und, wenn der Stößel 3 es gestattet, von der Feder 4 geschlossen oder geöffnet werden kann.A mechanically coded safety switch has a switch 2 in a housing 1, which can be opened or closed against the force of a spring 4 by means of a plunger 3 which can be displaced in its longitudinal direction and, if the plunger 3 permits it, can be closed or opened by the spring 4 .

Das vom Schalter 2 wegweisende Ende 3' des Stößels 3, das die Form eines an seiner Spitze abgerundeten Keiles hat, weist gegen ein erstes Schaltrad 5 und ein neben diesem angeordnetes, zweites Schaltrad 6 auf, die unabhängig voneinander drehbar im Gehäuse 1 gelagert sind, wobei die Drehachse die Längsachse des Stößels 3 lotrecht schneidet. Sowohl das erste Schaltrad 5 als auch das zweite Schaltrad 6 ist mit je einem radial verlaufenden, zum Umfang hin offenen Schlitz 7 bzw. 8 sowie je einer Steuerkurve 9 bzw. 10 versehen, welche durch einen Teil der Umfangsfläche des Schaltrades 5 bzw. 6 gebildet ist. Beide in ihrem Verlauf gleich ausgebildete Steuerkurven 9 und 10 bilden an ihrem einen Ende eine keilförmige Nut 9' bzw. 10', deren Querschnittsprofil etwa demjenigen des Endes 3' des Stößels 3 entspricht, damit dieses Ende 3' in die beiden Nuten 9' und 10' eindringen kann. Der Grund der Nuten 9' und 10' weist den geringsten Abstand aller Abschnitte der Steuerkurve von der Drehachse der Schalträder 5 und 6 auf. Von der Nut 9' bzw. 10' an steigt die Steuerkurve 9 bzw. 10 ständig bis zu ihrem anderen Ende an. Die beiden Schalträder 5 und 6 unterscheiden sich nur durch unterschiedliche Winkel zwischen dem Schlitz 7 und der Nut 9' bzw. zwischen dem Schlitz 8 und der Nut 10'. Im Ausführungsbeispiel beträgt dieser Winkel beim ersten Schaltrad 7 je nach Zählrichtung 225° bzw. 135° und beim zweiten Schaltrad 6 180°.The end 3 'of the plunger 3 pointing away from the switch 2, which has the shape of a wedge rounded at its tip, has against a first switching wheel 5 and a second switching wheel 6 arranged next to it, which are rotatably mounted in the housing 1 independently of one another, wherein the axis of rotation intersects the longitudinal axis of the plunger 3 perpendicular. Both the first ratchet wheel 5 and the second ratchet wheel 6 are each provided with a radially extending slot 7 or 8, which is open to the circumference, and a control cam 9 or 10, which are formed by part of the peripheral surface of the ratchet wheel 5 or 6 is. Both in their course formed control cams 9 and 10 form at one end a wedge-shaped groove 9 'and 10', whose cross-sectional profile corresponds approximately to that of the end 3 'of the plunger 3, so that this end 3' in the two grooves 9 'and 10 'can penetrate. The bottom of the grooves 9 'and 10' has the smallest distance of all sections of the control cam from the axis of rotation of the switching wheels 5 and 6. From the groove 9 'or 10', the control curve 9 or 10 rises continuously to its other end. The two ratchet wheels 5 and 6 differ only by different angles between the slot 7 and the groove 9 'or between the slot 8 and the groove 10'. In the exemplary embodiment, this angle is 225 ° or 135 ° for the first switching wheel 7, depending on the counting direction, and 180 ° for the second switching wheel 6.

Der Sicherheitsschalter weist ferner einen kodierten Schlüssel 11 auf, der die Form einer Flachschiene hat und in einen Schlüsselkanal 12 des Gehäuses einführbar ist, welcher in einer zur Drehachse der Schalträder 5 und 6 parallelen Ebene liegt und lotrecht zur Längsachse des Stößels 3 verläuft. In den Schlüsselkanal 12 ragen beide Schalträder 5 und 6 hinein. Der im Schlüsselkanal 12 seitlich geführte Schlüssel 11 weist zwei Längszonen auf, von denen die eine auf das erste Schaltrad 5 und die andere auf das zweite Schaltrad 6 ausgerichtet ist, wenn sich der Schlüssel 11 zumindest auf einem Teil seiner Länge im Schlüsselkanal 12 befindet. Wie insbesondere Fig. 1 zeigt, ist in der auf das erste Schaltrad 5 ausgerichteten Längszone im Abstand vom vorderen Ende 11' des Schlüssels ein Quersteg 13 vorgesehen, dessen Stärke so gewählt ist, daß er in den Schlitz 7 eingreifen kann. Zwischen dem Quersteg 13 und dem vorderen Ende 11' des Schlüssels 11 ist eine Aussparung 14 vorhanden, deren Breite größer ist als die Breite des ersten Schaltrades 5. Der Quersteg 13 trennt diese Aussparung 14 von einer schlitzförmigen Ausnehmung 15, welche ebenso wie die Aussparung 14 so breit ist, daß in sie das erste Schaltrad 5 eintreten kann. Außerdem ist ihre Länge etwas größer gewählt als die in der Längsrichtung der Ausnehmung 15 gemessene Länge der in die Ausnehmung 15 eintretenden Materialpartie des ersten Schaltrades 5.The safety switch also has a coded key 11, which has the shape of a flat rail and can be inserted into a key channel 12 of the housing, which is in a plane parallel to the axis of rotation of the switching wheels 5 and 6 lies and runs perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the plunger 3. Both ratchet wheels 5 and 6 protrude into the key channel 12. The key 11 guided laterally in the key channel 12 has two longitudinal zones, one of which is aligned with the first switching wheel 5 and the other with the second switching wheel 6 when the key 11 is located in the key channel 12 over at least part of its length. As shown in FIG. 1 in particular, a transverse web 13 is provided in the longitudinal zone aligned with the first ratchet 5 at a distance from the front end 11 'of the key, the thickness of which is selected so that it can engage in the slot 7. Between the crosspiece 13 and the front end 11 'of the key 11 there is a recess 14, the width of which is greater than the width of the first switching wheel 5. The crosspiece 13 separates this recess 14 from a slot-shaped recess 15 which, like the recess 14 is so wide that the first ratchet 5 can enter it. In addition, its length is selected to be somewhat larger than the length of the material portion of the first ratchet wheel 5 entering the recess 15, measured in the longitudinal direction of the recess 15.

Auch die neben der ersten Längszone liegende zweite Längszone des Schlüssels 11, welche auf das zweite Schaltrad 6 ausgerichtet ist, wenn sich der Schlüssel 11 im Schlüsselkanal befindet, ist mit einer Aussparung 16 versehen, welcher sich von einem Quersteg 17 bis zum vorderen Ende des Schlüssels 11 erstreckt und wie die Aussparung 14 eine Breite aufweist, die etwas größer ist als die in axialer Richtung gemessene Breite des zweiten Schaltrades 6. Wie insbesondere die Fig. 1 und 4 zeigen, ist der Quersteg 17 der zweiten Längszone gegenüber dem Quersteg 13 der ersten Längszone nach hinten versetzt, weshalb die Aussparung 16 eine größere Erstreckung in Schlüssellängsrichtung hat als die Aussparung 14. Der Quersteg 17 trennt die Aussparung 16 von einer schlitzförmigen Ausnehmung 18, welche die gleiche Breite wie die Aussparung 16 hat. Daher kann in sie das zweite Schaltrad 6 eindringen, wenn es vom Quersteg 17 in die in Fig. 6 dargestellte Einschaltposition gedreht wird. Da derjenige Umfangsteil des Schaltrades 2, welcher bei seiner Drehung in die schlitzförmige Ausnehmung 18 eindringt, entsprechend dem kleineren Drehwinkel des zweiten Schaltrades 6 und damit der Versetzung des Quersteges 17 gegenüber dem Quersteg 13 kürzer ist, endet die schlitzförmige Ausnehmung 18 in gleichem Abstand vom vorderen Schlüsselende wie die schlitzförmige Ausnehmung 15. Die Summe aus der in Schlüssellängsrichtung gemessenen Erstreckung der schlitzförmigen Ausnehmung, des Quersteges und der Aussparung ist deshalb bei beiden Längszonen gleich.The second longitudinal zone of the key 11 lying next to the first longitudinal zone, which is aligned with the second ratchet wheel 6 when the key 11 is in the key channel, is provided with a recess 16 which extends from a crosspiece 17 to the front end of the key 11 extends and how the recess 14 has a width which is slightly larger than the width of the second ratchet wheel 6 measured in the axial direction. As shown in particular in FIGS. 1 and 4, the cross bar 17 of the second longitudinal zone is opposite the cross bar 13 of the first Longitudinal zone offset to the rear, which is why the recess 16 has a greater extent in the longitudinal direction of the key than the recess 14. The transverse web 17 separates the recess 16 from a slot-shaped recess 18 which has the same width as the recess 16. Therefore, it can penetrate the second ratchet 6 when it from Crosspiece 17 is rotated into the switch-on position shown in FIG. 6. Since the peripheral part of the ratchet wheel 2, which penetrates into the slot-shaped recess 18 when it rotates, is shorter in accordance with the smaller angle of rotation of the second ratchet wheel 6 and thus the displacement of the crossbar 17 relative to the crossbar 13, the slot-shaped recess 18 ends at the same distance from the front Key end like the slot-shaped recess 15. The sum of the extent of the slot-shaped recess, the crossbar and the recess measured in the longitudinal direction of the key is therefore the same in both longitudinal zones.

Für das Drehen der Schalträder 5 und 6 mittels der Querstege 13 bzw. 17 sind die Aussparungen 14 und 16 nicht erforderlich. Die Querstege 13 und 17 könnten deshalb das vordere Schlüsselende im Bereich der ersten bzw. zweiten Längszone bilden. Der Grund, warum im Ausführungsbeispiel die Aussparungen 14 und 16 vorsehen sind, das vordere Schlüsselende also durch drei Zungen gebildet wird, liegt darin, daß den beiden Schalträdern 5 und 6 nicht dargestellte Verriegelungselemente zugeordnet sind, welche in ihre Entriegelungsposition gebracht werden müssen, ehe die Schalträder 2 und 3 gedreht werden können. Diese Entriegelung der beiden Schalträder 5 und 6 erfolgt mittels der die Aussparungen 14 und 16 seitlich begrenzenden Zungen des Schlüssels 11.The recesses 14 and 16 are not required for rotating the switching wheels 5 and 6 by means of the crossbars 13 and 17, respectively. The crossbars 13 and 17 could therefore form the front key end in the area of the first and second longitudinal zones. The reason why the cutouts 14 and 16 are provided in the exemplary embodiment, the front key end is thus formed by three tongues, is that the two switching wheels 5 and 6 are assigned locking elements, not shown, which must be brought into their unlocked position before the Ratchets 2 and 3 can be rotated. This unlocking of the two switching wheels 5 and 6 takes place by means of the tongues of the key 11 which laterally delimit the cutouts 14 and 16.

Beim Einführen des vorderen Endes des Schlüssels 11 in den Schlüsselkanal 12 werden also zunächst diese Verriegelungselemente entgegen der Kraft von Rückstellfedern in die Entriegelungsstellung gebracht. Dabei kommt der Quersteg 13 der ersten Längszone in die in Fig. 2 dargestellte Position, in welcher er in den Schlitz 7 des ersten Schaltrades 5 eingreift. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt deckt sich noch der Schlitz 8 des zweiten Schaltrades 6 mit dem Schlitz 7, wie Fig. 3 zeigt. Wird nun der Schlüssel 11 tiefer in den Schlüsselkanal 12 eingeführt, dann kommt nach einer Drehbewegung des ersten Schaltrades 5, welche der Versetzung des Quersteges 17 gegenüber dem Quersteg 13 entspricht und im Ausführungsbeispiel 45° beträgt, der Quersteg 17 der zweiten Längszone in Eingriff mit dem Schlitz 8 des zweiten Schaltrades 6. Die bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt erfolgte Drehbewegung des ersten Schaltrades 5 entspricht dem Winkel, um den die beiden keilförmigen Nuten 9' und 10' gegeneinander versetzt sind. Deshalb sind zu Beginn der Drehbewegung der zweiten Schaltwalze 6 diese beiden keilförmigen Nuten 9' und 10' aufeinander ausgerichtet.When the front end of the key 11 is inserted into the key channel 12, these locking elements are first brought into the unlocking position against the force of return springs. The crosspiece 13 of the first longitudinal zone comes into the position shown in FIG. 2, in which it engages in the slot 7 of the first ratchet wheel 5. At this point, the slot 8 of the second ratchet wheel 6 still coincides with the slot 7, as shown in FIG. 3. If the key 11 is now inserted deeper into the key channel 12, then after a rotary movement of the first switching wheel 5, which corresponds to the displacement of the crosspiece 17 with respect to the crosspiece 13 and is 45 ° in the exemplary embodiment, the crosspiece 17 of the second longitudinal zone engages with the slot 8 of the second switching wheel 6. The rotary movement of the first switching wheel 5 which has occurred up to this point corresponds to the angle, around which the two wedge-shaped grooves 9 'and 10' are offset from one another. Therefore, at the beginning of the rotary movement of the second shift drum 6, these two wedge-shaped grooves 9 'and 10' are aligned with each other.

Wenn nunmehr der Schlüssel 11 in die in den Fig. 5 und 6 dargestellte Endstellung gebracht wird, in der er vollständig in den Schlüsselkanal 12 eingeführt ist, werden die beiden Schaltwalzen 5 und 6 synchron gedreht. Deshalb bleiben auch die beiden Nuten 9' und 10' aufeinander ausgerichtet. In der in den Fig. 5 und 6 dargestellten Endstellung sind die beiden Nuten 9' und 10' auf das Ende 3' des Stößels 3 ausgerichtet, der deshalb von der Feder 4 in die Nuten 9' und 10' eingeführt werden kann und dabei den Schalter 2 betätigt, und zwar im Sinne des Schließens. Beim Herausziehen des Schlüssels 11 aus dem Schlüsselkanal 12 wird der Schalter 2 zwangsläufig geöffnet.If the key 11 is now brought into the end position shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, in which it is fully inserted into the key channel 12, the two shift drums 5 and 6 are rotated synchronously. Therefore, the two grooves 9 'and 10' remain aligned. In the end position shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the two grooves 9 'and 10' are aligned with the end 3 'of the plunger 3, which can therefore be inserted by the spring 4 into the grooves 9' and 10 'and thereby Switch 2 operated, in the sense of closing. When the key 11 is removed from the key channel 12, the switch 2 is inevitably opened.

Beim Herausziehen des Schlüssels 11 aus dem Schlüsselkanal 12 werden zunächst die beiden Schalträder 5 und 6 synchron gedreht und der Schalter 2 betätigt. Sobald das zweite Schaltrad 6 die in Fig. 3 dargestellte Position erreicht hat, wird nur noch das erste Schaltrad 5 gedreht, bis dessen Schlitz 7 mit dem Schlitz 8 fluchtet und den Quersteg 13 der ersten Längszone freigibt.When the key 11 is removed from the key channel 12, the two switching wheels 5 and 6 are first rotated synchronously and the switch 2 is actuated. As soon as the second ratchet wheel 6 has reached the position shown in FIG. 3, only the first ratchet wheel 5 is rotated until its slot 7 is aligned with the slot 8 and releases the crosspiece 13 of the first longitudinal zone.

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  1. Safety switch with
    a) a switch-operating member (3),
    b) at least two switch wheels (5, 6) mounted rotatably, arranged side by side, and each having a curved track (9, 9', 10, 10') for controlling the movement of the switch-operating member (3),
    c) respective catches (7, 8) in offset positions along the circumference with regard to the curved track (9, 9', 10, 10'),
    d) a slide (11) which can be introduced into a slide channel (12), each switch wheel (5, 6) being rotatable by means of a transverse bridge (13, 17) of the slide (11) which cooperates with the catch of the associated switch wheel (5, 6) upon the introduction of the slide (11) into the slide channel (12) as well as upon withdrawal from the slide channel (12) of this switch wheel (5, 6), and
    e) a coupling of the switch-operating member (3) with each switch wheel (5, 6) by means of an AND logic operation,
    characterized in that
    f) the curved track (9, 9', 10, 10') of each switch wheel (5, 6) is formed by a portion of its circumferential surface,
    g) the switch wheels (5, 6) are rotatable independently of one another,
    h) each of the switch wheels (5, 6) is associated with a transverse bridge (13, 17) in a respective longitudinal region of the slide (11), and
    i) at least one of the transverse bridges (13, 17) is offset relative to at least one of the other transverse bridges (13, 17) in the direction of movement of the slide (11).
  2. Safety switch according to Claim 1,
    characterized in that, for the purposes of the AND operation, the switch-operating member (3) has a follower element, immovable relative thereto, for each curved track (9, 9', 10, 10').
  3. Safety switch according to Claim 2,
    characterized in that the follower elements are formed by adjacent regions of a portion (3') of the switch-operating member (3) pointing towards the switch wheels (5, 6).
  4. Safety switch according to any one of Claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the switch-operating member is a longitudinally movable slide (3).
  5. Safety switch according to any one of Claims 1 to 4, characterized in that each catch is formed by a notch (7, 8) in the switch wheel (5, 6), open towards the periphery, and the slide (11) has, for each switch wheel (5, 6), a respective slot (15, 18) which is adjacent the transverse bridge (13, 17) and which can be entered by the material portion of the associated switch wheel (5, 6) adjacent the notch (7, 8) in the circumferential direction.
  6. Safety switch according to Claim 5,
    characterized in that each transverse bridge (13, 17) is disposed between a recess (14, 16) open towards the front end of the slide and the slot (15, 18), and the recess (14, 16) has a width which permits the entry of the associated switch wheel (5, 6).
  7. Safety switch according to Claim 6,
    characterized in that the sum of the extents of the recess (14, 16), of the transverse bridge (13, 17), and of the slot (15, 18), in the direction of movement of the slide (11), is the same for all longitudinal regions.
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