Shaft switching assembly for an elevator system
AssigneesThyssenkrupp Elevator AG, thyssenkrupp AG
InventorsRichard THUM, Marius MATZ, Eduard STEINHAUER
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Abstract
A shaft changing assembly may be utilized with or in an elevator system. The elevator system may include two vertical elevator shafts, cars that are independently movable in the elevator shafts, a horizontal guide rail connecting the elevator shafts and configured to guide the cars along a movement path during a changing process from a first of the shafts to an end position in a second of the shafts. The shaft changing assembly may comprise an auxiliary brake configured to generate a braking force to brake the car undergoing horizontal travel. Application of the braking force may depend on a velocity profile of the car undergoing horizontal travel.
Claims21
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A shaft changing assembly for an elevator system that comprises a first elevator shaft;
- a second elevator shaft;
- cars that can be moved in the first and second elevator shafts independently of one another;
- and a horizontal guide rail by which the first and second elevator shafts are connected, the horizontal guide rail being configured to guide the cars along a movement path during horizontal travel during a changing process from the first elevator shaft to an end position in the second elevator shaft, wherein the shaft changing assembly comprises an auxiliary brake configured to generate a braking force to brake the cars during horizontal travel, wherein application of the braking force depends on a velocity profile of the car undergoing horizontal travel.
An elevator system comprising:
- a first elevator shaft;
- a second elevator shaft;
- cars that can be moved in the first and second elevator shafts independently of one another;
- a horizontal guide rail by which the first and second elevator shafts are connected, the horizontal guide rail being configured to guide the cars along a movement path during horizontal travel during a changing process from the first elevator shaft to an end position in the second elevator shaft;
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- a shaft changing assembly that includes an auxiliary brake configured to generate a braking force to brake the cars during horizontal travel, wherein application of the braking force depends on a velocity profile of the car undergoing horizontal travel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.