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US 10,589,964 B2Granted
Elevator car, elevator system and method of checking, maintaining and/or repairing an elevator system
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorJuan Cortes
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Abstract
An elevator car (6) comprises at least one movable wall panel (16, 18), which is movable between a closed position, in which the at least one movable wall panel (16, 18) constitutes a portion of a sidewall of the elevator car (6), and at least one open position providing an opening (24) which allows access to areas outside the elevator from inside the elevator car (6). The at least one movable wall panel (16, 18) includes a first movable wall panel (16) constituting or supporting a car operation panel (7b).
Claims11
An elevator car (6) comprising:
- at least one movable wall panel (16, 18), which is movable between a closed position, in which the at least one movable wall panel (16, 18) constitutes a portion of a sidewall of the elevator car (6), and at least one open position providing an opening (24) which allows access to areas outside the elevator from inside the elevator car (6),
- wherein the at least one movable wall panel (16, 18) includes a first movable wall panel (16) constituting or supporting a car operation panel (7b), at least one scissor mechanism (15), which is configured for guiding at least one of the at least one movable wall panels (16, 18), and wherein at least one of the at least one movable wall panels (16, 18) comprises at least one roller (26) for supporting at least one of the at least one movable wall panels (16, 18) on a floor of the elevator car (6).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.