Protector for an elevator car
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorsJavier Muñoz Sotoca, Borja de Diego Restrepo
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Abstract
A protector (200) for an elevator car (102) includes a protective panel (202) and at least one magnet (204) mounted to the protective panel (202). The magnet (204) is configured to be attracted to an internal wall (106) of a passenger compartment (104) of an elevator car (102) so as to retain the protective panel (202) against the internal wall (106). The magnet (204) may be retained against a support (210) of the protector (200) by a retainer assembly (220). The protector (200) may further comprise an electrical device which comprises a lighting device (240) configured to emit light into the passenger compartment (104) of the elevator car (102).
Claims13
A protector (200) for an elevator car (102), the protector (200) comprising:
- a protective panel (202);
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- one or more magnets (204) mounted to the protective panel (202),
- wherein the one or more magnets (204) are configured to be attracted to an internal wall (106) of a passenger compartment (104) of the elevator car (102) so as to retain the protective panel (202) against the internal wall (106);
- a lighting device (240) configured to emit light upwardly into the passenger compartment (104) of the elevator car (102), the lighting device positioned vertically above the one or more magnets (204);
- a light diffuser (260) positioned vertically above the lighting device (240).
A protector (200) for an elevator car (102), the protector (200) comprising:
- a protective panel (202);
- one or more magnets (204) mounted to the protective panel (202),
- wherein the one or more magnets (204) are configured to be attracted to an internal wall (106) of a passenger compartment (104) of an elevator car (102) so as to retain the protective panel (202) against the internal wall (106):
- a support (210) for mounting at least one of the one or more magnets (204) to the protective panel (202),
- wherein the support (210) spaces the one or more magnets (204) from the protective panel (202):
- a retainer assembly (220), wherein the retainer assembly (220) retains at least one of the one or more magnets (204) against the support (210);
- wherein the retainer assembly (220) comprises first and second retainers (222, 224) extending outwardly from the protective panel (202),
- wherein the first and second retainers (222, 224) partially overlap the at least one of the one or more magnets (204) such that the at least one of the one or more magnets (204) is retained against the support (210):
- wherein the first and second retainers (222, 224) each comprise a retainer bracket (222a, 224a) and a retainer lip (222b, 224b),
- wherein the first and second retainer brackets (222a, 224a) extend away from the protective panel (202), and the first and second retainer lips (222b, 224b) are disposed at the distal ends of the first and second retainer brackets (222a, 224a),
- wherein the first and second retainer lips (222b, 224b) extend over part of the at least one of the one or more magnets (204), such that the at least one of the one or more magnets (204) is retained between the first and second retainer lips (222b, 224b) and the support (210).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.