Elevator apron
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorsJean-Emile Rocher, Etienne Billant
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Abstract
An elevator car including: a door; and an apron movable between a deployed position and a retracted position; wherein in the deployed position the apron hangs below the door; wherein in the retracted position the apron is vertically overlapped with the door; and wherein in the retracted position the apron is engaged with the door such that it is movable sideways together with the door. As the apron is displaced upwards relative to the elevator car it will block the doorway. However, as the apron is engaged with the door in the retracted position, opening the door also moves the apron out of the way of the doorway so that the apron does not hinder passengers from using the elevator car.
Claims13
An elevator car comprising:
- a door;
- and
- an apron movable between a deployed position and a retracted position;
- wherein in the deployed position the apron hangs below the door;
- wherein in the retracted position the apron is vertically overlapped with the door;
- and
- wherein in the retracted position the apron is engaged with the door such that it is movable sideways together with the door;
- wherein the door comprises a first engagement part and wherein the apron comprises a second engagement part arranged to engage with the first engagement part when the apron is in the retracted position such that movement of the door in either direction causes corresponding movement of the apron.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.