Elevator floor call panel having dual operating modes
AssigneeInventio AG
InventorsLin Han, Paul Friedli
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Abstract
A panel for an elevator installation has a predetermined number of floor buttons for generating hall calls or car call commands wherein a single floor button or a floor button combination is provided for each floor. The panel can be converted by a converter button or a sensor so that all floors are also selectable by a decade keyboard formed by a portion of all the floor buttons. All floors are thus selectable comfortably and without restriction even by handicapped persons.
Claims20
A panel apparatus for generating floor calls in an elevator installation comprising:
- a panel having a front face and adapted to be mounted on one of an elevator car wall and a building hallway wall;
- a predetermined number of floor buttons mounted on said panel front face, said floor buttons each being actuatable either individually or in combination for generating a floor call for travel to an associated destination floor for each destination floor of the elevator installation in a normal mode of operation of the panel apparatus;
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- a converter means mounted on said panel front face and being actuatable for converting the panel apparatus from said normal mode of operation to a converted mode of operation whereby all of the destination floors are also selectable by actuation of a group of said floor buttons being less than all of said floor buttons.
A method of operating a panel apparatus in an elevator installation comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a predetermined number of floor buttons;
- b. actuating each of the floor buttons individually or in combination in a normal mode of operation to generate floor calls to associated ones of all destination floors of a building served by an elevator installation;
- c. providing converter means;
- d. actuating the converter means to switch from the normal mode of operation to a converted mode of operation;
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- e. actuating a group of the floor buttons being less than all of the floor buttons in the converted mode of operation to generate the floor calls for all of the destination floors.
A panel apparatus for generating floor calls in an elevator installation comprising:
- a panel having a front face and adapted to be mounted on one of an elevator car wall and a building hallway wall;
- a predetermined number of floor buttons mounted on said panel front face, said floor buttons each being actuatable either individually or in combination for generating a floor call for travel to an associated destination floor for each destination floor of the elevator installation in a normal mode of operation of the panel apparatus;
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- a converter means mounted on said panel front face and being actuatable for converting the panel apparatus from said normal mode of operation to a converted mode of operation whereby all of the destination floors are also selectable by actuation of a group of said floor buttons being less than all of said floor buttons, said group of said floor buttons being positioned in a lower area of said front face and being accessible to a person seated on a wheelchair when said panel is mounted on one of the elevator car wall and the building hallway wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.