EP1215159A2 - Unter dem Fahrkorb einziehbare Schürze - Google Patents

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EP1215159A2
EP1215159A2 EP01129853A EP01129853A EP1215159A2 EP 1215159 A2 EP1215159 A2 EP 1215159A2 EP 01129853 A EP01129853 A EP 01129853A EP 01129853 A EP01129853 A EP 01129853A EP 1215159 A2 EP1215159 A2 EP 1215159A2
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Marco Steen
Jukka Laitinen
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66B—ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS
    • B66B13/00—Doors, gates, or other apparatus controlling access to, or exit from, cages or lift well landings
    • B66B13/24—Safety devices in passenger lifts, not otherwise provided for, for preventing trapping of passengers
    • B66B13/28—Safety devices in passenger lifts, not otherwise provided for, for preventing trapping of passengers between car or cage and wells
    • B66B13/285—Toe guards or apron devices

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  • the present invention relates to an apron as defined in the preamble of claim 1, used as a safety device in an elevator.
  • the situation is an emergency in which it is necessary to ensure that passengers will not fall into the elevator shaft when trying to get away to the floor below.
  • the elevator stops in the shaft between floors there may remain a large gap between the lower edge of the car and the floor below, in which case it may be difficult for a passenger to get away from the elevator.
  • the lower edge of the car is provided with a safety device, a so-called tabular apron, to prevent passengers from falling down into the elevator shaft in a rescue situation.
  • passengers can kick themselves off the apron onto the floor below without falling down into the shaft. It is also possible to take advantage of the apron in elevator maintenance work.
  • the apron In prior-art solutions, the apron is always in a position where it extends downward from the car in a direction perpendicular to the car floor. Therefore, it requires a large space below the car when the elevator descends to the lowest floor. If a larger space is to be provided below the elevator car to accommodate the apron, considerable additional costs will be incurred.
  • the apron In elevators in which the shaft bottom space is lower than the height of the required apron, the apron cannot be mounted in a fixed upright position throughout its height.
  • a telescoping metal panel structure e.g. a telescoping metal panel structure has been used, in which case, when the elevator comes to the bottom floor, the panel has to be divided horizontally into a large number of narrow strips. It may be difficult to use if the shaft bottom space is considerably lower than the panel.
  • Another safeguard used in prior art is a metal panel that comes off when the elevator is driven onto the buffer provided on the shaft bottom to stop the elevator when necessary.
  • the object of the invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks and to achieve a safety device for use in elevators with a low shaft bottom space.
  • the height of the apron does not constitute an impediment regarding the height of the shaft bottom space.
  • the apron when the apron is in a horizontal position under the car, it may require as little space in the vertical direction as only 20 mm.
  • the apron is preferably formed from a single panel. During normal operation, the apron is held in a horizontal position under the car. The apron can be easily and readily used in a rescue situation.
  • the apron of the invention can also be utilized in connection with maintenance operations.
  • a limit switch placed under the car to give the elevator control system data indicating a normal operational status when the apron is in the horizontal position.
  • the elevator can not start moving accidentally when the apron is in an upright position, thus avoiding "unnecessary" accidents.
  • the apron of the invention can be used to advantage in elevators in which the shaft bottom space is lower than the height of the apron, because the apron is held in a locked position under the car floor during elevator travel.
  • the apron can be easily pulled out along rails mounted below the car floor, and it is easy to lock in position.
  • the front edge of the apron is provided with a beveling that acts as a toe guard at the sill when the apron is in the horizontal position.
  • the toe guard covers the gap at the sill of the elevator.
  • the apron is easy to lock in the upright position. A further advantage is that the apron is in the operating position only when it is needed in a rescue situation.
  • Fig. 1 presents a partially sectioned view of an elevator safety device, an apron 1 made of a durable material, such as steel, and consisting of a single panel, mounted below an elevator car 5.
  • the apron can be pulled out along rails 2 fixed to the underside of the car floor 6 and extending to the sill 4 of the car 5.
  • the rails are provided with grooves along which the apron can slide.
  • rescuers can pull out the apron.
  • Connected to the apron are locking bars 14 (Fig. 3) which engage the door frame 13 when the apron has been pulled out from under the car toward the landing.
  • the apron is pulled out by bringing its end from under the car from the shaft 22 space into the landing 12 space.
  • the locking bars 14 at the end of the apron are pushed outward by the force exerted by springs provided in them, engaging the door jambs 13 and thus preventing the apron from turning toward the shaft space.
  • the front edge of the apron is provided with a beveling 7 which functions as a toe guard covering the gap in front of the door sill 4 when the apron 1 is in the horizontal position. To release the apron 1 after the passengers have been rescued, it is turned to the horizontal position and pushed back under the car 5.
  • the locking bars 14 have to be pushed in first to provide enough room in the width-ways direction of the panel when it is turned back past the door jambs into its position under the car. After this, a limit switch 3 sends the elevator control system data indicating that normal elevator travel between floors is possible.
  • Fig. 2 presents a three-dimensional view of the structure of the apron 1.
  • Rails 2 permit the apron 1 to move between the horizontal and upright positions under the car.
  • an L-shaped bracket 8 is provided at each corner to allow the rails to be fastened to the underside of the car bottom using e.g. screws.
  • Fig. 3 shows the locking bars 14 mounted on the apron and designed to hold the panel in an upright position when they engage the door jambs 13.
  • the locking bars are provided with springs 24 pushing the bars outward.
  • the spring 24 forces the handle 23 to move outward so that it projects out of the apron.
  • the locking bars are pressed by their handles 23 back into the position under the apron and the apron is slid along the rails 2 into the horizontal position under the car.
  • FIG. 4 presents another embodiment.
  • the figure shows an apron 15 formed from a single panel.
  • the apron is fastened under the floor of the elevator car by means of a supporting beam 19 provided with locking elements 18 designed to lock the apron in a horizontal position under the car.
  • locking elements 18 designed to lock the apron in a horizontal position under the car.
  • the apron is provided with supporting bars 20 and a crossbar 21 designed to keep it in an upright position, e.g. in a perpendicular position relative to the car floor.
  • the juncture of the supporting bars 20 and the crossbar 21 is also shown in a magnified view.
  • the supporting bars 20 move relative to each other so that they turn under the car when the apron is returned to the horizontal position.
  • the junctures 25 between the supporting bars 20 and the crossbar 21 move toward the apron and both the supporting bars 20 and the crossbar 21 assume a horizontal position together with the apron, whereupon the apron is locked in place by the locking elements 18.
  • the juncture 25 can be moved e.g. by means of a wire going through the apron and connected to the crossbar 21.
  • the supporting bars are turned under the car by pulling at the wire and the panel is turned to the horizontal position. Another possibility is to grip the supporting bars 20 by hand and turn them under the car together with the apron.
  • Fig. 5 presents an apron 15 as illustrated in Fig. 4 in its position under the car during normal elevator operation. Beam 19 together with beams 17 hold the apron under the car floor.

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EP01129853A 2000-12-14 2001-12-14 Unter dem Fahrkorb einziehbare Schürze Expired - Lifetime EP1215159B1 (de)

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WO2005092774A1 (en) * 2004-03-09 2005-10-06 Otis Elevator Company Elevator toe guard
DE202005018619U1 (de) * 2005-11-28 2007-04-12 Exclusive Lift Gmbh Aufzugsvorrichtung umfassend zumindest eine Aufzugskabine mit einem Kabinenboden
WO2008074911A1 (en) * 2006-12-19 2008-06-26 Kone Corporation Toe guard for an elevator car
DE102019211973A1 (de) * 2019-08-09 2021-02-11 Thyssenkrupp Elevator Innovation And Operations Ag Sicherheitsvorrichtung für eine Aufzugskabine, die sich in horizontaler Richtung bewegt
US11136222B2 (en) 2018-07-26 2021-10-05 Otis Elevator Company Elevator car apron
US11161716B2 (en) 2018-02-23 2021-11-02 Otis Elevator Company Elevator car toe guard system
US11235952B2 (en) 2018-08-10 2022-02-01 Otis Elevator Company Elevator car apron

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US6095288A (en) * 1999-04-22 2000-08-01 Otis Elevator Company Pit-less elevator
EP1118576A2 (de) * 2000-01-21 2001-07-25 Thyssen Aufzugswerke GmbH Kabinenschürze für Aufzug

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US6095288A (en) * 1999-04-22 2000-08-01 Otis Elevator Company Pit-less elevator
EP1118576A2 (de) * 2000-01-21 2001-07-25 Thyssen Aufzugswerke GmbH Kabinenschürze für Aufzug

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2005092774A1 (en) * 2004-03-09 2005-10-06 Otis Elevator Company Elevator toe guard
DE202005018619U1 (de) * 2005-11-28 2007-04-12 Exclusive Lift Gmbh Aufzugsvorrichtung umfassend zumindest eine Aufzugskabine mit einem Kabinenboden
WO2008074911A1 (en) * 2006-12-19 2008-06-26 Kone Corporation Toe guard for an elevator car
EP2094597A1 (de) * 2006-12-19 2009-09-02 Kone Corporation Zehenschutz für eine aufzugskabine
US8356699B2 (en) 2006-12-19 2013-01-22 Kone Corporation Elevator toe guard
EP2094597A4 (de) * 2006-12-19 2013-10-02 Kone Corp Zehenschutz für eine aufzugskabine
CN101558004B (zh) * 2006-12-19 2014-08-20 通力股份公司 用于电梯轿厢的脚趾保护装置
US11161716B2 (en) 2018-02-23 2021-11-02 Otis Elevator Company Elevator car toe guard system
US11136222B2 (en) 2018-07-26 2021-10-05 Otis Elevator Company Elevator car apron
US11235952B2 (en) 2018-08-10 2022-02-01 Otis Elevator Company Elevator car apron
DE102019211973A1 (de) * 2019-08-09 2021-02-11 Thyssenkrupp Elevator Innovation And Operations Ag Sicherheitsvorrichtung für eine Aufzugskabine, die sich in horizontaler Richtung bewegt
WO2021028096A1 (en) 2019-08-09 2021-02-18 Thyssenkrupp Elevator Innovation And Operations Gmbh A safety apparatus for an elevator cabin moving in a horizontal direction

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EP1215159A3 (de) 2003-12-10
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