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US 12,577,081 B2Granted
Operation systems and methods for hoist elevators
AssigneeDesigned Access LLC
InventorChad Baumgartner
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Abstract
Systems and methods for hoist elevator system operation are provided. Hoist elevator operation systems and methods operate using a wireless network that may include a plurality of wireless technologies. Hoist elevator operation systems include a floor call station installed on a level or floor of a construction site, as well as a car controller paired to an operator panel and installed in a hoist elevator car. A remote server and a base station may also be provided.
Claims20
A hoist elevator operation system comprising:
- a floor call station configured to be mounted to a surface at a location within a level of a construction site where a user would be located to call a hoist elevator car, the floor call station including an up indicator button, a down indicator button, and a floor call station transmitter that transmits a floor call message when a user activates the up indicator button or the down indicator button, wherein the floor call message includes a called floor number and a direction of travel associated with the call;
- a car controller comprising a wireless transceiver, the car controller being installed in a hoist elevator car, where the wireless transceiver receives the floor call message from the floor call station;
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- an operator panel installed in the hoist elevator car and operatively paired to the car controller, the operator panel including a display and a control panel, wherein the display of the operator panel includes an up call panel having a floor icon for each floor of the construction site and a down call panel having a floor icon for each floor of the construction site, and the display of the operator panel provides a visual indication of the floor call message, including the called floor number and called direction of travel associated with the call, by illuminating the floor icon for the called floor on the up call panel or the down call panel.
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A method of operating a hoist elevator system comprising steps of:
- sending a floor call message from a floor call station via a wireless network to each of a plurality of car controllers, the floor call station being mounted to a surface at a location within a level of the construction site where a user would be located to call a hoist elevator car, the floor call station, and each car controller being installed in one hoist elevator car in the hoist elevator system, wherein the floor call message includes a called floor number and a direction of travel associated with the call;
- receiving the floor call message at each car controller, where each car controller sends the floor call message to an operator panel coupled to the car controller and installed in the same hoist elevator car as the car controller;
- displaying the floor call message, including the called floor number and called direction of travel associated with the call, on a display of each operator panel, wherein the display of the operator panel includes an up call panel having a floor icon for each floor of the construction site and a down call panel having a floor icon for each floor of the construction site, by illuminating the floor icon for the called floor on the up call panel or the down call panel;
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- cancelling the floor call message by the car controller of the hoist elevator car that answers the floor call.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.