Car skirt of an elevator installation
AssigneeInventio AG
InventorRomeo Lo Jacono
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Abstract
An elevator installation includes an elevator shaft provided with shaft doors and a car moveable up and down in the shaft. The car has a car skirt moveable between a horizontal rest position and a vertical blocking position. The car skirt is pivotally and displaceably mounted on the car by a guideway. When the car skirt is in the blocking position, it can be supported on an adjacent one of the shaft doors.
Claims12
An elevator installation including a car moveable up and down in an elevator shaft, the elevator shaft having a plurality of shaft doors, the car comprising:
- a car skirt arranged on the car and being moveable between a horizontal rest position and a vertical blocking position;
- wherein the car skirt is movable relative to the car about a horizontal pivot axis, the car skirt having a blocking segment that adjoins the pivot axis and projects downward when the car skirt is in the blocking position thereby closing a gap between a floor at which the one shaft door is located and an underside of the car, and the car skirt having a support segment that adjoins the pivot axis and projects upward when the car skirt is in the blocking position to positionally secure the car skirt vertically;
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- wherein when the car skirt is in the blocking position and the car is adjacent to one of the shaft doors, the car skirt is adapted to be supported on the one shaft door when a horizontal force is exerted onto the blocking segment causing an upper end of the support segment to pivot and abut against the one shaft door.
An elevator car skirt for use in an elevator installation a car moveable up and down in an elevator shaft, the elevator shaft having a plurality of shaft doors, the car skirt comprising:
- a guideway adapted to be attached to an underside of the car;
- a skirt element being moveable along the guideway and being rotatable about a horizontal pivot axis at the guideway for movement between a horizontal rest position and a vertical blocking position;
- wherein the skirt element has a blocking segment that adjoins the pivot axis and projects downward when the car skirt is in the blocking position thereby closing a gap between a floor at which the one shaft door is located and the underside of the car, and the skirt element has a support segment that adjoins the pivot axis and projects upward when the car skirt is in the blocking position to positionally secure the car skirt vertically;
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- wherein when the car skirt is attached to the car and in the blocking position and the car is adjacent to one of the shaft doors, the skirt element is adapted to be supported on the one shaft door when a horizontal force is exerted onto the blocking segment causing an upper end of the support segment to pivot and abut against the one shaft door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.