An apparatus for protecting a miner from injury by a machine in a mine includes an explosion-proof housing. The apparatus includes a proximity sensing portion disposed in the explosion-proof housing having a magnetic field source which produces a magnetic field that is used to sense a location of the miner relative to the machine. The apparatus includes a wireless communication portion disposed in the explosion-proof housing through which the magnetic field produced by the magnetic field source is changed remotely and wirelessly from outside the explosion-proof housing. A method for protecting a miner from injury by a machine. A system for protecting a miner from injury by a machine in a mine.
申请公布号
CA2856941(C)
申请公布日期
2017.01.10
申请号
CA20142856941
申请日期
2014.07.16
申请人
STRATA PRODUCTS WORLDWIDE, LLC.
发明人
BERTOSH, MICHAEL W.;BERUBE, MICHAEL;NORTON, KELLY;DUNKIN, BRIAN