Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Transfer station for a ropeless elevator system with redundancy of subcomponents and parking zone
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Application No.: US15539952Application Date: 2015-12-22
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Publication No.: US10752466B2Publication Date: 2020-08-25
- Inventor: Cezary Jedryczka , Adam Marian Myszkowski , Tadeusz Witczak , Zbigniew Piech , Bruce P. Swaybill , Wojciech Szelag , Arthur Hsu , Enrico Manes
- Applicant: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US CT Farmington
- Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
- Current Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Farmington
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2015/067377 WO 20151222
- International Announcement: WO2016/109338 WO 20160707
- Main IPC: B66B9/00
- IPC: B66B9/00 ; B66B11/00 ; B66B11/04

Abstract:
A transfer station (40) for a ropeless elevator system hoistway (11) is provided. The transfer station (40) includes a first lane (13, 15, 17), a second lane (13, 15, 17), and a parking area (42) located proximate one of the first lane (13, 15, 17) and the second lane (13, 15, 17). The transfer station (40) also includes a plurality of carriages (46) moveable within the first lane (13, 15, 17), the second lane (13, 15, 17), and the parking area (42), the plurality of carriages (46) configured to support and move an elevator car (14). The transfer station (40) further includes a cassette (44) configured to support and move the plurality of carriages (46). The transfer station (40) yet further includes a guiding member (48) engaged with the cassette (44), wherein the position of each of the plurality of carriages (46) relative to the first lane (13, 15, 17), the second lane (13, 15, 17) and the parking area (42) is modified by horizontal or vertical movement of the cassette (44).
Public/Granted literature
- US20180009636A1 TRANSFER STATION FOR A ROPELESS ELEVATOR SYSTEM WITH REDUNDANCY OF SUBCOMPONENTS AND PARKING ZONE Public/Granted day:2018-01-11
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