Elevator door and method for opening an elevator door having two sliding door panels

Car door for an elevator comprising:

• at least two sliding door panels;
• means for moving said door panels between a first configuration wherein the door is closed and a second configuration wherein the door is open and vice versa;
• a car sill that can be horizontally aligned with a floor sill,
• characterised in that it comprises:
• a profile for each door panel, said profile being arranged below the corresponding door panel and having an elongated extension with a first portion integrally constrained to said door panel and a second portion projecting towards said floor sill, the second portion of one of the profiles having a groove in which the first portion of the other profile is slidably inserted, so that when passing from the first to the second configuration said second projecting portions move towards one another in order to compose said car sill which projects towards the floor sill, and when passing from the second to the first configuration said second projecting portions move away from one another in order to disassemble said car sill, each door panel dragging through its motion the corresponding profile integral to it.