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US 10,513,418 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for adjusting landing door locks from inside an elevator car
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorsAurelien Fauconnet, Amine Badaoui
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Abstract
A tool for adjusting landing door locks in an elevator shaft is provided. The tool includes a first part that is adjustable in length and configured to be mounted in an elevator door opening and a second part movably attached to the first part and configured to simulate an elevator door coupling, the second part moveable along the length of the first part.
Claims12
A tool for adjusting landing door locks in an elevator shaft, the tool comprising:
- a first part that is adjustable in length and configured to be mounted in an elevator door opening;
- and
- a second part movably attached to the first part and configured to simulate an elevator door coupling, the second part moveable along the length of the first part.
A method of adjusting a landing door lock in an elevator shaft, the method comprising:
- opening an elevator door of an elevator car;
- installing a tool in the opening, the tool having a first part adjustable in length and configured to be mounted in an elevator door opening and a second part movably attached to the first part and configured to simulate an elevator door coupling, the second part moveable along the length of the first part;
- adjusting a position of the second part of the tool to simulate an elevator door coupling of the elevator car in the opening of the elevator car;
- adjusting a landing door lock relative to the second part of the tool;
- removing the tool from the opening;
- and
- closing the elevator door.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.