Protective sleeve for elevator belt
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorDanielle Davis
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Abstract
A protective cover for a load bearing member of an elevator system includes a sleeve wrapped around a perimeter of the load bearing member, the sleeve configured to protect the load bearing member from debris damage during installation or maintenance operation of the elevator system, and configured to slide along a length direction of the load bearing member. A tether is configured to connect the sleeve to a working platform.
Claims19
A protective cover for a load bearing member of an elevator system, comprising:
- a sleeve wrapped around a perimeter of the load bearing member, the sleeve configured to protect the load bearing member from debris damage during installation or maintenance operation of the elevator system, and configured to slide along a length direction of the load bearing member;
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- a tether configured to connect the sleeve to a working platform.
An elevator system, comprising:
- a hoistway;
- an elevator car disposed in the hoistway;
- an elevator load bearing member operably connected to the elevator car to suspend and/or drive the elevator car along the hoistway;
- a guide rail installed in the hoistway to guide movement of the elevator car along the hoistway;
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- a protective cover for the load bearing member, the protective cover including:
- a sleeve wrapped around a perimeter of the load bearing member, the sleeve configured to protect the load bearing member from debris damage during installation or maintenance operation of the elevator system, and configured to slide along a length direction of the load bearing member;
- and
- a tether configured to connect the sleeve to the elevator car.
A method of performing installation or maintenance on hoistway components for an elevator system, comprising:
- installing a sleeve around a portion of a load bearing member of an elevator system;
- connecting the sleeve to a working platform via a tether;
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- performing one or more installation or maintenance operations at a first hoistway location via the working platform, the sleeve protecting the load bearing member from damage from the one or more installation or maintenance operations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.