Passenger transfer, double deck, multi-elevator shuttle system
Patent 5663539 Issued on September 2, 1997. Estimated Expiration Date: 
November 29, 2015. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
November 29, 2015. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References1939729 Inventors
AssigneeApplicationNo. 564697 filed on 11/29/1995US Classes:187/385, Dispatches load supports from designated landing187/249, HAVING INDEPENDENT SUPPORTS CARRYING DISTINCT LOADS AND SHARING COMMON PATH187/400, WITH SAFETY OR SEALING MEANS FOR GAP BETWEEN LOAD SUPPORT AND LANDING187/902CONTROL FOR DOUBLE-DECKER CARExaminersPrimary: Nappi, Robert E.Foreign Patent References
International ClassesB66B 001/18B66B 001/00 B66B 009/00 AbstractDouble deck elevator cars (10-12) are moveable in corresponding adjacent overlapping hoistways (7-9). Passengers entering the bottom deck (39) from a ground landing are transferred into the bottom deck (47) of a second elevator as passengers in the upper deck (46) of the second elevator are transferred to the upper deck (38) of the first elevator. Passengers in the lower deck (31) of a third elevator (10) are transferred to a lower landing (33) as passengers in an upper landing (32) enter an upper deck (30) of the third elevator. Passengers are thereafter transferred in the same fashion between the second elevator and the third elevator at a second transfer level (49).Other References
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