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US 10,703,608 B2Granted
Deterrent device inhibition key
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorsChristophe Taudou, Nicolas Fonteneau, Clement Schach, Thierry Chopineau, Raphael Picard, Patrice Degardin, Alexandre Renard
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Abstract
An elevator system is provided, the system includes an elevator car (100, 200, 300) having at least one elevator car door (202), a deterrent system configured to prevent the at least one elevator car door (202) from opening when the elevator car (100, 200, 300) is not in an unlocking zone (218, 318), and a disabling system configured to disable the deterrent system such that the at least one elevator car door (202) may be opened outside of the unlocking zone (218, 318).
Claims4
An elevator system comprising:
- an elevator car having at least one elevator car door configured to be openable when proximate a landing door and within an unlocking zone such that the at least one elevator car door and the landing door are configured to be opened together;
- a deterrent system configured to prevent the at least one elevator car door from opening when the elevator car is not in the unlocking zone;
- a disabling system configured to disable the deterrent system such that the at least one elevator car door may be opened when the elevator car is not in the unlocking zone;
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- an elevator controller configured in communication with the deterrent system and the disabling system, wherein the disabling system is configured to communicate to the controller that the deterrent system is to be disabled and the controller then disabled the deterrent system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.