Elevator door unit having mechanism to release lock unit manually in emergency
AssigneeToshiba Elevator Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKenzo Tonoki, Yoshiaki Fujita, Shin Murakami, Norihito Togashi
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Abstract
An elevator door unit includes cage doors, a cage door lock unit, hall doors, and a lock release unit. The cage doors are provided in a cage which moves in a shaft. The cage door lock unit limits and locks the opening width of the cage doors to the width not to permit passing of passengers. The hall doors are provided in a landing hall, and opened interlocking with the cage doors, when the cage stops in a range of facing to the cage doors. The lock release unit releases the cage door lock unit within the opening width by opening the cage doors by manual operation, when the cage stops in a range that the cage doors face to the hall doors.
Claims6
An elevator door unit, comprising:
- a cage door which is provided in a cage which moves in a shaft;
- a cage door lock unit which limits and locks an opening width of the cage door to a width to not permit passing of passengers;
- a hall door which is provided in a landing hall, and is opened interlocking with the cage door when the cage stops in a range of facing to the cage door;
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- a lock release unit which releases a lock of the cage door lock unit by opening the cage door within the opening width by manual operation, when the cage is in a range that the cage door faces to the hall door, the lock release unit comprising a trigger plate which is provided in the cage and interlocked with the cage door lock unit, and a push roller which is provided in the hall door and releases the cage door lock unit by pressing the trigger plate while the cage door is opened within the opening width.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.