Elevator system and elevator door control method
AssigneeInventio AG
InventorValerio Villa
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Abstract
An elevator system includes: a car traveling in an elevator shaft; a car door arranged on the car; at least one shaft door arranged on a door opening of the elevator shaft; a shaft door locking device, in particular comprising a shaft door drive, for unlocking and/or closing and/or opening the shaft door; a shaft door sensor arranged on the shaft door and a car door signal transmitter arranged on the car door; and a shaft door control unit operatively connected to the shaft door sensor, the shaft door control unit directly actuating the shaft door locking device when a car door signal of the car door signal transmitter is received by the shaft door sensor.
Claims13
1-11. (canceled)
An elevator system comprising:
- a car traveling in an elevator shaft;
- a car door arranged on the car;
- a shaft door arranged on a door opening of the elevator shaft;
- a shaft door locking device including a shaft door drive adapted to at least one of unlock, close and open the shaft door;
- a shaft door sensor arranged on the shaft door and a car door signal transmitter arranged on the car door;
- and
- a shaft door control unit operatively connected to the shaft door sensor, the shaft door control unit directly actuating the shaft door locking device when a car door signal generated by the car door signal transmitter is received by the shaft door sensor.
A method for controlling a car door and a shaft door of an elevator system, the method comprising the steps of:
- generating a car door signal from a car door signal transmitter arranged on the car door;
- receiving the car door signal by a shaft door sensor arranged on the shaft door;
- transmitting the received car door signal to a shaft door control unit to at least one of open, close and unlock the shaft door;
- and
- directly actuating a shaft door locking device with the shaft door control unit to at least one of unlock, open and close the shaft door when the cabin door signal is present at the shaft door control unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.