The present invention refers to a safety device for industrial applications, in accordance with the preamble of claim 1.

An industrial workshop is a work environment where construction, repair and machining activities are carried out, for example mechanical activities, with the aid of work benches, worktops, measuring instruments, tools, electric machine tools and more, depending on the business address to which it is oriented. It employs skilled workers and technicians including designers, millers, welders, turners, lappers, mechanics, who, based on their job, may be responsible for the use of equipment or manual and/or electrical tools for industrial applications .

Power tools are tools operated by an additional power source and a different mechanism than hand tools; the most common types of power tools use electric motors, such as welding machine, grinder, drill, sander, chainsaw, cutter, screwdriver and so on, or even internal combustion and compressed air motors. Power tools can be stationary or portable, where portable means hand held and, in particular, the latter have obvious advantages in terms of mobility, while stationary power tools often have advantages in terms of speed and accuracy.

The specialized operators in charge of using electric tools are equipped with personal protective equipment, or equipment that has the function of safeguarding the person wearing it from health and safety risks; there are different types of personal protective equipment based on the protection: - Head protection: helmets, helmets, headphones and hair nets, shockproof headgear;

Eye and face protection: goggles, face protection;

- Hearing protection: ear protectors; - Chest protection: work clothing and signaling clothing (high visibility);

Protection of the upper limbs: gloves, arm protectors;

- Skin protection: protective creams, skin care products; Protection of the lower limbs: safety footwear, protective footwear, work footwear, gaiters or leggings, shin guards, knee pads, anti cut trousers; - Respiratory protection: filter respirators, tube respirators, isolating respirators, disposable and reusable masks.

In particular, the protection of the upper limbs specifically concerns the hands that are most exposed to risks, for which appropriate protective coatings or gloves against mechanical risks (cuts, scratches, abrasions, etc.) are used.

The solution of the present invention belongs to this last category with the differences and improvements that will be explained in detail later in this document.

The protective coatings or gloves are designed according to the conditions of use in order to protect operators as much as possible from risks arising from work, while using electro-mechanical and/or mechanical equipment. It is the responsibility of the manufacturer to design gloves intended for specific risks , while it is the responsibility of the employer to make a careful choice of the coating or protective glove in order to reduce as much as possible the risks deriving from the work carried out by the worker; the general and fundamental characteristics that they must possess are defined by the UNI EN 420 standard which defines the construction criteria, the general requirements of harmlessness, ergonomics, functionality and cleanliness.

The protective coatings or gloves described so far are generally resistant to mechanical risks and caused by abrasion, cutting, tearing and perforation, as they are made with high performance materials such as para-aramid (Twaron, Kevlar), high performance polyethylene (HPPE) (Dyneema, Spectra), special polyvinyl acetate (PVA) yarns (SupraBlock) or steel and glass fiber yarns, but they are not equipped with a safety system designed to interrupt the operation of a tool when not it is more manually operated.

The solution proposed by the applicant is based on the structure of protective coatings or gloves according to the purposes set out up to now and regulated by the UNI EN 420 standard in terms of safety, and introduces an additional system to safeguard the operator.

Object of the present invention is solving the above technical problems by means of a safety device for industrial applications (100), designed to safeguard the operator.

Another object of the invention is integrating this solution into industrial systems for the use of both electromechanical tools and for the use of machine tools, also for the benefit of a reduction in energy consumption.

The aforementioned and other ob ects and advantages of the invention, as will emerge from the following description, are achieved with a safety device for industrial applications, such as that described in claim 1. Preferred embodiments and non-trivial variants of the present invention form the subject of the dependent claims.

It is understood that all attached claims form an integral part of the present description.

It will be immediately obvious that innumerable variations and modifications (for example relating to shape, dimensions, arrangements and parts with equivalent functionality) can be made to what is described without departing from the scope of the invention as appears from the attached claims.

The present invention will be better described by some preferred embodiments, provided by way of non-limiting example, with reference to the attached drawings, in which:

- FIG. 1 shows a hand coating (101) according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 shows the bluetooth or radio frequency device (104) according to the present invention.

- Fig. 3 shows an operating diagram of the safety device for industrial applications (100) according to the present invention.

The safety device for industrial applications (100) is designed to safeguard the safety of an operator in industrial systems, in the use of both electromechanical tools such as for example welding machine, grinder, drill, sander, chainsaw, cutter, screwdrivers and so on. of machine tools, such as for example bending machine, cutting machine, lathe, machining center, grinding machine and so on, also benefiting from a reduction in energy consumption, and includes a hand coating (101) designed to operate a tool (107) by means of contact pressure by an operator, a radio frequency and/or Bluetooth device (104), designed to activate/interrupt the current distribution of a tool (107), operatively connected to said tool

(107) and to a socket power supply (106) and a Wi Fi or cloud network connection system (105) designed to ensure communication between said hand coating (101) and said radio frequency and/or Bluetooth device (104), connected to said radio frequency and/or Bluetooth device (104) and to said hand coating (101).

The safety device for industrial applications (100) is able to interrupt the work of electromechanical tools and/or machine tools so that they do not inadvertently cause damage to people and/or other things, by cutting off from the power sources electromechanical tools and/or machine tools, also guaranteeing derived energy savings.

Advantageously, said hand coating (101) is provided with a current switch (102), that is an electrical control device which serves to establish or interrupt the electrical and metallic continuity in an electrical circuit, designed to interrupt the operation of the tool (107) in the case of the absence of contact pressure caused by the operator, said current switch (102) is operatively connected to said hand coating (101), as can be seen from Figure 1. In particular, said current switch (102) is configured to allow the passage of current (switch closed) or to inhibit the passage of current (switch open), and consists of two metal contacts (poles) that can be moved to make contact.

Furthermore, said hand coating (101) is provided with a detector and/or proximity sensor (103) capable of detecting the presence of objects in the immediate vicinity, which allows the interruption of the current if said hand coating

(101) is no longer in contact with the tool (107), said proximity detector (103) being operatively connected to said hand coating (101). In particular, said proximity detector (103) is able to detect the presence or absence of an object within the nominal range and, consequently, the electrical output signal will be of the on/off type as it must represent only the absence/presence states; the circuit that generates the output signal can be made according to different standards:

- pure contact, of the type that occurs at the ends of a closed switch;

PNP, which generates a voltage signal capable of supplying small loads; NPN (also called open collector), in which the output is brought to ground, giving the possibility to close an external circuit.

Proximity detectors (103) can be made based on different types of technologies, such as inductive sensors, capacitive sensors, magnetic sensors, ultrasonic sensors, optical sensors.

Advantageously, said hand coating (101) is able to guarantee the safety of the operator in the event of dangerous and/or unforeseen events by means of the interruption of current due to the absence of contact pressure of the current switch (102) and of contact by means of said proximity detector (103), thus inhibiting the operation of said tool (107) and/or said electromechanical tools and/or machine tools. In particular, said hand coating (101) is able to ensure energy saving by interrupting the current due to the absence of contact pressure of the current switch (102) and contact by means of said proximity detector (103), inhibiting the "stand-by" function of said tool (107) and/or said electromechanical tools and/or machine tools.

The safety device for industrial applications (100) is provided with a radio frequency and/or Bluetooth device (104) which enables the distribution of current in said tool (107) in the presence of contact pressure of the current switch (102) and contact by means of said proximity detector (103), said radio frequency and/or

Bluetooth device (104) operatively connected to said tool (107) and to a power socket (106), as can be seen from Figures 2 and 3.

Furthermore, said radio frequency and/or Bluetooth device (104) disables the distribution of current in said tool (107) in the absence of contact pressure of the current switch (102) and of contact by means of said proximity detector (103), said radio frequency and/or Bluetooth device (104) operatively connected to said tool (107) and to a power socket (106).

Advantageously, the safety device for industrial applications (100) is provided with a connection system (105) on a Wi-Fi or cloud network capable of managing the communication between said hand covering (101) and said radio frequency and/or Bluetooth device (104) if the radio frequency and/or Bluetooth connection is absent; said Wi-Fi or cloud network connection system (105) is connected to said hand covering (101) and to said radio frequency and/or Bluetooth device (104), as shown in Figure 3.

The safety device for industrial applications (100) is capable of activating and interrupting the operation of said tool (107) and/or of said electromechanical tools and/or machine tools, in particular if the operator is not in able to interrupt its activity by pressing the emergency or stop button, and includes the following steps: - operating the tool (107) by contact pressure in said current switch (102) and/or in said proximity detector (103) of said hand covering (101);

- interrupting the operation of said tool (107) in the absence of contact pressure in said current switch (102) and/or in said proximity detector (103) of said hand covering (101).