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US 12,312,212 B2Granted
Elevator car and construction-time elevator arrangement and method
AssigneeKone Corporation
InventorsSimo Mäkimattila, Emil Hagström
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Abstract
An elevator car includes a first floor for delimiting a transport space above it, and a second floor for delimiting a second transport space above it. One of the first and second floors is a displaceable floor, the elevator car being shiftable between a double-decker-state and a single decker-state by displacing the displaceable floor. A construction-time elevator arrangement and a method for elevator use during construction of a building, which implement the elevator car, are also disclosed.
Claims13
An elevator car comprising:
- a ceiling;
- a first floor for delimiting a first transport space above the first floor;
- a plurality of sidewalls, each sidewall extending from the first floor to the ceiling;
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- a second floor for delimiting a second transport space above the second floor, the second floor being between the first floor and the ceiling and extending from a first side wall to a second side wall of the plurality of sidewalls,
- wherein the second floor is a displaceable floor, the elevator car being shiftable between a double-decker-state and a single-decker-state by displacing the displaceable floor,
- wherein the displaceable floor is displaceable by pivoting between a horizontal position and an upright or at least a substantially upright position, the displaceable floor extending into the second transport space when in the upright position,
- wherein displacing the second floor enables merging of the first transport space and the second transport space such that a third transport space is formed, the third transport space extending from the first floor to the ceiling, and
- wherein a size of the first floor is substantially equal to a size of the second floor.
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