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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8145744 | State remote reading device, and uses thereof The invention concerns a device for remote reading of states, comprising a communication network (1), a plurality of peripherals (31 to 33) each of which adopts an instantaneous state (STAT—1 to STAT—3), a... | 03/27/2012 |
| D654880 | Elevator pushbutton | 02/28/2012 |
| 8109850 | Drive pulley for elevators and method of manufacture thereof A drive pulley for elevators, with at least two sectors, wherein at least one sector is hardened and at least one sector is not hardened. ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8011682 | Transportation system cradle, intermediate product comprising a transportation system cradle and a transportation system structure, assembly plant for manufacturing assembly of a transportation system structure, and method for manufacturing assembly of a transportation system A transportation system cradle cradles and moves a transportation system structure of a transportation system in an assembly process. The transportation system cradle contains a drive unit connectable to the transportation system structure to move or transport the t... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8006822 | Conveying installation and method of placing a conveying installation in operation A method for placing a conveying installation in operation, the conveying installation including several components, wherein at least one conveying mechanism, an installation control and a drive are included. A control program suitable for different installation con... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7980379 | Conveyance device A conveyance device has two endless arrangements of tread steps, step plates or pallets driven in a transportation direction by a drive. Adjacent to a first longitudinal side of the first arrangement is a first balustrade with a handrail, and adjacent a second longi... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7938233 | System and method for detecting the state of an elevator cage An elevator system includes a lift cage, which is provided with a belt having markings disposed along the length thereof. A device for detecting at least the position, optionally, also the speed and the acceleration of the elevator cage, which is used to scan the ma... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7936249 | System for security control and/or transportation of persons with an elevator installation, method of operating this system, and method of retrofitting an elevator installation with this system A system for security control and/or transportation of persons with an elevator installation and a method of operating this system. By means of the system, a person is identified from at least one identification code and from at least one authentication signal. For ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7905331 | Car wall arrangement for an elevator car A car wall arrangement for an elevator car having a first car wall, on whose outside is arranged at least one first joining element with a first flange that projects beyond a first end-face of the first car wall and is angled from the outside by a joining angle that... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7905328 | Brake device of an elevator car A brake device of an elevator car with a brake unit that is mounted on the elevator car. The brake drive includes a flexible tension member that passes around two tension-members reversing-sheaves. One end of the tension members extends parallel to the travel path o... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7886879 | Method for creating temporary safety space within an elevator hoistway A method for creating a temporary safety space within an elevator hoistway by preventing upward or downward movement of a car or counterweight along guide rails. The method includes the steps of providing engagement members on the guide rails and extending support s... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7841460 | Escalator with novel emergency guide means An escalator with an endless formation of successive steps, each having a step surface, a front surface or step-riser and each side, a sideways directed cheek. Provided in the area of each cheek is at least one roller that projects transversely sideways, and is guid... | 11/30/2010 |
| D626518 | Operating display panel | 11/02/2010 |
| 7810544 | Door system A door system has an axis, a door attached at a first end to the axis for winding and unwinding upon the axis, and a tensioned member surrounding and partially engaging an outer layer of the door wound upon the axis. The tensioned member exerts a radial force to the... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7784589 | Elevator lift cage load measuring assembly Load measuring equipment has a small-area load sensor arranged between a support and a first damping body for vibration damping of parts relative to the support. The support may be a bracket and the parts may be a lift drive engine. The force on the sensor, which ma... | 08/31/2010 |
| D622673 | Operating display panel | 08/31/2010 |
| D620457 | Operating display panel | 07/27/2010 |
| D620455 | Operating panel | 07/27/2010 |
| 7757817 | Elevator system having a flat belt with wedge-shaped ribs The invention relates to a lift system wherein a drive unit (2) drives, by means of a driving disk (4.1), a flat belt-type carrier means (12.1, 12.2) which carries the lift cage (3). Said flat belt-type carrier means comprises several rib... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7753190 | Transportation device with deflector apparatus An escalator or moving walk has respectively a step band and steps, or a moving walk with a pallet band and pallets. A balustrade has a handrail that is held by a balustrade skirt. Arranged on the balustrade skirt is a wedging guard apparatus or deflector apparatus ... | 07/13/2010 |
| D613420 | Section of a handrail | 04/06/2010 |
| 7677364 | Elevator installation comprising a light module in the door sill profile An elevator installation contains an elevator car (12) that is arranged movably between floors (S1, S2) in an elevator hoistway (11). The elevator car (12) has a car door (14), and the elevator hoistway (11) has on th... | 03/16/2010 |
| D611622 | Connecting element surface | 03/09/2010 |
| D611621 | Connecting element surface | 03/09/2010 |
| 7669696 | Equipment for producing shaft information Equipment for producing shaft information consists of a housing, a base, a first cover, a sliding guide with a code carrier and an electronic circuitboard with a sensor for detection of a code on a code carrier and electronic circuits for evaluation of the detected ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7665595 | Drive system with step chain or pallet chain for a transportation device and transportation device with a corresponding drive system A transportation system for a transportation device has a transportation chain having a plurality of chain links joined to form an articulated endless chain and with a sprocket to reverse the chain. The transportation chain has several equally-spaced guide elements ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7647675 | Suspension means end connector for an elevator A suspension belt end connector has first and second wrapping elements that are arranged in a housing. The housing may have a back wall, side walls and an open side opposite to the back wall. The side walls taper and form with the back wall and a yoke a suspension u... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7637356 | Elevator system with safety device on elevator doors In an elevator system that has an elevator hoistway, a plurality of hoistway doors arranged above each other each with at least one horizontally moveable hoistway door panel, and an elevator car with a car door that has at least one horizontally movable car door pan... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7597182 | Escalator or moving walk with drive An escalator or moving walk has a drive arranged in a reversing area. The drive drives chain wheels that move the step band or pallet band and include a motor, an axial gear, a first hollow shaft and a second hollow shaft. The motor drives a belt to drive a gear inp... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7597181 | Escalator with comb brushes, step comb of such an escalator, and method for modernizing an escalator The invention relates to an escalator with steps or a moving walk with pallets that has a step comb or pallet comb respectively with comb teeth, wherein comb brushes on the step comb or pallet comb are arranged in approximately parallel direction to the comb teeth. | 10/06/2009 |
| D601052 | Operating/display panel | 09/29/2009 |
| 7591351 | Brake for a lift A self-centering brake for a lift provides for the same braking moment in the case of normal operation and in the case of failure of a brake half. The brake consists of a housing which is U-shaped in cross-section, wherein a limb of the U corresponds with a brake ha... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7574271 | Passenger transportation system especially an escalator or moving walk A passenger transportation system, such as an escalator or moving walk, contains a circulating band, a driving station, and a reversing station. The driving station is arranged in the area of a first end of the passenger transportation system and has a slave control... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7537102 | Transportation device with simplified tread units A transportation device with steps or pallets arranged in the form of an endless transporter. The transportation device has two or more advance guide rails which are arranged in an advance area of the transportation device, and two return guide rails which are arran... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7533762 | Lift with support means and drive means A lift has a lift cage movable in a lift shaft and is connected with a counterweight by means of at least one support means. The lift cage or counterweight moves by means of at least one drive means separate from the support means. One end of the drive means engages... | 05/19/2009 |
| D589831 | Operating/display panel | 04/07/2009 |
| D589830 | Operating/display panel | 04/07/2009 |
| D589829 | Operating/display panel | 04/07/2009 |
| 7500650 | Safety circuit for lift doors An improved lift system door control or safety circuit utilizes locking devices for the lift shaft doors and lock sensors to monitor the status of the locking devices. The lock sensors are coupled to a lift drive unit control through a data bus, which need not be es... | 03/10/2009 |
| D587699 | Operating/display panel | 03/03/2009 |
