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US 12,208,992 B1Granted
Elevator suspension member with coating
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorsBardia Guilani, George Shaw
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Abstract
A method and assembly includes at least one suspension member that supports an elevator car and facilitates movement of the elevator car within a hoistway. A jacket encases the at least one suspension member. A coating at least partially covers the jacket, and the coating includes at least one light resistant property.
Claims18
An assembly comprising:
- at least one suspension member that supports an elevator car and facilitates movement of the elevator car within a hoistway;
- a jacket that encases the at least one suspension member, and wherein the jacket has an external facing side and a traction side that is supported on at least one sheave;
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- a coating that at least partially covers the jacket, the coating including at least one light resistant property, and wherein the coating only covers the external facing side of the jacket.
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An elevator system, comprising:
- an elevator car;
- at least one suspension member that supports the elevator car and facilitates movement of the elevator car within a hoistway, wherein the at least one suspension member comprises a plurality of tension members encased within a jacket, and wherein the jacket has an external facing side and a traction side that is supported on at least one sheave;
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- a coating that at least partially covers the jacket, wherein the coating comprises an ultraviolent protection coating, and wherein the coating only covers the external facing side of the jacket.
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A method of coating a suspension member that supports an elevator car and facilitates movement of the elevator car within a hoistway, the method comprising:
- encasing a plurality of tension members within a jacket to form at least one suspension member;
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- applying a coating to at least partially cover a portion of the jacket, wherein the coating includes at least one light resistant property, and further including applying the coating to only cover a side of the jacket that faces an external light source, leaving a traction side of the jacket uncoated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.