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Application Number:  20120037462

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventors:  Schaffhauser, Urs; Urben, Andreas; Nicole, Marcel; Schupfer, Marco; Sager, Matthias

An elevator system includes a multi-deck vehicle having at least two cars for transporting persons and/or goods, wherein the elevator system is arranged so as to be movable along a track and is coupled to a drive using at least one support device. The at least two cars of the multi-deck vehicle are coupled to each other, the track includes at least one guide rail, and each of the cars of the multi-deck vehicle has at least one guide element that is guided on or in one of the at least one guide ...
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Application Number:  20120037461

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventor:  Finschi, Lukas

A method, an elevator system control unit, computer-readable media and an elevator installation for allocation of a user to the elevator installation, which is provided with a plurality of elevator cars and with a destination call control unit, wherein the user lodges a destination call at the destination control unit using a communications unit. The destination call control unit determines a group of elevator cars for serving the destination call and makes the group known to the user by the ...
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Application Number:  20120037460

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventor:  Zaph, Volker

A drive sheave for driving at least one traction device of an elevator system, including at least one traction area in which recesses are formed, which recesses extend substantially perpendicular to a circumferential direction of the drive sheave in the form of grooves, wherein the drive sheave is formed by a one-piece drive sheave body having the at least one traction area, and the grooves extend in the drive sheave ...
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Application Number:  20120037459

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventor:  Fritz, Volker

The object is achieved, according to the invention, in that the traction device (208) is equipped as a pulley block (209) with two or more, in particular with four, deflecting pulleys (206, 212, 214, 219), the axes of which are arranged one below the other on an approximately vertically running plane, at least one deflecting pulley (206) being mounted in the elevator well or on the well carcass (102) above the elevator installation (103), a further ...
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Application Number:  20120037458

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventor:  Gerstenkorn, Bernhard

A person is detected before entering an elevator in a building, and a destination floor desired by the person is detected. When the person leaves the elevator, the floor on which the person leaves the elevator is detected using a further detecting device. An action is triggered if the floor on which the person leaves the elevator and the destination floor do not ...
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Application Number:  20120031712

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventors:  Bloch, Hanspeter; Stenvers, Georg

A fire service elevator with an elevator cage includes a cage roof, wherein the elevator cage is at least partly supported and driven by at least one support means. The elevator cage has on the cage roof a region vulnerable to spray water, and this region vulnerable to spray water is covered by an element having a surface structure of such a kind that extinguishing water falling on the element in the event of fire is substantially prevented from spraying in the direction of the at least one ...
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Application Number:  20120031711

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventors:  Gerstenkorn, Bernhard; Ottiger, Daniel

A method for determining a destination call for use by an elevator installation with a control unit and at least one destination call device includes ascertaining several destination calls and making them known to the user by the destination call device. A destination call is selected by a change in position of the user and/or a data communication is activated between the destination call device and a communications unit, which is carried by the user, within a defined range of a radio link ...
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Application Number:  20120031710

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventors:  MERI, Timo; Loukas, Tommi; Kangas, Petteri

An arrangement and a method are provided for determining the position of an elevator car in the elevator hoistway. The arrangement includes a measuring apparatus fitted in connection with the elevator car. The measuring apparatus is arranged to form an electromagnetic radio-frequency measuring signal, for determining the position of the elevator car. The arrangement also includes a position identifier fitted in a selected location in relation to the elevator hoistway. The position identifier is ...
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Application Number:  20120031709

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventor:  Finschi, Lukas

A method of operating an elevator installation for transporting elevator users in a building area, including the steps of: detecting the position of elevator users in the building area, granting of an access authorization of the elevator users to building regions, triggering of a destination call by a detected elevator user, allocation of an elevator car serving the destination call or elevator call, boarding of an elevator car by at least one detected elevator user, if an elevator call was ...
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Application Number:  20120031708

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventor:  Aluisetti, Marco

A control unit for an elevator installation comprises a cover and a base. The control unit further comprises a lock which can lock the cover to the base or release it from the base. The lock comprises a locking bar with a magnet, wherein this locking bar is movable back and forth between a closed position and an open position by movement of a magnetic lock on a surface of the cover. The locking bar with the magnet is stabilized in the closed position by a first magnetic element and the cover is ...
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Application Number:  20120031707

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventors:  Ketoviita, Seppo; Panula, Juha

The invention relates to a safety arrangement of an elevator, which safety arrangement comprises a mechanical safety device (3, 4, 11) that ensures the safety of the elevator hoistway (2) and that can be moved into a use position (2), and which safety arrangement of an elevator comprises a detector (5) of intrusion into the elevator hoistway, which detector is fitted to receive measuring data (6) from the sensors (7) that determine the status of the ...
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Application Number:  20120031706

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventor:  Van Der Helm, Hermanus Cornelis

Hand truck with a frame provided with a substantially vertical guide, two wheels which are situated near the bottom side of the guide and which are rotatable about a transverse shaft, a handle which is situated near the upper side of the guide, a lifting device comprising a lifting element which is displaceable along the guide and a lifting drive which is connected to the lifting element for displacing the lifting element, a motor for driving the wheels and a brake cooperating with the wheels ...
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Application Number:  20120024638

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventors:  RUSANEN, Niko; POUTIAINEN, Vesa

The present invention presents a call panel of an elevator or of an elevator system, which call panel comprises one or more display elements, a front plate covering the call panel, in connection with which front plate a touch sensor is fitted, and also a control unit to which the display elements and also the touch sensor are connected. The detection area of the touch sensor comprises active areas covered by the display elements as well as a passive area that remains outside at least some of ...
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Application Number:  20120024637

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventor:  Henneau, Philippe

An elevator system includes at least one elevator car and at least one counterweight, which can be moved in opposite directions from each other on at least one guide track in an elevator shaft by a support apparatus guided over a traction sheave of a drive. At least one monitoring device detects a slackening of the support apparatus, wherein the monitoring device is disposed at a deflection roller for the support ...
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Application Number:  20120024636

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventor:  Niikawa, Takeshi

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 conducting wires if the ascending/descending body disengages from a guide rail are mounted to the ascending/descending body. The first conducting wire is set to positive electric potential, and the second conducting wire is set to ...
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Application Number:  20120023863

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventors:  Van Der Meijden, Gert; Van Den Heuvel, Jos

Method for constructing an elevator, more particularly an elevator that is used during the construction-time of the building, in which method the range of movement in the elevator hoistway of the elevator car of the elevator is changed in steps to extend higher in the elevator hoistway with stepped lifts of the supporting platform of the elevator car, and in which method the supporting platform is lifted higher in the elevator hoistway with hoisting means, and the support force needed for the ...
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Application Number:  20120018257

Publication Date:  2012-01-26

Inventor:  Tokura, Sakurako

In an elevator system in which a user registers a destination call by inputting his or her personal information before boarding an elevator car, it is ensured that information on an assigned car can be appropriately provided, and that the user is able to easily make sure of the elevator car to board even after the registration of a destination call. For this purpose, there are installed in an elevator hall or the like a destination call registration device with which a user registers a ...
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Application Number:  20120018256

Publication Date:  2012-01-26

Inventors:  Talbot, Samuel R.; Mangini, Richard J.

Passive infrared detectors (20, 22, 24, 26, 28) carried by an elevator car (14) detect the presence of persons on top of or in the hoistway (12) below the elevator car (14). The passive infrared detectors (20, 22, 24, 26, 28) can also be used to detect open landing doors with no elevator ...
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Application Number:  20120018255

Publication Date:  2012-01-26

Inventor:  Gross, Larry

An automotive lift typically includes a plurality of posts, a lift platform and a cable system for raising the lift platform. Various components including sliders slidably mounted on the posts are external to the posts, which facilitates visual inspection and repair of these components and provides for stronger posts. The configuration of the lift also allows the lift to sit on a floor without fasteners such as anchor bolts extending into the ...
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Application Number:  20120018252

Publication Date:  2012-01-26

Inventors:  PEACOCK, Mark; ESKELINEN, Matti; YAN, Zhizhong

Method in the use of a construction-time elevator, in which method the supporting platform that supports the elevator car of the elevator is lifted higher in the elevator hoistway with a hoisting device supported on a support structure. In the method the supporting platform is suspended from the support structure via at least one hoisting device and rope comprised in the hoisting device and the supporting platform is lifted upwards in the elevator hoistway with a lifting ratio of 1:x, where x ...
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