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US 6,471,014 B1Granted
Elevator installation with a device for operating in a special mode
AssigneeInventio AG
InventorsChristian Daniel, Ulrich Haeberle, Hubert Erker, Holger Zerelles
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device for operating elevators in a special mode which comprises at least one control element for controlling at least one allocated functional unit of the elevator. At least one indicator is assigned to the functional unit, which indicates at least one condition of the functional unit that can be influenced by one or several control elements and which can be perceived by the operator of the one or several control elements.
Claims8
An elevator installation, comprising:
- an elevator car;
- a main drive operative to move the elevator car;
- an auxiliary drive;
- an operating brake;
- and a device for operating the elevator installation in an evacuation mode when the elevator car is stuck and not moved by the main drive, the device having at least one control element for electrically controlling the auxiliary drive and the brake so as to raise and lower the elevator car, and at least one indicating device assigned to the auxiliary drive which indicates movement condition, direction and position of the elevator car so as to be perceivable by an operator of the control element, the at least one indicating device being operative to indicate position of the car relative to a floor landing, the at least one control element and the at least one indicating device being arranged locationally independent of at least one of the elevator installation and the auxiliary drive of the elevator installation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.