Elevator control of an elevator installation
AssigneeInventio AG
InventorsMiroslav Kostka, Paul Friedli
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Abstract
An elevator control of an elevator installation having at least two elevator cars movable independently of one another in a common elevator includes a control device for maintaining a defined minimum distance between two successive ones of the elevator cars and a defined maximum distance between two successive ones of the elevator cars.
Claims13
An elevator control of an elevator installation with at least two elevator cars that move independently of one another in a common travel shaft, comprising:
- a first elevator car movable in the common travel shaft;
- a second elevator car movable in the common travel shaft;
- and
- a control apparatus maintaining the first and second elevator cars following one another at a spacing between a predefined minimum spacing and a predefined maximum spacing.
A method of controlling an elevator installation having at least first and second elevator cars that move independently in a common travel shaft comprising the steps of:
- providing an elevator control apparatus;
- and
- operating the control apparatus to control movement of the first and second elevator cars in the common travel shaft to maintain a spacing of the first and second elevator cars between a predefined minimum spacing and a predefined maximum spacing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.