EP0918035B1 - Elevator plant with a control cabinet integrated within the shaft - Google Patents

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EP0918035B1
EP0918035B1 EP98402919A EP98402919A EP0918035B1 EP 0918035 B1 EP0918035 B1 EP 0918035B1 EP 98402919 A EP98402919 A EP 98402919A EP 98402919 A EP98402919 A EP 98402919A EP 0918035 B1 EP0918035 B1 EP 0918035B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66B—ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS
    • B66B11/00—Main component parts of lifts in, or associated with, buildings or other structures
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  • the present invention relates to an installation elevator and more specifically a new mode installation of the installation control means, such as machinery and electrical control cabinet.
  • an elevator car is driven by a machinery whose operation is controlled by control, safety and troubleshooting devices which are generally grouped in an electrical cabinet.
  • the machinery and the electrical cabinet are housed in a room located at the top of the sheath elevator or sometimes at the bottom of the shaft, in the basement.
  • the present invention aims to remedy this drawback by proposing an elevator installation which does not include room for machinery.
  • the invention relates to an elevator installation of the type comprising a mobile cabin in a sheath between several floors with landing doors, said cabin being driven by machinery whose operation is controlled from an electrical cabinet, characterized by what the electrical cabinet and the machinery are integrated into inside the sheath, and in that the electrical cabinet is slidably mounted horizontally on one of said stages between a first position where it is entirely contained in the sheath, and a second position where it is fully extended to the landing of said floor, the sliding of the cabinet through an opening formed in the door frame of said landing and which is normally closed by a susceptible panel to be open to allow passage to the cabinet bearing.
  • the cabinet In its retracted position, the cabinet is received in a free space defined between the cabin and a wall of the sheath which is perpendicular to the landing door.
  • the control cabinet must be installed, depending architectural needs, at whatever level, for example at the upper level, at the lower level or at a intermediate level.
  • the opening panel can be locked in its position closed to prevent access to the electrical cabinet persons not authorized to intervene.
  • the installation also includes an electrical means, such as a contact, being part of the safety chain of the facility and who is willing to cooperate with said opening panel so that when it is open, the elevator installation is automatically switched on off.
  • an electrical means such as a contact
  • the elevator installation shown in Figure 1 comprises, in a manner known per se, an elevator shaft 10 in which moves at least one cabin 12 guided in movement by vertical rails 14, 16.
  • Each stage served by the elevator is equipped with a landing door 17 of any known type.
  • the landing door is formed by two leaves 18, 20 to opening to the left or to the right or again respectively to left and right.
  • the landing door may also not have only one leaf.
  • the leaves are framed by a frame comprising two vertical posts 22, 24 and a pediment 26.
  • the frame is itself framed by caulking panels 28, 30, 32.
  • Cab 12 is suspended from at least one cable passing by a pulley system, not shown.
  • the cable leads to its other end a counterweight 38, which moves in a space 40 formed between a side wall of the cabin and an adjacent wall 41 of the sheath which is perpendicular to the landing door 17.
  • an electrical cabinet is mounted 42 which carries the control, safety and maintenance of the installation.
  • the electrical cabinet is provided at its lower part with rollers 44 capable of rolling on a lower rail 46 and at its upper part of rollers 48 guided by a rail higher 50.
  • the cabinet 42 can thus slide between a first position shown in Figures 3 and 4 where it is fully received in space 40 and a second position shown in Figure 5 where it is fully extended to the outside of the sheath and is on the bearing 51 of the floor considered.
  • the extraction of the cabinet on the landing is done at through an opening 52 formed in the frame, by example to the right of the right post 24 and it spans the entire height of the landing door.
  • the opening 52 is normally closed by a removable panel 54. In position closed, this panel rests on a vertical rebate 56 formed on the edge of the right post 24, on a rebate horizontal 58 formed on the edge of the panel superior caulking 30 and in a vertical baffle 60 fixed to the right caulking panel 32.
  • the panel 54 can be locked in the closed position at by means of two closing elements 62, 64 which can be operated by means of a special key.
  • the elements of closure are part of the safety chain of the installation, so that when locked, the installation is in service, and that when they are unlocked, the system is automatically switched off on duty.
  • the operator must first unlock the closing elements 62, 64 and remove the panel 54. He then pulls the cabinet 42 into the rolling on the rails 46, 50, until it found entirely on the bearing 51 (FIG. 5).
  • the cabinet is connected by flexible pendant cables, not shown, to the drive machinery which is it also housed in space 40, above the cabinet.

Abstract

Lift machinery may be located within the lift shaft when additional accommodation is not available. The control cupboard (42) may be carried on rollers and rails (44, 46) and normally be located within the lift shaft at an intermediate floor. When required, the cupboard may be withdrawn to the landing (51) by removing a panel (54) which automatically isolates the lift

Description

La présente invention concerne une installation d'ascenseur et plus particulièrement un nouveau mode d'implantation des moyens de commande de l'installation, tels que la machinerie et l'armoire électrique de commande.The present invention relates to an installation elevator and more specifically a new mode installation of the installation control means, such as machinery and electrical control cabinet.

On sait qu'une cabine d'ascenseur est entraínée par une machinerie dont le fonctionnement est contrôlé par des organes de commande, de sécurité et de dépannage qui sont généralement regroupés dans une armoire électrique. Habituellement, la machinerie et l'armoire électrique sont logés dans un local situé à la partie supérieure de la gaine d'ascenseur ou parfois à la partie inférieure de la gaine, dans le sous-sol. Toutefois, dans certains immeubles, il n'est pas toujours possible de disposer d'un tel local.We know that an elevator car is driven by a machinery whose operation is controlled by control, safety and troubleshooting devices which are generally grouped in an electrical cabinet. Usually the machinery and the electrical cabinet are housed in a room located at the top of the sheath elevator or sometimes at the bottom of the shaft, in the basement. However, in some buildings, it is not always possible to have such a room.

Une installation d'ascenseur ayant l'armoire de commande sur le palier est décrite par example dans EP-A-0 680 921.An elevator installation with the cabinet control on the landing is described by example in EP-A-0 680 921.

La présente invention vise à remédier à cet inconvénient en proposant une installation d'ascenseur ne comportant pas de local pour la machinerie.The present invention aims to remedy this drawback by proposing an elevator installation which does not include room for machinery.

L'invention concerne une installation d'ascenseur du type comprenant une cabine mobile dans une gaine entre plusieurs étages munis de portes palières, ladite cabine étant entraínée par une machinerie dont le fonctionnement est commandé depuis une armoire électrique, caractérisé en ce que l'armoire électrique et la machinerie sont intégrés à l'intérieur de la gaine, et en ce que l'armoire électrique est montée coulissante horizontalement à l'un desdits étages entre une première position où elle se trouve entièrement contenue dans la gaine, et une seconde position où elle est entièrement sortie sur le palier dudit étage, le coulissement de l'armoire se faisant à travers une ouverture formée dans l'huisserie de la porte palière dudit étage et qui est normalement obturée par un panneau susceptible d'être ouvert pour livrer le passage à l'armoire vers le palier.The invention relates to an elevator installation of the type comprising a mobile cabin in a sheath between several floors with landing doors, said cabin being driven by machinery whose operation is controlled from an electrical cabinet, characterized by what the electrical cabinet and the machinery are integrated into inside the sheath, and in that the electrical cabinet is slidably mounted horizontally on one of said stages between a first position where it is entirely contained in the sheath, and a second position where it is fully extended to the landing of said floor, the sliding of the cabinet through an opening formed in the door frame of said landing and which is normally closed by a susceptible panel to be open to allow passage to the cabinet bearing.

Dans sa position rentrée, l'armoire est reçue dans un espace libre défini entre la cabine et une paroi de la gaine qui est perpendiculaire à la porte palière. In its retracted position, the cabinet is received in a free space defined between the cabin and a wall of the sheath which is perpendicular to the landing door.

L'armoire de manoeuvre devra être installée, en fonction des besoins architecturaux, à quel que niveau que ce soit, par exemple au niveau supérieur, au niveau inférieur ou à un niveau intermédiaire.The control cabinet must be installed, depending architectural needs, at whatever level, for example at the upper level, at the lower level or at a intermediate level.

Le panneau ouvrant peut être verrouillé dans sa position fermée pour interdire l'accès à l'armoire électrique aux personnes non habilitées à intervenir.The opening panel can be locked in its position closed to prevent access to the electrical cabinet persons not authorized to intervene.

L'installation comporte également un moyen électrique, tel qu'un contact, faisant partie de la chaíne de sécurité de l'installation et qui est disposé pour coopérer avec ledit panneau ouvrant de manière que lorsque celui-ci est ouvert, l'installation d'ascenseur est mis automatiquement hors circuit.The installation also includes an electrical means, such as a contact, being part of the safety chain of the facility and who is willing to cooperate with said opening panel so that when it is open, the elevator installation is automatically switched on off.

L'invention sera mieux comprise à la lecture de la description d'un mode de réalisation illustré par les dessins annexés dans lesquels :

  • la figure 1 est une vue en coupe horizontale de l'installation d'ascenseur selon l'invention, au niveau de l'étage où se trouve l'armoire électrique ;
  • la figure 2 est une vue en perspective de face de la porte palière dudit étage ;
  • la figure 3 est une vue en coupe suivant la ligne III-III de la figure 2 ;
  • la figure 4 est une vue en coupe suivant la ligne IV-IV de la figure 2, l'armoire électrique étant en position rentrée ; et
  • la figure 5 est une vue analogue à la figure 4, l'armoire étant représentée en position sortie.
    • The invention will be better understood on reading the description of an embodiment illustrated by the appended drawings in which:
  • Figure 1 is a horizontal sectional view of the elevator installation according to the invention, at the floor where the electrical cabinet is located;
  • Figure 2 is a perspective front view of the landing door of said floor;
  • Figure 3 is a sectional view along line III-III of Figure 2;
  • Figure 4 is a sectional view along line IV-IV of Figure 2, the electrical cabinet being in the retracted position; and
  • Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 4, the cabinet being shown in the extended position.

    • L'installation d'ascenseur représentée à la figure 1 comprend, de façon connue en soi, une gaine d'ascenseur 10 dans laquelle se déplace au moins une cabine 12 guidée en mouvement par des rails verticaux 14, 16. Chaque étage desservi par l'ascenseur est équipé d'une porte palière 17 de tout type connu. Dans le mode de réalisation représenté, la porte palière est formée de deux vantaux 18, 20 à ouverture à gauche ou à droite ou encore respectivement à gauche et à droite. La porte palière peut également ne comporter qu'un seul vantail.The elevator installation shown in Figure 1 comprises, in a manner known per se, an elevator shaft 10 in which moves at least one cabin 12 guided in movement by vertical rails 14, 16. Each stage served by the elevator is equipped with a landing door 17 of any known type. In the embodiment shown, the landing door is formed by two leaves 18, 20 to opening to the left or to the right or again respectively to left and right. The landing door may also not have only one leaf.

    De façon connue en soi, les vantaux sont encadrés par une huisserie comprenant deux poteaux verticaux 22, 24 et un fronton 26. L'huisserie est elle-même encadrée par des panneaux de calfeutrement 28, 30, 32.In a manner known per se, the leaves are framed by a frame comprising two vertical posts 22, 24 and a pediment 26. The frame is itself framed by caulking panels 28, 30, 32.

    La cabine 12 est suspendue à au moins un câble qui passe par un système de poulies, non représenté. Le câble porte à son autre extrémité un contrepoids 38, qui se déplace dans un espace 40 formé entre une paroi latérale de la cabine et une paroi adjacente 41 de la gaine qui est perpendiculaire à la porte palière 17.Cab 12 is suspended from at least one cable passing by a pulley system, not shown. The cable leads to its other end a counterweight 38, which moves in a space 40 formed between a side wall of the cabin and an adjacent wall 41 of the sheath which is perpendicular to the landing door 17.

    Conformément à l'invention, à l'un des l'étages desservis par l'ascenseur, est montée une armoire électrique 42 qui porte les éléments de commande, de sécurité et d'entretien de l'installation. Comme le montre la figure 3, l'armoire électrique est munie à sa partie inférieure de galets 44 susceptibles de rouler sur un rail inférieur 46 et à sa partie supérieure de rouleaux 48 guidés par un rail supérieur 50.According to the invention, on one of the floors served by the elevator, an electrical cabinet is mounted 42 which carries the control, safety and maintenance of the installation. As shown in Figure 3, the electrical cabinet is provided at its lower part with rollers 44 capable of rolling on a lower rail 46 and at its upper part of rollers 48 guided by a rail higher 50.

    L'armoire 42 peut ainsi coulisser entre une première position représentée sur les figures 3 et 4 où elle est entièrement reçue dans l'espace 40 et une seconde position représentée sur la figure 5 où elle est entièrement sortie à l'extérieur de la gaine et se trouve sur le palier 51 de l'étage considéré.The cabinet 42 can thus slide between a first position shown in Figures 3 and 4 where it is fully received in space 40 and a second position shown in Figure 5 where it is fully extended to the outside of the sheath and is on the bearing 51 of the floor considered.

    L'extraction de l'armoire sur le palier se fait à travers une ouverture 52 formée dans l'huisserie, par exemple à droite du poteau droit 24 et elle s'étend sur toute la hauteur de la porte palière. L'ouverture 52 est normalement obturée par un panneau amovible 54. En position fermée, ce panneau prend appui sur une feuillure verticale 56 formée sur le bord du poteau droit 24, sur une feuillure horizontale 58 formée sur le bord du panneau de calfeutrement supérieur 30 et dans une chicane verticale 60 fixée sur le panneau de calfeutrement droit 32.The extraction of the cabinet on the landing is done at through an opening 52 formed in the frame, by example to the right of the right post 24 and it spans the entire height of the landing door. The opening 52 is normally closed by a removable panel 54. In position closed, this panel rests on a vertical rebate 56 formed on the edge of the right post 24, on a rebate horizontal 58 formed on the edge of the panel superior caulking 30 and in a vertical baffle 60 fixed to the right caulking panel 32.

    Le panneau 54 peut être verrouillé en position fermée au moyen de deux éléments de fermeture 62, 64 qui peuvent être actionnés au moyen d'une clé spéciale. Les éléments de fermeture font partie de la chaíne de sécurité de l'installation, de manière que lorsqu'ils sont verrouillés, l'installation est en service, et que lorsqu'ils sont déverrouillés, l'installation est mise automatiquement hors de service.The panel 54 can be locked in the closed position at by means of two closing elements 62, 64 which can be operated by means of a special key. The elements of closure are part of the safety chain of the installation, so that when locked, the installation is in service, and that when they are unlocked, the system is automatically switched off on duty.

    Pour intervenir sur l'armoire électrique, l'opérateur doit d'abord déverrouiller les éléments de fermeture 62, 64 et retirer le panneau 54. Il tire ensuite l'armoire 42 en la faisant rouler sur les rails 46, 50, jusqu'à ce qu'elle se trouve entièrement sur le palier 51 (figure 5).To intervene on the electrical cabinet, the operator must first unlock the closing elements 62, 64 and remove the panel 54. He then pulls the cabinet 42 into the rolling on the rails 46, 50, until it found entirely on the bearing 51 (FIG. 5).

    L'armoire est reliée par des câbles souples pendentifs, non représentés, à la machinerie d'entraínement qui est elle aussi logée dans l'espace 40, au-dessus de l'armoire.The cabinet is connected by flexible pendant cables, not shown, to the drive machinery which is it also housed in space 40, above the cabinet.

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    1. A lift installation of the type comprising a cabin (12) moving in a shaft (10) between several floors provided with landing doors (17), said cabin being driven by machinery whose operation is controlled from an electrical cabinet (42), characterised in Chat the electrical cabinet (42) and the machinery are integrated in the interior of the shaft and in that the electrical cabinet is mounted to slide horizontally at the level of one of said floors between a first position, in which it is entirely contained within the shaft (10), and a second position in which it has entirely moved out on to the landing (51) of said floor, the sliding of the cabinet taking place through an opening (52) formed in the doorframe (24) of the landing door (17) of said floor and which is closed off by a panel (54) which can be opened to allow the cabinet to pass towards the landing (51).
    2. A lift installation according to Claim 1, characterised in that in its retracted position the cabinet (42) is accommodated in a free space (40) defined between the cabin (12) and a wall (41) of the shaft which is perpendicular to the landing door (17).
    3. A lift installation according to Claim 1, characterised in that the cabinet (42) is provided on its upper portion and on its lower portion with bearing means (44,48) mounted on rails (46,50) to guide the cabinet in its sliding movement.
    4. A lift installation according to Claim 1, characterised in Chat the opening panel (54) can be locked in its closed position by closure means (62,64) which can be opened by a special key.
    5. A lift installation according to Claim 1, characterised in that it comprises an electrical means, such as an electrical contact, forming part of the safety system of the installation and which is arranged to co-operate with said opening panel (54) so that, when the latter is open, the lift installation is automatically disconnected.
    6. A lift installation according to Claim 1, characterised in that the cabinet is connected by pendant flexible cables to the machinery which is accommodated in the spaced (40). above the cabinet.
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