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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7540359 | Electrical connector device for use with elevator load bearing members An electrical connector device (40) for use with an elevator load bearing member (30) assembly includes at least one electrical connector member (42) for making electrically conductive contact with at least one tension member (32). A clam... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7410033 | Electrical connector and restraining device for use with elevator belts A device (30) for making electrically conductive contact with at least one tension member in an elevator belt (22) also provides a restraining feature to support loads on the belt. A connector portion (32) is secured to the belt. In one example,... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7395901 | Lift device for industrial vehicle A lift device for an industrial vehicle includes a hydraulic cylinder provided substantially upright between masts and having a piston rod, a pulley provided on a lateral side of an upper end portion of the piston rod, a lift bracket connected to a chain wound aroun... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7334665 | Interlock wiring communication system for elevators The systems and methods of present invention invoke an elevator communication system for providing communication between a plurality of hall fixture devices and at least one elevator system controller. The elevator communication system includes at least one elevator... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7292506 | System and method of redundant cabling in a media storage system A media picker assembly includes a frame, a plunge assembly operable to travel along a predetermined axis of the frame to engage and disengage a media cartridge, and first and second cables coupled to the frame for transmitting first and second predetermined sets of... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7284640 | System of enhancing air quality used for buildings A system of enhancing air quality for buildings is proposed. The system includes a multi level building having a hoistway vertically extending through at least two levels of the building, for receiving a car vertically moving therein. The system further includes at ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7246689 | Self-powered elevator button An elevator hall call device inductively receives an electrical signal from an interlock wiring circuit by means of a coupling device. The elevator hall call device comprises a capacitive device which stores electrical charge based on the electrical signal received ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7153001 | Auto lift ceiling lighting system An auto lift ceiling lighting system in which the width of left and right rotary drums is formed as wide as the width of the flat cable and the flat cable is wound stably and vertically on the outer surface of the winding core in the left and right rotary drums so a... | 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 |
| 7134530 | Elevator system utilizing wireless transmission units to exchange control information between elevator car and elevator control unit An elevator system in which a car travels upward and downward among a plurality of floors. The elevator system includes a first terminal having a wireless transmitting/receiving unit provided for at least one of the plurality of floors and a second terminal having a... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7104363 | Power transmission system for elevator An elevator having a power feeding apparatus effective for reducing the installation space for the elevator is disclosed. The dimension of the power transmission part disposed at the hoist way and the dimension of the power receiving part mounted on the count... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6976561 | Elevator system having terminals with wireless transmitting/receiving unit An elevator system in which a car travels upward and downward among a plurality of floors. The elevator system includes terminals each having a wireless transmitting/receiving unit. One of the terminals is correspondingly provided for at least one of the plurality o... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6968925 | Elevator apparatus An elevator apparatus has an actuating device including a sheave around which a rope engaged with an ascending and descending cage is wound and a driving section for rotating the sheave. The sheave is adapted to rotate to move the rope with its rotation. The actuati... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6959534 | Reinforcement for rubber composites A method for constructing an elastomeric composite ply comprises using parallel S and Z twisted cords to reinforce an elastomeric matrix. The S and Z cords are made inexpensively by using a yarn twist that is less than the cord twist. Composite plies made by the met... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6948592 | Elevators equipped with emergency medical devices The invention provides an elevator cab equipped with an emergency medical device, such as an automated external defibrillator (AED). The elevator cab equipped with the emergency medical device may be controlled in order to deliver the emergency medical device to a f... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6932004 | Hose constraint for planter apparatus An apparatus for use with an agricultural assembly including at least one rigid support member and a plurality of power cables that traverse along trajectories generally aligned with a cable trajectory adjacent a mounting segment on a mounting side of the support me... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6923065 | Apparatus for testing aramid fiber elevator cables An apparatus and method for inspecting and calculating the residual strength of an aramid fiber rope driving an elevator to determine when such rope is in need of replacement. The apparatus comprises a transmitter for introducing an acoustic wave that will travel al... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6913247 | Quick-action tensioning device for cable control switches A quick-action tensioning device (1) for cable control switches comprises a holding element (2), to which a cable (3) can be fastened in a clamping manner, and a housing (8), which is connected with the holding element (2). Accordi... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6837340 | Compensation weights and elevator systems The invention provides a compensation weight for an elevator system, in the form of an extended cable. The compensation weight comprises at least one carrying organ, at least one weighted element, wherein the weighted element contains a mixture of plastic material a... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6786306 | Elevator mechanism An elevator mechanism protects the control, communications, power, and/or lift cable(s) of the elevator system, precluding lateral cable movement within the elevator shaft. A slotted cable guide contains a cable therein, with the cable having a diameter larger than ... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6769322 | Lift for sealing device A lifting mechanism for a sealing device comprises a lift including an upper pulley assembly and a lower pulley assembly, the lift being coupled to the sealing device by a thread rod for either lifting or lowering the sealing device; a rope assembly the rope assembl... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6712183 | Traction elevator An elevator has a rope connected at a first end thereof to a top of a car and at a second end thereof to a top of a counterweight and guided and driven by a sheave that is rotated by a motor. A compensating rope suspends between the car and the counterweight. The co... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6659231 | Self-balancing synchronization assembly for a hydraulic elevator A self-balancing synchronization assembly has a support beam pivotally mounted on a guide rail adjacent a hydraulic elevator jack. A synchronization bracket is pivotally mounted at one end of the beam and a pair of synchronization cables is connected betw... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6629583 | Fixture for an elevator system Fixture for an Elevator System A fixture using an electrophoretic display system is disclosed. Various construction details are developed which enable simplification of the wiring system for the elevator system. In one detailed embodiment, a touchscreen d... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6626267 | Apparatus and method for generating power onboard a hoist conveyance An onboard power generation apparatus for a hoist conveyance includes a drive wheel carried by the conveyance. The drive wheel is positioned to engage the surface of a stationary structure adjacent the conveyance, such as a shaft guide, so that movement o... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6598710 | Elevator system with wireless elevator control transmit/receive unit An elevator system in which a car travels upward and downward among a plurality of floors includes an elevator control unit and terminals each having a wireless transmitting/receiving unit. The terminals are provided for the elevator control unit and for ... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6595329 | Forklift truck with a lifting device A forklift truck includes two driven front wheels, a lifting device, and at least one elevatable component. A flexible hydraulic line is wound up on a drum of the forklift truck. The hydraulic line connects the elevatable component with a non-elevatable c... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6488126 | Elevator control device In an elevator apparatus, a radiation fin device on which heat generating parts are mounted and a cooling fan for cooling the radiation fin device by forced air are accommodated in a tall and narrow case. The cooling fan has a rotation shaft extending in ... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6481531 | Elevator communications apparatus The number of electrical wires in the car is reduced by radio communications between the operation panel and terminal. Furthermore, reliability and dependability of communications are improved because the operation panel and terminal communicate with each... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6446761 | Elevator system having wireless transmitting/receiving units In order to make it possible to transmit and receive information between terminals and to reduce the number of wires used for an elevator in a building in an elevator system by transmitting and receiving information through wireless transmission even if a... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6427807 | Method and apparatus for configuring elevator controls A method of and an apparatus for configuring elevator controls permit external signal emitters and signal receivers to be connected to freely selectable connection points of an input/output module. For each of the occupied connection points on the input/o... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6415893 | Arrangement for guiding a car cable Arrangement for guiding a car cable has one end of the car cable attached to the elevator car while the other end is attached to a connection point in the elevator shaft. The car cable forms a loop hanging below its points of attachment. The arrangement c... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6408986 | Charger for elevator call devices An elevator capable of supplying electric power to accessory hall devices such as up/down elevator buttons and position indicators without requiring power supply lines between the cage and each hall. A drive battery which supplies electric power to hall d... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6382361 | Elevator An elevator system in which an elevator-car and a counter weight are suspended on a pulley system in a hoistway. The elevator system includes a receiving unit for receiving an electric power from a feeding unit provided in the hoistway, an inverter for co... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6357555 | Prewired elevator door frame An elevator system includes door frame assemblies that are prewired with the plurality of wires needed to make connections between various components in the elevator system. A door frame assembly preferably includes a plurality of wires bundled within a j... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6138797 | Procedure and apparatus for installing the overspeed governor of an elevator The invention relates to a procedure and an apparatus intended to be used in elevator installation to install the overspeed governor (28) for the time it takes to install the elevator. According to the invention, when the elevator is being installed, at l... | 10/31/2000 |
| 5721403 | Selective circuit bypass for elevator system An electrical branch bypass arrangement includes a first branch, a second branch and means for opening the first branch and for bypassing the second branch. Preferably, the means includes a plurality of plugs mechanically bundled together so that each of ... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5712458 | Door sensor beam An assembly for a no-contact power reversing system for an elevator car gate comprises a lost-motion linkage comprising inner and outer telescoping members, the inner member having an upper extension which stabilizes and protects the electrical cable lead... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5601156 | Maintaining communications and power during transfer of horizontally moveable elevator cab A socket plug assembly (44) on an elevator cab (10) may engage with complimentary socket plug assemblies (46) on either of two car frames (11, 13) when it is horizontally moved therebetween. A socket plug assembly (44a) on a horizontally moveable elevator... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5579869 | Secondary conductor of an elevator-driving linear induction motor This invention is concerned in a secondary conductor for an elevator-driving linear induction motor in which, in connecting secondary conductor members to one another, adjoining portions of secondary conductor members are cut and engaged with one another ... | 12/03/1996 |
