US 2025/0027326 A1 · SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR AN ELEVATOR PIT DECK DEVICE

Abstract

A deck device and a method to access a pit ladder are described. An elevator pit deck device includes a platform configured to move between a stored position and an operational position; the platform installable in a channel; the stored position being a folded or retracted configuration; the platform, when in the operational position, extending between a channel opening and a wall of the channel. In some embodiments, the channel is an elevator hoistway, the channel opening connects the elevator hoistway and an elevator landing sill, the wall of the channel is proximate to a pit ladder, and the pit ladder is extendable towards a pit of the elevator.

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Dependent claims

A deck device for supporting a person in an elevator shaft, the pit deck device comprising:

a platform configured to be pivotably attached to an elevator pit wall of the elevator shaft, a first side of the platform including at least one hinge to connect the platform to an edge of an elevator sill on the elevator pit wall;
and
at least one actuator attached at a first end to a second side of the platform opposite the first side of the platform, a second end of the at least one actuator being configured to be attached to the elevator pit wall;
wherein
the platform is configured to pivot between a stored position and an operational position,
the stored position being a position whereby the pit deck device is retracted towards the elevator pit wall and a top face of the platform is along a vertical plane with the first side of the platform vertically above the second side of the platform,
the operational position being a position whereby the at least one actuator is extended and the top face of the platform is along a horizontal plane.

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Systems, devices, and methods for an elevator pit deck device

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Systems, devices, and methods for an elevator pit deck device

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Abstract

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