Information display and control device for a passenger conveyor
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorsMartin Mehlert, Michael Kruse, Dietmar Kruger, Reiner Wallbaum
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Abstract
An information display and control device for a passenger conveyor includes a housing and a post. The device is separate from the passenger conveyor and is positioned at a desirable location that is viewable by passengers approaching the passenger conveyor. The housing is mounted on the post at a predetermined height to avoid inadvertent tampering with the components of the housing. In one particular embodiment, the components of the housing include a traffic light, a control panel and an emergency switch.
Claims6
An integrated information display and control device for a passenger conveyor, the passenger conveyor having a direction of travel for carrying passengers from a first landing to a second landing, wherein the device is separate from the passenger conveyor and includes:
- a housing including:
- an information display that is viewable by the passengers approaching the passenger conveyor;
- a control panel that permits an operator of the control panel to manipulate the operation of the passenger conveyor;
- and
- an emergency switch, wherein actuation of the switch stops the operation of the passenger conveyor;
- and
- a post that supports the housing such that the housing is positioned at a predetermined height to discourage inadvertent actuation of the emergency switch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.