Elevator car, elevator system and method of accessing a space in a hoistway of an elevator system
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorsGerard Sirigu, Pascal Rebillard
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Abstract
An elevator car (6) for moving in a hoistway (4) between a plurality of landings (8a-8d) includes a floor hatch (22) formed at a bottom of the elevator car (6) and allowing a person to access a space (24) in a portion of the hoistway (4) below the elevator car (6) from inside the elevator car (6). The elevator car (6) further includes at least one movable fixing element (34) that is movable between an elevator car fixing position in which it fixes the position of the elevator car (6) in a hoistway (4) at a predefined position above a bottom of the hoistway (4), and a released position, in which it does not fix the position of the elevator car (6) in the hoistway (4).
Claims15
Elevator car (6) for moving in a hoistway (4) between a plurality of landings (8a-8d);
- wherein the elevator car (6) comprises a floor hatch (22) formed at a bottom of the elevator car (6) and allowing a person (20), in particular a mechanic, to access a space (24) in a portion of the hoistway (4) below the elevator car (6) from inside the elevator car (6);
- the elevator car (6) further comprising at least one movable fixing element (34) that is movable between an elevator car fixing position in which it fixes the position of the elevator car (6) in a hoistway (4) at a predefined position above a bottom of the hoistway (4), and a released position, in which it does not fix the position of the elevator car (6) in the hoistway (4).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.