Hoistway access ladder storage
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorsJean-Emile Rocher, Vincent Lopez
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Abstract
A storage system (500) for an elevator hoistway access ladder (300) includes a landing doorway (502) comprising a door column (504) and a landing door (506). The door column (504) includes a rotating support (501) for storing the hoistway access ladder (300), and the rotating support is rotatable relative to the door column (504).
Claims15
An elevator hoistway access ladder storage system (400) comprising a hoistway access ladder (300) and a landing doorway (402), the landing doorway (402) comprising a door column (404) and a landing door (406);
- wherein the door column (404) comprises a cavity (405);
- and wherein the hoistway access ladder (300) is stored within the cavity (405) of the door column (404).
An elevator hoistway access ladder storage system (500) comprising a landing doorway (502), the landing doorway (502) comprising a door column (504) and a landing door (506);
- wherein the door column (504) comprises a rotating support (501) for storing a hoistway access ladder (300), the rotating support (501) being rotatable relative to the door column (504).
A method of storing a hoistway access ladder (300) in a landing doorway of an elevator hoistway (117), the method comprising:
- mounting a rotating support (501) to a door column of a landing doorway (402;
- 502), the rotating support (501) being rotatable relative to the door column (404;
- 504);
- and
- storing a hoistway access ladder (300) in the rotating support (501).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.