Elevator belt monitoring system
AssigneeWeidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
InventorXuefeng GE
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Abstract
An elevator belt monitoring apparatus includes a housing for receiving an elevator belt and a plurality of screws or pins which are operable to pierce the belt and the spaced parallel cords arranged within the belt. One screw or pin engages each belt. A plurality of bridge contacts are connected with adjacent pairs of screws or pins and signal contacts are connected with the screws or pins adjacent to the outer edges of the belts. The signal contacts are connected with a monitoring device which sends and receives signals to the contacts to provide an indication of the condition or deterioration of the belt.
Claims29
An elevator belt monitoring system, comprising
- (a) a housing for receiving an elevator belt;
- (b) a plurality of parallel belt-piercing devices arranged in an array within said housing, each belt-piercing device being configured to pierce a respective cord within the belt;
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- (c) a plurality of contacts connected with said belt-piercing devices, said contacts including a pair of signal contacts and a plurality of bridge contact assemblies, said bridge contact assemblies connecting selected pairs of belt-piercing devices.
A contact assembly for an elevator belt monitoring system, comprising
- (a) a belt-piercing device configured to penetrate a cord within the elevator belt;
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- (b) a contact connected with said belt-piercing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.