Elevator car, elevator and method
AssigneeKone Corporation
InventorsMarkku Haapaniemi, Matti Räsänen, Anssi Venho, Sakari Korvenranta
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Abstract
An elevator car includes a roof deck; a plurality of walls; a floor; one or more doors; and a transport space bordered by the roof deck, the plurality of walls, the floor, and at least one openable and closable door for allowing access to said transport space. The roof deck is vertically movable from a first normal use position upwards to a second cargo use position for increasing the height of the transport space, and from the second position downwards back to the first position for reducing the height of the transport space. An elevator and a method implementing the elevator car are also disclosed.
Claims20
An elevator car comprising:
- a roof deck;
- a plurality of walls;
- a floor;
- one or more doors;
- supports attaching the roof deck to the plurality of walls, the supports being attached to opposed walls of the plurality of walls;
- and
- a transport space bordered by said roof deck, said plurality of walls, said floor, and said one or more doors,
- wherein the roof deck is vertically movable from a first position upwards to a second position for increasing a height of the transport space, and from said second position downwards back to said first position, and
- wherein the roof deck has a first section hingedly attached to a remainder of the roof deck.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.