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US 10,597,260 B2Granted
Elevator door panel
AssigneeKone Corporation
InventorsAri Hanninen, Aki Haikonen, Jussi Lahteenmaki, Markku Haivala, Juha Helenius
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Abstract
The elevator door panel is formed of a composite material based on reinforcement fibres embedded in a polymer matrix material, the reinforcement fibres being arranged in the polymer matrix material so that the elevator door panel is stiff in a vertical plane, but can be bent to a curve around a vertical corner.
Claims17
An elevator door panel, the elevator door panel including a composite material based on reinforcement fibres embedded in a polymer matrix material, the reinforcement fibres being arranged in the polymer matrix material so that
- the elevator door panel is stiff in a vertical plane, and
- the elevator door panel is flexible in a horizontal plane such that the elevator door panel is configured to be bent to a curve around a vertical corner,
- wherein the elevator door panel is attached to a top roller slider and a bottom roller slider, such that the elevator door panel is configured to be glidingly supported on top and bottom door guide rails via the top and bottom roller sliders, respectively,
- wherein the top roller slider includes
- a top slider body that is parallel to the top door guide rail,
- two top support arms rotatably attached to separate, opposite end portions of the top slider body, each top support arm rotatably attached to the top slider body by a separate articulated joint positioned in a middle of the top support arm, and
- a plurality of top rollers, wherein separate top rollers, of the plurality of top rollers, are attached to opposite ends of each top support arm, wherein the separate top rollers that are attached to the opposite ends of each top support arm are configured to be seated within separate U-shaped grooves in the top door guide rail, based on the top roller slider being installed on the top door guide rail,
- wherein the bottom roller slider includes
- a bottom slider body that is parallel to the bottom door guide rail,
- two bottom support arms rotatably attached to separate, opposite end portions of the bottom slider body, each bottom support arm rotatably attached to the bottom slider body by a separate articulated joint positioned in a middle of the bottom support arm, and
- a plurality of bottom rollers, wherein separate bottom rollers, of the plurality of bottom rollers, are attached to opposite ends of each bottom support arm, wherein the separate bottom rollers that are attached to the opposite ends of each bottom support arm are configured to be seated within separate U-shaped grooves in the bottom door guide rail, based on the bottom roller slider being installed on the bottom door guide rail.
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