Elevator system
AssigneesThyssenkrupp Elevator AG, thyssenkrupp AG
InventorPhilippe Gainche
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Abstract
An elevator system, including at least one first guide rail, which is oriented in a first, in particular vertical, direction, at least one second guide rail, which is oriented in a second, in particular horizontal, direction, a plurality of rotatable rail segments, wherein at least one thereof is transferable between an orientation in the first direction and an orientation in the second direction, at least one elevator cab, which is transportable along the guide rails and which, via the rotatable rail segments, is transferable between the different guide rails, at least one third guide rail, which is oriented in a third, in particular horizontal, direction, and wherein at least one of the rotatable rail segments is transferable between an orientation in the first or second direction into an orientation in the third direction.
Claims15
An elevator system, comprising:
- a first guide rail oriented in a first direction,
- a second guide rail oriented in a second direction,
- a plurality of rotatable rail segments, wherein at least one of the plurality of rotatable rail segments is configured to transfer between an orientation in the first direction and an orientation in the second direction,
- an elevator cab configured to move along the guide rails and which, via the plurality of rotatable rail segments, is configured to transfer between the first and second guide rails, and
- a third guide rail oriented in a third direction,
- wherein at least one of the plurality of rotatable rail segments is configured to transfer between an orientation in the first or second direction into an orientation in the third direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.