Elevator car with stowable working platform
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorsAurélien Fauconnet, Frédéric Beauchaud
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Abstract
An elevator car defines an interior space for accommodating passengers and/or cargo. The elevator car comprises a working platform and a tension member, wherein the working platform is moveable between a stowed position, above the interior space, and an operational position, within the interior space using the tension member. and A support member is arranged to support the working platform, from below, when the working platform is in the operational position.
Claims15
An elevator car defining an interior space for accommodating passengers and/or cargo, the elevator car comprising:
- a working platform;
- a tension member, wherein the working platform is moveable between a stowed position, above the interior space, and an operational position, within the interior space, using the tension member (8a, 8b);
- and
- a support member, arranged, when in a supporting position, to support the working platform, from below, when the working platform is in the operational position.
A method of moving a working platform of an elevator car between a stowed position above an interior space defined by the elevator car, for accommodating passengers and/or cargo, and a position within the interior space in which the working platform is usable by a maintenance person, the method comprising:
- moving the working platform between the stowed position and an operational position, within the interior space, using a tension member;
- and
- moving a support member between a stowed position and a supporting position, wherein the support member is arranged to support the working platform from below when the support member is in the supporting position and the working platform is in the operational position.
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