CN1184767A

CN1184767A - Elevator shuttle having N cabs, 2N landings and 3N decks

Info

Publication number: CN1184767A
Application number: CN97123079A
Authority: CN
Inventors: M·A·斯帕内尔; F·H·巴克尔
Original assignee: Otis Elevator Co
Current assignee: Otis Elevator Co
Priority date: 1996-12-03
Filing date: 1997-12-02
Publication date: 1998-06-17
Also published as: ID17814A; GB2320013A; KR19980063701A; JPH10167628A; GB9724013D0; TW378193B

Abstract

In a multiple hoistway elevator shuttle system, elevator cages are exchanged in car frames of adjacent multiple hoistways, carrying passengers from the lower level to the upper level of a building. The elevator shuttle system includes N cages for the hoistway and N cages for landing, and 2N landings for landing level and 3N decks for car of each hoistway, and landings and perpendicularly adjacent to elevator hoistways, and on the same side are used.

Description

Elevator shuttle with N car, a 2N platform and 3N layer bottom surface

The present invention relates to many winding shafts elevator, wherein its utilizes the vertical adjacent platform in the highest and minimum winding shaft terminal the same side, the feasible lift car that passes on mutually when lift car moves in the car frame of adjacent winding shaft in the car frame of a winding shaft.

In order in skyscraper, to save the space that in the space of bottom installation elevator, promptly is known as the building center, must use the elevator hoist well effectively.Nearest innovation is that lift car shifts between the car frame of adjacent winding shaft, lift car passes on mutually when they shift between winding shaft, therefore car moves down and moves on the car during at every ascending for elevator when every elevator is descending, has a plurality of cars always to move in many winding shafts of mono-elevator shuttle basically.Be to submit on January 18th, 1966 own together unsettled 08/588, in No. 577 U.S. Patent applications, each lift car in the highest and minimum winding shaft has two layers of bottom surface, and each lift car in winding shafts has two layers of bottom surface and adds the auxiliary bottom surface of one deck in the middle of all.When each elevator only transported a car at every turn, the highest and minimum winding shaft had two layers of bottom surface and middle winding shaft has the triple bottom face.When each elevator transported two cars at every turn, the highest and minimum winding shaft had four layers of bottom surface and middle winding shaft has five layers of bottom surface.Yet, the sort of system is only with such configuration operation, that is: lift car perhaps adopts the biasing well to load no matter have or not the passenger all to remain on up and down in the lift car frame in the winding shaft, stops the both sides that platform that car uses must be configured in elevator during loading and unloading.

In 08/729 of the submission of owning together in 11 days October in 1996, in No. 553 U.S. Patent applications, car frame in each winding shaft of system comprises that adding one deck with the corresponding two layers of bottom surface of each car assists the bottom surface, that is: the triple bottom face arranged in the system that at every turn transports a car, and five layers of bottom surface are arranged in all winding shafts in the system that at every turn transports two cars in all winding shafts.In this system, the platform that biasing well loading and unloading are used can be all in the same side of winding shaft, but has a pair of car to be transferred on the platform at every turn, and they are separated by intermediate floor; Equally, have a pair of car to transfer on the car frame from platform, they are separated by one deck bottom surface of car frame at every turn.

Purpose of the present invention comprises a kind of many winding shafts elevator device, wherein each lift car always moves in the winding shaft of each overlap joint of system basically, platform is located at the single side of winding shaft, and the platform that elevator car arrives is vertically adjacent on this single side also leaves adjacent platform.

According to the present invention, the elevator of a plurality of overlap joints comprises the mono-repeat system, and elevator shuttle drives each lift car simultaneously and moves in each elevator.For each lift car, two platforms that each car frame of this elevator shuttle carries when using the triple bottom face that carries simultaneously and being positioned at winding shaft the same side.Particularly, in one embodiment, basically the car that always moving in each winding shaft, each car frame has the triple bottom face in each winding shaft, and each terminal of the highest and minimum winding shaft respectively has two platforms to be arranged on the same side of winding shaft.In another embodiment, two cars that in each winding shaft, always moving basically, each car frame has six layers of bottom surface in each winding shaft, and each terminal the highest and minimum winding shaft respectively has four platforms to be arranged on the same side of winding shaft.Transport in each winding shaft in the system of single elevator, the present invention allows vertical adjacent platform place, the platform landing that is replacing in elevator hoist well the same side of single car at every turn.In each winding shaft, transport in the system of two elevators at every turn, the present invention allow a pair of lift car mutually alternately the vertical adjacent platforms that replaces mutually of winding shaft the same side on land.

Other purposes of the present invention, feature and advantage will become more apparent according to following detailed description to exemplary embodiment shown in the drawings.

Fig. 1～6th, the present invention in each winding shaft, transport a car repeat system simplification, the diagrammatic side view cut open of part, this system is used between the highest and lowest floor of three winding shafts, two floor systems.

Fig. 7 is the simplified side view of car frame and car, has shown that the present invention can be used for lift car is moved to from a car frame horizontally moving device of another car frame.

Fig. 8～13rd, the present invention in each winding shaft, transport two cars repeat system simplification, the diagrammatic side view cut open of part, this system is used between the highest and lowest floor of three winding shafts, two floor systems.

Among Fig. 1, the low layer lift car frame 15 of a triple bottom face just is discharged to car A on the lowest deck 16 and just in time receives car B from upper brace 17 at lowest floor 18 places in building.The car frame 15 of triple bottom face runs in the bottom winding shaft 19.The middle part car frame 22 of triple bottom face just in time receives car C and just in time car D is transferred to high-rise car frame from high-rise car frame 23.The middle part car frame 22 run on the middle part winding shaft 24 in and high-rise car frame 23 runs in the high winding shaft 25.Marquis such as car E on the upper brace 28 of building 29 top layers, the lower platform 30 that this top layer has comprised.

Among Fig. 2, low layer car frame 15 rises to the top of winding shaft 19 and exchanges cars with the middle part car frame 22 that moves to winding shaft 24 bottoms.Meanwhile, high-rise car frame 23 has risen to the top that improves well 25, receives car E thereby car D is transported on the platform 30 and from platform 28.Among Fig. 3, high-rise car frame 23 is platform 16, the 17 exchange cars at low layer car frame 15 and low floor 18 places with middle level car frame 22 exchange cars once more.This process is proceeded in Fig. 4,5 and 6 in conspicuous mode.

Be to be noted that in the illustrated embodiment descending car carries on the bottom surface, middle level of all car frames, and each up car is alternately carried upwards and is upwards carried in the lower floor bottom surface of car frame at the upper layer undersurface of car frame.Up on upper layer undersurface, as the car B in Fig. 1～3 with up as car D among Fig. 1 and the overlap joint of the car A among Fig. 3 on the lower floor bottom surface.Certainly, the present invention can move in just in time opposite mode, and wherein in conspicuous mode, all up cars are carried on the bottom surface, middle level, and all descending cars are alternately carried on the superiors bottom surface of car frame and orlop bottom surface.

The device that shifts car between car frame can be the rack-and-pinion horizontally moving device, and it is NO.08/663 that this device is disclosed in the application number of owning together of submitting on June 19th, 1966, in 869 the U.S. Patent application.Such device partly is shown in Fig. 7, and wherein, because (in Fig. 1～6) car A will be transferred on the lower floor bottom surface 31 of middle part car frame 22 (Fig. 4), this car A places on the lower floor bottom surface 30 of bottom lift car frame 15.The bottom surface of car A has the fixing main tooth bar 32 that extends (among Fig. 7 from right to left) between the front of car and back, also have one and can outwards slide into right side (as shown) or slide into the sliding rack 33 in left side.On car frame platform 30,31, respectively have two Drive pinions.At first, assistive drive miniature gears 35 clockwise rotate with drive slip auxiliary rack 33 bottoms from car A move on to shown in the position, in this position this tooth bar 33 can with assistive drive miniature gears 36 engagements on the platform 31, this is the boundary that tooth bar 33 can slide.Then, assistive drive miniature gears 36 will clockwise rotate, draw auxiliary rack 33 (it is extended boundary now), and whole carriage A (on unshowned roller or wheel) is moved right as shown in Figure 7, till an end 37 of main tooth bar 32 is during with the main Drive pinion (not shown) engagement that exactly is arranged in Fig. 7 assistive drive miniature gears 36 back.Then, this main Drive pinion will arrive on the platform 31 fully by main tooth bar 32 traction whole carriage A, and meanwhile, the spring (not shown) make auxiliary rack 33 slidably return to car A below.

In order to make car A return platform 30 from platform 31, auxiliary miniature gears 36 rotates inhour, makes slip auxiliary rack 33 outwards move to the left side, up to its left end 38 and auxiliary miniature gears 35 engagements.Auxiliary then miniature gears 35 inhours are rotated so that auxiliary rack 33 and whole carriage B are pulled to the left side, till the left end 39 of main tooth bar 32 meshed with the main Drive pinion (not shown) that is fixed in assistive drive miniature gears 35 back, this main Drive pinion traction whole carriage A arrived on the platform 30 fully up to it left then.

Bottom car frame 15 and middle part car frame 22 respectively have two complementary platform (not shown) above platform 30,31.In each winding shaft, car can be had a bottom girder, for example bottom girder 40 from each position that a car frame is transferred on another car frame, it is arranged between two winding shafts, car can move on this bottom girder, and car frame and bottom girder can use car frame/base plate bolt (not shown) to pin, this car/base plate bolt is for example for being that submit to November 28 nineteen ninety-five, common unsettled NO.08/565, disclosed those in No. 648 U.S. Patent applications.For example each car such as car B can be locked on arbitrary platform, for example platform 30 with car/car frame bolt (not shown), this car/car frame bolt for example can adopt the NO.08/565 that submits to November 29 nineteen sixty-five, owns those disclosed in the U.S. Patent application together No. 658.Each

platform

16,17,28,30 have with to the identical device of platform 30,31 described devices, so that car can be transferred on the platform from car frame.Platform also has the car/car frame bolt of above-mentioned pattern usually.

Fig. 8～13 illustrate another embodiment of the invention, and this scheme is similar to the embodiment of Fig. 1～6, and two cars are just arranged in each car frame, and therefore four platforms are arranged, six layers of bottom surface are arranged in each car frame at each termination floor.Letter A, B, C are used in position same as described above, with the identical operation of single pattern in the displayed map 1～6 or the double-deck pattern in Fig. 8～13.Certainly, if weight allows, perhaps can move three cars with car frame with six platforms and nine layers of bottom surface at every turn.The present invention also can implement in the adjacent winding shaft more than having only two or three, may implement in the winding shaft of four or five overlap joints skyscraper.Therefore, for each winding shaft, have at every turn by what winding shaft carried and the car frame (being to be two in and Fig. 7～12 in Fig. 1～6) of triple bottom face is arranged and the two-layer platform of each car of at every turn carrying by car frame at the termination floor for each car.

The control of native system is fairly simple because all three (or more a plurality of) car frames will move to identical position again and again so that with adjacent car frame exchange car.The highest and minimum car frame will move to a higher position (the high platform place among Fig. 2,6,8,12, the low platform place among Fig. 3 and 9) before stopping near platform with the car in its lower floor; Similarly, when having car on the superiors bottom surface, they will move to platform one lower position (among Fig. 4 at high platform; Among Fig. 1,5,8 and 12 at low platform).Therefore, the target location that the existence of car can determine to stop car frame on detection one deck or another layer bottom surface on platform.Control can be adopted above-mentioned unsettled U.S. Patent application NO.08/588, is obviously simplified improved form in 577, perhaps adopts certain other form as required.

All above-mentioned patent applications that are incorporated herein are with for referencial use.

So far, though the present invention has made to show and describe that those of skill in the art should be appreciated that in this area foregoing and various other changes that may make, deletion and the additional the spirit and scope of the present invention that do not deviate to its exemplary embodiment.

Claims

1. elevator shuttle, it comprises:

A plurality of adjacent elevator hoist wells, its perpendicular distal at least that is arranged in the ground floor in building and building is between another layer of described ground floor, except the highest winding shaft, the upper end of each described winding shaft and the lower end of another winding shaft overlap joint, except this intrasystem minimum winding shaft, the lower end of each described winding shaft and another described winding shaft overlap joint;

But the lift car of a plurality of parallel motions, it comprises N lift car of each described winding shaft and N lift car of each described floor;

A plurality of vertical adjacent platforms, they are positioned at the same side of the winding shaft that is adjacent at above-mentioned each floor place, have 2N platform at each layer of described floor;

The car frame that is used for each winding shaft, each described car frame has 3N layer bottom surface; With

Horizontally moving device is used for exchanging described lift car between the contiguous car frame of described car frame and between described platform and contiguous described flat-bed car frame.

2. the system as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized by: each winding shaft has a car, and each floor has a car, and each floor has on two platforms and described each car frame the triple bottom face is arranged.

3. the system as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized by: each winding shaft has two cars, and each floor has two cars, and each floor has four platforms and described each car frame that six layers of bottom surface are arranged.

4. the system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized by: have two above-mentioned floors.

5. the system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized by: the winding shaft with three described overlap joints.