Elevator system
AssigneeInventio AG
InventorsRomeo Lo Jacono, Gilles Trottmann, Nilesh Thombare, Erich Butler
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Abstract
An elevator system has an elevator car with a roof on which roof a balustrade is arranged as a fall protection for delimiting an accessible inner region on the roof. The balustrade includes a guide rail engagement means via which the balustrade can be brought into engagement with a guide rail by a latching mechanism for a secure position such that the balustrade is supported inwardly and outwardly on the guide rail in the secure position.
Claims13
An elevator system having an elevator car with a balustrade arranged on a roof of the elevator car as a fall protection for delimiting an accessible inner region on the roof, wherein the elevator car is movable up and down along guide rails, the elevator system comprising:
- a guide rail engagement means arranged on the balustrade;
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- wherein the balustrade is supported against inward movement toward the inner region when the guide rail engagement means is engaged on one of the guide rails.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.