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US 2017/0320707 A1Published application
Elevator system with ventilation system
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorsGuillaume Bonatre, Sebastien Mougin, Rene Gonzalez
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Abstract
An elevator system (20) is provided including a hoistway (22) and an elevator car (24) movable within the hoistway (22) between a plurality of landings (26). The elevator car (24) includes at least one air scoop (70) configured to fluidly couple an interior of the elevator car (24) to the hoistway (22) such that a controlled fluid flow may pass there between. The hoistway (22) may or may not include a ventilation opening (50) configured to couple the hoistway (22) to an air source disposed outside of the hoistway (22).
Claims15
An elevator system, comprising
- a hoistway;
- and
- an elevator car movable within the hoistway between a plurality of landings, the elevator car including at least one air scoop configured to fluidly couple an interior of the elevator car to the hoistway such that a controlled fluid flow may pass there between.
An elevator system, comprising
- a hoistway, wherein the hoistway does not include a ventilation opening configured to fluidly couple the hoistway to an air supply disposed outside of the hoistway;
- an elevator car movable within the hoistway between a plurality of landings;
- and
- a landing door movable between an open position and a closed position arranged at one or more of the plurality of landings, the landing door being optimized to allow a selected amount of fluid flow there through when in a closed position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.