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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120138391 | ELEVATOR INSTALLATION WITH A SOUND PICK-UP An elevator installation includes a cage, a counterweight which balances the cage and a supporting and/or drive means at which the cage and the counterweight are suspended. The elevator installation has a sound pick-up designed for detecting solid-borne sound generated ... | 06/07/2012 |
| 20120024636 | ELEVATOR DERAILMENT DETECTING APPARATUS In an elevator derailment detecting apparatus, first and second conducting wires are disposed parallel to a direction of raising and lowering of an ascending/descending body inside a hoistway. First and second contacts that respectively contact the first and second cond... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120006627 | MONITORING OF SUPPORT IN AN ELEVATOR INSTALLATION An elevator comprises an elevator car, a counterweight, a drive and a support, wherein the support couples the elevator car and the counterweight with the drive so that the elevator car and the counterweight are movable in opposite vertical directions by the drive, and ... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110315489 | ELEVATOR TENSION MEMBER MONITORING DEVICE A tension member monitoring device is provided with at least one contact sensor (21) and a defect determining device (20). The contact sensor (21), which is arranged next to a corresponding tension member (3) without touching the tension memb... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110284330 | Elevator emergency phone - light combination The present invention is a combined emergency communication and illumination system for an elevator car that activates automatically upon the malfunction of the elevator occasioned by a reduction or cessation of AC voltage. The combined system automatically illumines th... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110132700 | LENGTH ADJUSTABLE PASSENGER HANDLE ASSEMBLY FOR ELEVATOR Disclosed herein is a distance adjustable passenger handle assembly for an elevator. The handle assembly comprises plural fixing members (120), and plural handle supports (140). Each fixing member (120) includes a horizontal wall (122) having... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110108369 | DETERMINATION OF THE MOVEMENT OF A SYNCHRONOUS MACHINE The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for determining the movement of a synchronous machine. The apparatus for determining the movement of a synchronous machine comprises a determination for at least one electrical magnitude of the synchronous machine; a de... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110108365 | EVACUATION SUPPORTING SYSTEM An evacuation supporting system which can provide elevators in a building for evacuation in event of a fire and can substantially reduce the burden required by the rescue at the site of the fire by providing, before the arrival of firemen at the building, the firemen wi... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110088984 | ELEVATOR SYSTEM CONTROL PROVIDING SPECIALIZED SERVICE FEATURES An elevator system (20) includes a transceiver (22) that receives at least one wirelessly transmitted signal (24). In one example, a signaling device (26) includes a plurality of switches (28) that can be activated to provide a signal ... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110005868 | LOAD PORT APPARATUS, LID MEMBER MOUNTING AND DISMOUNTING APPARATUS FOR LOAD PORT APPARATUS, AND CONTROLLING METHOD FOR LIFTING MECHANISMS OF MAPPING APPARATUS A load port apparatus is disclosed wherein the total period of time of operation of a lid member mounting and dismounting apparatus and a mapping apparatus is minimized while avoiding interference of the two apparatus with each other. An interference avoiding sensor app... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100243381 | OPERATION DEVICE AND ELEVATOR APPARATUS WITH OPERATION DEVICE In a method of marking pictograms, for reducing the number of erroneous operations, on an operation apparatus conducting mutually different operations such as opening and closing operations, a concretized human pictogram indicating mutually different state changes such ... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20090283369 | Communication of Service Disruption Information in a Group Elevator System Elevator service disruption information is communicated to passengers in a group elevator system (10). The group elevator system (10) includes a group of elevators (14a, 14b, 14c) operable to transport each of the passeng... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090266650 | ELEVATOR APPARATUS In an elevator apparatus, an actuator for generating a vibration-damping force against the lateral vibration of a car is provided in parallel to elastic member for preventing the lateral vibration of the car. The actuator is controlled by a vibration-damping control uni... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090218176 | CONDITION MONITORING METHOD Method for the condition monitoring of the safety switches of the safety circuit of an elevator. Inferences can be made about the condition of a safety switch by measuring and examining the current of the safety circuit of the elevator after the state of the safety circ... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090120728 | Elevator Motor Brake Torque Measurement Device An elevator machine (20) assembly useful in an elevator system (10) includes a motor frame (26) that supports a motor (24) for selectively rotating a motor shaft (28). A brake (36) selectively applies a braking force to resist r... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090120727 | Elevator Control System An elevator control system includes an entrance person authentication section 12 provided at a predetermined distance from an elevator hall for permitting a visitor 7 to use an elevator and registering a call of the elevator; a storage section 30... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090026020 | ELEVATING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND IMAGING APPARATUS An elevating device based on fluid control includes a pump and a cylinder that are connected to each other by a flow path, wherein the cylinder and a reservoir are connected to each other by a flow path via a fixed flow valve that allows fluid to flow at a predetermined... | 01/29/2009 |
| 20080283342 | Maintenance Method and Device for an Elevator or Escalator Installation A method and device for maintenance of an elevator installation or an escalator installation communicates the presence of a maintenance technician at the elevator or escalator installation to a remote service center. The service center is thus informed about that the ma... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080264732 | Elevator System and Method of Monitoring Elevators by Using a Virtual Elevator Group The present invention relates to a method and an elevator system for monitoring elevators by using a virtual elevator group. The method for monitoring elevators in an elevator system including a plurality of elevators classified into a plurality of elevator groups, and ... | 10/30/2008 |
| 20080196980 | Elevator System An elevator system that includes a film sensor is arranged on the inner surface of a wall panel in the elevator car, and a prescribed control operation is performed when the detection output of the film sensor exceeds a prescribed level. This system allows for a quick r... | 08/21/2008 |
| 20080116016 | Dumbwaiter System with Integrated LCD Display, Improved Mode Controls, and Complimentary Baskets and Carts An improved dumbwaiter system that incorporates an LCD display which is connected to the system controller that provides installation and troubleshooting assistance in addition to standard operating information. The system teaches means for switching between manual and ... | 05/22/2008 |
| 20070261924 | Remote control of an elevator The invention relates to a method and a system for executing elevator control actions from a remote terminal in a remote control system. The remote control system comprises a remote terminal, one or more monitoring cameras as well as interface and data transfer means fo... | 11/15/2007 |
| 20070240943 | METHOD OF ASSIGNING A USER TO AN ELEVATOR SYSTEM AND SUCH AN ELEVATOR SYSTEM A method of assigning a user to an elevator system with several elevators wherein a user issues a destination call, at least one elevator is determined to serve the destination call and is announced to the user by an acoustic signal that identifies the elevator. All of ... | 10/18/2007 |
| 20070158140 | Destination floor register for elevator A destination floor registering apparatus that can at any time and appropriately afford information on each floor to elevator users. For this purpose, a floor information display is provided for each destination button so that the contents of displays of the floor infor... | 07/12/2007 |
| 20070151808 | Image monitoring device for elevator In an image monitoring apparatus for an elevator, image recording means records an image in a car photographed by a camera, and monitors based on the image in the car whether or not there is a violent behavior of a passenger in the car. The image recording means makes a... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070151809 | Elevator arrangement The present invention deals with a method and an apparatus for the input call needed in an elevator system by means of a wireless call input device. The call input device may be a device provided with a display and a keypad, designed especially for this use. In a prefer... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070131487 | Elevator arrangement The present invention describes a method and a system for generating a request for elevator service. In the system of the invention, the elevator user receives with his/her terminal (11) a general transmission of information about the elevator system from base st... | 06/14/2007 |
| 20070125603 | Elevator control device In an elevator control apparatus, a stack region storing information required for calculations for controlling operation of an elevator is set within a RAM. A stack region surveillance portion conducts surveillance of the state of a preset surveillance region within the... | 06/07/2007 |
| 20070125604 | Elevator controller In an elevator control apparatus, a control apparatus main body includes a program storage portion for storing a program concerning operational control of an elevator and a processing portion for performing a plurality of calculation processings based on the program. Fu... | 06/07/2007 |
| 20070107992 | Automatic announcing device for an elevator An automatic announcing device for an elevator which enables fine voice volume adjustment according to the environment of use in which a guidance announcement is made and which allows an easy and efficient voice volume adjustment operation. The automatic announcing devi... | 05/17/2007 |
| 20070102244 | Information Distribution System for Use in an Elevator The invention features a system for displaying video information to passengers of an elevator in accordance with a play list defining a sequence of messages. The video information messages can include combinations of digital advertising, “real-time” general informat... | 05/10/2007 |
| 20070089938 | Control device of elevator In an elevator control apparatus, the presence/absence of an abnormality in an elevator is monitored by an abnormality monitoring portion. The abnormality monitoring portion makes a determination on the presence/absence of an abnormality in the elevator based on informa... | 04/26/2007 |
| 20070052308 | Rotating electrical machine An electrical machine may include a rotor, a stator, and at least one electromagnetic brake including at least one brake disk. The rotor may include a monolithic shaft, which may include: at least one pulley-forming portion including at least one annular groove for driv... | 03/08/2007 |
| 20070034453 | Emergency elevator system The present invention relates to an elevator system for use during an emergency. The elevator system comprises two elevator shafts constructed adjacent to each other. Each elevator shaft houses an elevator car. The elevator system operates without the use of a building'... | 02/15/2007 |
| 20070007087 | Safety device of elevator and its operation testing method In an elevator safety device, a brake device puts brakes to brake a car through an operation of a safety relay main contact provided to a safety circuit. When the car stops during normal operations, a safety relay instruction signal for operating the relay main contact ... | 01/11/2007 |
| 20070000735 | Elevator arrangement The present invention relates to a method and a system for testing the condition of the brakes of an elevator. In the method, a test weight is set to apply to the drive machine of the elevator, by means of which weight a first torque required for driving the elevator ca... | 01/04/2007 |
| 20060260880 | Remote supervisory control system for elevating machine Supervisory control of an elevating machine is performed in a remote supervisory center via a general public line. The general public line has multiple networks including a high-speed digital network for transmitting large quantities of information from the elevating ma... | 11/23/2006 |
| 20060237265 | Method and detection system for monitoring the speed of an elevator car A method and detection system monitors the speed of an elevator car and, in case of excess speed caused by brake failure of a motor brake or shaft fracture of a drive pulley shaft, a safety circuit is opened and the detection system is transferred from a normal operatio... | 10/26/2006 |
| 20060207836 | Destination floor indicator of elevator An elevator destination floor display unit is installed in an elevator boarding area or an elevator car. The elevator destination floor display unit has a display portion having a screen selectively displaying destination floor representations relating to all floors, an... | 09/21/2006 |
| 20060191750 | Display system for elevator and information display device used in this system There is provided a display system for an elevator which can display an operating state of an elevator car without a sense of discomfort even though data transmission performance is not improved. Data concerning an operating state of an elevator car is transmitted from ... | 08/31/2006 |
