[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR1211.6]

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                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1211--SAFETY STANDARD FOR AUTOMATIC RESIDENTIAL GARAGE DOOR OPERATORS--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart A--The Standard
 
Sec. 1211.6  General entrapment protection requirements.

    (a) A residential garage door operator system shall be provided with 
primary inherent entrapment protection that complies with the 
requirements as specified in Sec. 1211.7.
    (b) In addition to the primary inherent entrapment protection as 
required by paragraph (a) of this section, a residential garage door 
operator shall comply with one of the following:
    (1) Shall be constructed to:
    (i) Require constant pressure on a control to lower the door,
    (ii) Reverse direction and open the door to the upmost position when 
constant pressure on a control is removed prior to operator reaching its 
lower limit, and
    (iii) Limit a portable transmitter, when supplied, to function only 
to cause the operator to open the door;
    (2) Shall be provided with a means for connection of an external 
secondary entrapment protection device as described in Secs. 1211.8, 
1211.10, and 1211.11; or
    (3) Shall be provided with an inherent secondary entrapment 
protection device as described in Secs. 1211.8, 1211.10, and 1211.12.
    (c) A mechanical switch or a relay used in an entrapment protection 
circuit of an operator shall withstand 100,000 cycles of operation 
controlling a load no less severe (voltage, current, power factor, 
inrush and similar ratings) than it controls in the operator, and shall 
function normally upon completion of the test.
    (d) In the event malfunction of a switch or relay (open or short) 
described in paragraph (c) of this section results in loss of any 
entrapment protection required by Secs. 1211.7(a), 1211.7(f),

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or 1211.8(a), the door operator shall become inoperative at the end of 
the opening or closing operation, the door operator shall move the door 
to, and stay within, 1 foot (305 mm) of the uppermost position.

[57 FR 60455, Dec. 21, 1992, as amended at 65 FR 70657, Nov. 27, 2000]