Self running type elevator system using linear motors

Abstract

A self running type elevator system using linear motors in which a control of power supply to a plurality of elevator cars can be achieved without increasing the size of the system enormously. The system includes at least one travelling corridors, each of which is equipped with a primary coil of a linear motor; a plurality of elevator cars placed inside the travelling corridors, each of which is equipped with a secondary conductor of the linear motor; and a plurality of control device means, provided in correspondence to the elevator cars, for controlling a supply of a driving power to the primary coil at a position of the elevator car such that the elevator car is driven by a driving force produced between the primary coil and the secondary conductor of the linear motor by the driving power.

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