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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7987948 | 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) ha... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7905332 | Noise control strategy for an elevator system A method of controlling noise noticeable within an elevator car (22) includes intentionally introducing noise into the elevator car (22) at a noise level that depends on the position of the car within a hoistway (24). A disclosed example include... | 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 |
| 7798291 | Emergency device for installing in an elevator car of an elevator installation An emergency device for installing in an elevator car of an elevator installation, with an emergency control region, which is to be opened from the interior of the elevator car by an emergency key, wherein a key switch is arranged in the emergency control region so ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7762378 | Elevator installation with compensating-means guide An elevator installation with an elevator car and a counterweight, a suspension cable suspending the elevator car and the counterweight, and a compensating cable compensating the effect of the weight of the suspension cable, is equipped with a compensating cable gui... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7665583 | Elevator installation and use of such elevator installation for high-speed elevators An elevator installation with an elevator shaft and an elevator car which is connected with a counterweight such that on movement of the elevator car the counterweight executes an opposite movement and the elevator car moves past the counterweight in a proximity reg... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7624848 | Equipment for mounting an elevator drive A mounting tool arranged at an elevator car raisable and lowerable along guide rails by a hoist in an elevator shaft. The hoist is suspended at a load hook of a shaft ceiling, wherein a support cable is connected with a load eye of a car yoke. The mounting tool incl... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7434667 | Wall plate with glass part for an elevator installation A wall plate for use in an elevator installation has a glass part divided into segments, the transparency of which is individually controllable with physical magnitude information signals. A control device is connected to the segments for controlling the transparenc... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7428950 | Low overhead machine roomless elevator configuration A drive arrangement for an elevator car and a machine roomless elevator incorporates a machine (26) having a drive sheave (27) extending along an axis parallel to the axes of the deflection sheaves (23, 25) associated with both the counter-weigh... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7412745 | Brushless wire-rope cleaning device A brushless wire-rope cleaner having a base plate, two side members arranged on a base plate at a distance from one another, and a cover extending from one side member to the other side member so that the base plate, the side members and the cover form a channel. A ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7413055 | Elevator In an elevator, a drive device, a traction sheave, and a weight-side stop portion are arranged above one of a pair of left and right cage-side guide rails, and a cage-side stop portion and speed governor are arranged above the other cage-side guide rail. A wide work... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7413060 | Car fall-prevention apparatus An elevator fall-prevention apparatus includes a holding member, which is shaped approximately like a rectangular tube, secured to a base part of an elevator guide rail. The holding member supports a locking support member that is rotatable about a spindle from a st... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7404471 | Push button for elevator car operating panel An elevator car operating panel includes a plurality of push buttons corresponding to floors of a building, wherein the push buttons act on a touch screen to register elevator calls. The push buttons are mounted on an outer surface of the touch screen at locations c... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7387192 | Counterweight for an elevator, ballast weights for this counterweight and elevator equipped therewith The counterweight according to the invention for an elevator with a frame (1) comprising two vertical U-shaped posts (3) parallel and opposed to each other and connected to each other by at least one upper cross-beam (5) and one lower cross-beam... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7367363 | Sanitary conduit support systems Apparatus for supporting conduits within a sanitary environment. Some supports are configured so as to avoid the formation of surfaces that might collect dust, debris, cleaning fluids, etc. when installed. In one embodiment, the support includes a pair of opposing s... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7338176 | Elevator installation with information representation on a shaft door An elevator installation includes an elevator car moved in an elevator shaft between floors in a building. A shaft door for closing the elevator shaft is arranged at each floor. A method for representing information on the shaft doors makes possible a qualitatively ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331424 | Elevator apparatus In an elevator apparatus, multiple cars are raised and lowered within a hoistway. The cars within the hoistway are adjacent to each other when located at the same height. If at least one of the cars is defined as a first car and a car adjacent to the first car is de... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7318500 | Method of integrating telecommunication services with services performed for one or more automatic devices The present invention relates to a method for including the telecommunication connections needed in the use of remote monitoring of automatically operated equipment in contracts between a company maintaining said equipment and a client owning said equipment. Accordi... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7318501 | Elevator control apparatus with side mounted signal generating insert A control apparatus for an elevator installation has actuating elements on a front surface. The control apparatus includes an insert in the form of a key-operated switch cylinder which has a recess or a key slot. The insert is mounted in a side surface that is one o... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7299896 | Elevator system having drive motor located adjacent to hoistway door An elevator system includes a hoistway having a plurality of hoistway doors. An elevator car and counterweight are provided in the hoistway. A drive motor is drivingly coupled to the elevator car and counterweight, and is located adjacent to either the top or bottom... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7287624 | Double deck elevator A double deck elevator comprising an upper cage and a lower cage vertically movable together in a hositway, wherein a space between the upper cage and the lower cage is covered by covers. The covers guide airflow flowing around the space to reduce air turbulence noi... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7281609 | Elevator inspection safety devices An elevator car includes a cross-head portion and a balustrade mounted to the cross-head portion. The balustrade is moveable from a retracted position for normal operation of the car to a deployed position for inspection operation of the car. The car further include... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7264088 | Device with movable door seal for a displaceable door of an elevator installation and an elevator installation with such a device A device moves a door seal for a displaceable door panel of an elevator car in an elevator installation with an elevator shaft having shaft doors. The movable door seal is arranged so that the door panel in a closed state is sealed off. The device includes an entrai... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7258202 | Creation of temporary safety spaces for elevators The invention provides an elevator having a car movable along guide rails mounted in a shaft. The elevator comprises an inspection control station mounted on top of the car and accessible via a movable control station cover, blocking means for selectively preventing... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255204 | Apparatus for moving elevator equipment An apparatus for moving elevator equipment, particularly an elevator car when stuck in a shaft, comprises a suspension point which is connected to the elevator equipment by an adjustable-height connection. Contrary to the prior art, the suspension point includes a l... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7246685 | Forklift guard A guard for use with a forklift including a carriage and at least one fork coupled to the carriage. The guard includes a first member configured to be coupled to the carriage, a second member configured to be coupled to the carriage opposite the first member, and a ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7234566 | Elevator insert Inserts (10 or 10A) for mounting rails (302) for rollers (301) on a cab in a shaft (300) of an elevator are described. Also, insert 10A is particularly useful for mounting flooring in the elevator shaft (300). The ins... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7210242 | Detection method of lift guide rail perpendicularity and a detector for implementing this method A detection method for measuring lift guide rail perpendicularity and an apparatus for practicing the method. The detection method includes the following steps: selecting several monitoring points on a working surface of the lift under testing, measuring seriatim th... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207420 | Installation with support means for driving an elevator car, and corresponding support means An elevator installation has a support device engaging a driven drive pulley for driving an elevator car. The support device loops around the drive pulley at least partly and has a safety section which is so arranged that the safety section interacts with the drive ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7198135 | Lifting device, especially lifting platform for motor vehicles A lifting platform for motor vehicles has at least one extendable lifting column that is formed by a tubular jacket and a lifting cylinder unit arranged at least partially therein. The upper end of the lifting cylinder unit supports a load receptacle. The tubular ja... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7198136 | Elevator device for a multi-sky-lobby system An elevator system is provided with multiple sky lobbies to reduce the space required for elevator shafts and the space required for the entire elevator system, as well as the required elevator speed and motor capacity. Sky lobbies Ls1–Lsx | 04/03/2007 |
| 7152715 | Snap-fit elevator hall fixture assemblies The present invention provides a snap-fit constructible elevator hall fixture assembly having a wall plate, a bezel, and a hall fixture. A snap-fit coupling attaches the wall plate to the bezel, and a snap-fit coupling attaches the hall fixture to the bezel. The fix... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7147087 | Elevator with duct for tail cord An elevator is provided to prevent a tail cord from being projected out of a tail-cord duct under the influence of air current flowing in the tail-cord duct. The tail-cord duct is formed along an elevating space in which a passenger car moves up and down. The tail-c... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7137485 | Procedure and apparatus for the installation of an elevator A procedure and an apparatus for plumbing and installing the shaft equipment for an elevator uses a plumbing jig. The plumbing jig is mounted in the upper part of the elevator shaft from the top floor, plumb lines are attached to the plumbing jig from the top floor ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7137483 | Rope and elevator using the same An elevator in which the sheave diameter is reduced and the attendant lowering of the rope life and strength is suppressed to secure safety and reliability. To this end, a rope is used in which a plurality of element wires constituting the wire rope are each covered... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7131517 | Gradual catch system for a bidirectional safety device A bi-directional safety mechanism used in an elevator safety device and which produces a gradual catch on a guide rail. The bi-directional safety device has a roller and two hinged rectangular frames, each having a friction element. One hinged rectangular frame is d... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7123030 | Method and apparatus for detecting elevator rope degradation using electrical resistance A method and system for detecting or measuring defects in an elevator rope having electrically conductive tension members, whereby measured electrical resistance in the tension members is indicative of defects. ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7108105 | Cable lift without a machine room In a cable lift, with a single compartment or shaft (1) for housing a movable cage (2) and an apparatus (3), comprising at least one fixed winch (4) and a counterweight (5), for displacement of the cage (2), the counterweigh... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7077240 | Covers between an upper cage and a lower cage of a double deck elevator A double deck elevator comprising an upper cage and a lower cage vertically movable together in a hositway, wherein a space between the upper cage and the lower cage is covered by covers. The covers guide airflow flowing around the space to reduce air turbulence noi... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7073634 | Automated warehouse row cart and lift An automated warehouse system row cart includes a lifter that uses cams to raise and lower pallets. Three symmetrical cam lobes are cut into a hollow cylinder. Three matching cam lifters ride these lobes and are attached to an elevator plate. A stepper motor running... | 07/11/2006 |
