EP1314679B1 - Dispositif d'ascenseur et procede pour commander ce dispositif - Google Patents

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EP1314679B1
EP1314679B1 EP00948318A EP00948318A EP1314679B1 EP 1314679 B1 EP1314679 B1 EP 1314679B1 EP 00948318 A EP00948318 A EP 00948318A EP 00948318 A EP00948318 A EP 00948318A EP 1314679 B1 EP1314679 B1 EP 1314679B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66B—ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS
    • B66B5/00—Applications of checking, fault-correcting, or safety devices in elevators
    • B66B5/02—Applications of checking, fault-correcting, or safety devices in elevators responsive to abnormal operating conditions
    • B66B5/021—Applications of checking, fault-correcting, or safety devices in elevators responsive to abnormal operating conditions the abnormal operating conditions being independent of the system
    • B66B5/024—Applications of checking, fault-correcting, or safety devices in elevators responsive to abnormal operating conditions the abnormal operating conditions being independent of the system where the abnormal operating condition is caused by an accident, e.g. fire

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  • the present invention relates to an elevator apparatus and a method for controlling same, wherein a fire can be more surely detected.
  • a plurality of fire detectors such as smoke detectors are provided in a building in which an elevator apparatus is installed.
  • a fire is detected by the fire detectors, a signal is sent to a control room, and the operating mode of the elevator apparatus is switched over to an emergency operation mode by an operator in the control room.
  • the emergency operation mode a car is moved to a previously designated evacuation floor.
  • a fire is detected by fire detectors in the building side, but not normally detected at the elevator apparatus side.
  • a fire it is desirable for a fire to be individually detected at the elevator apparatus side to further improve safety.
  • EP 1 022 376 A1 a device is described wherein a sensor element is disposed in the main rope, as an attempt to solve the above problems.
  • the device described in US 3,788,428 addresses the problem by disposing sensors on the elevator car itself.
  • JP-A-03219394 describes how an infrared sensor might be used to detect a fire and the number of persons in a given area.
  • the present invention is made to solve the problem(s) mentioned above, and an object of the present invention is to provide an elevator apparatus and a method for controlling same, wherein the occurrence of a fire can be more surely detected thereby further improving safety.
  • an elevator apparatus comprising: a hoistway; a car which moves up and down in the hoistway; a main rope for suspending the car in the hoistway; a driving machine for moving the car up and down by the main rope; and a controlling apparatus for controlling the driving machine; wherein the main rope is composed of a synthetic fiber rope; at least one fire detector is disposed at an area in the hoistway, independent of the car and main rope, between the main rope and an elevator hall; and the controlling apparatus performs an emergency operation when a fire detecting signal from the fire detector is received.
  • a method for controlling an elevator apparatus which comprises a hoistway, a car which moves up and down in the hoistway, a main rope for suspending the car in the hoistway; a driving machine for moving the car up and down by the main rope, and a controlling apparatus for controlling the driving machine: wherein a presence/absence of a fire is monitored at an area in the hoistway, independent of the care and main rope, between the main rope and an elevator hall, and an emergency operation is automatically performed by the controlling apparatus when the fire is detected.
  • Fig. 1 is a structural view showing an elevator apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention
  • Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line II-II in Fig. 1.
  • a driving machine (hoisting machine) 2 having a driving sheave 2a is installed at an upper portion of a hoistway 1.
  • a main rope 4 made of synthetic fiber rope is wound around the driving sheave 2a and a deflector sheave 3.
  • a car 5 is suspended at one end of the main rope 4.
  • a counterweight 6 is suspended at the other end of the main rope 4.
  • Car doors 7 are provided at the front of the car 5.
  • Landing doors 9 are provided at every elevator hall 8.
  • a car buffer 10 for receiving the car 5 and a counterweight buffer 11 for receiving the counterweight 6 are installed at a bottom portion (pit) 1a of the hoistway 1.
  • a plurality of fire detectors 12 for detecting occurrence of a fire are disposed at an area in the hoistway 1 between the main rope 4 and the elevator halls 8. These fire detectors 12 are installed on hoistway walls 1b opposing both sides of the car 5 at every floor to individually detect a fire at every elevator hall 8. Further, a thermal sensing device which detects a fire when a previously set ambient temperature is reached and a smoke detector which detects smoke generated by the fire are used as the fire detector 12.
  • the temperature is set, for example, at or higher than 50°C by allowing for 40°C that is an irregular temperature higher than a normal temperature in the hoistway 1.
  • the main rope 4 made of synthetic fiber rope is broken, for example, at 400°C to 500°C, there is necessity to set the set temperature lower than the breaking temperature of the main rope 4.
  • All the fire detectors 12 are connected to a controlling apparatus 13 which controls the driving machine 2.
  • the controlling apparatus 13 performs an emergency operation by receiving a fire detecting signal from at least one of the fire detectors 12.
  • Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing a construction of the main rope 4 in Fig. 1.
  • an inner strand layer 24 having a plurality of inner strands 22 and filling strands 23 disposed in gaps between the inner strands 22 is disposed around a core rope 21.
  • Each inner strand 22 is composed of a plurality of aramid fibers and an impregnating agent such as polyurethane or the like.
  • the filling strands 23 are composed of, for example, polyamide.
  • An outer strand layer 26 having a plurality of outer strands 25 is disposed around the outer periphery of the inner strand layer 24.
  • Each outer strand 25 is composed of a plurality of aramid fibers and an impregnating agent such as polyurethane or the like just as in the inner strands 22.
  • a friction reducing covering layer 27 for preventing the strands 22 and 25 from abrasion resulting from friction between strands 22 and 25 at sheaves such as the driving sheave 2a or the like is disposed between the inner strand layer 24 and the outer strand layer 26. Further, a protective covering layer 28 is disposed around the outer periphery of the outer strand layer 26.
  • This synthetic fiber rope has the characteristic of breaking at lower temperatures, for example, 400°C to 500°C, than steel rope.
  • the car 5 and the counterweight 6 are suspended in the hoistway 1 by a plurality of main ropes 4 each of which has the above described construction. Further, in the main ropes 4, load is transmitted only by the strands 22 and 25.
  • the fire detecting signal is output from the fire detector 12 to the controlling apparatus 13.
  • an operating mode is automatically switched over from a normal mode to an emergency operation mode.
  • the car 5 In the emergency operation, the car 5 is moved to a previously designated landing floor (evacuation floor) and passengers in the car 5 get off the car 5. At this time, if a fire is individually monitored at every elevator hall 8, it is also possible for the car 5 to be moved to other landing floors while avoiding landing floors where a fire is detected.
  • the car 5 After the passengers evacuate from the car 5, the car 5 is moved to the upper portion in the hoistway 1, where there is, for example, an uppermost floor or a further upper portion. At this time, the counterweight 6 is moved to the lower portion in the hoistway 1.
  • fires are individually monitored at every elevator hall 8, it is also possible to dispose the fire detectors 12 so as to detect a fire at each of a plurality of detection blocks each of which includes a plurality of elevator halls 8. Because of this, in a case where there is a large number of elevator halls 8, such as in a high-rise building or the like, the number of fire detectors 12 can be reduced.
  • Fig. 4 is a structural view showing a fire detector according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
  • a thermal sensing device 31 as a fire detector has a conductive member 32 and a detector body 33 connected with the conductive member 32 for detecting temperature according to changes in electrical characteristics that is, for example, the electric resistance value of the conductive member 32.
  • the conductive member 32 is disposed continuously in the hoistway 1 from an uppermost landing floor to a lowermost landing floor.
  • the detector body 33 is disposed at the bottom portion 1a of the hoistway 1, and connected to the controlling apparatus 13 described in the first embodiment.
  • steel wire, carbon wire or the like is used as the conductive member 32.
  • the other constructions are the same as in the first embodiment.
  • the detector body 33 when the temperature in the hoistway 1 is increased by a fire, the electric characteristics of the conductive member 32 are changed. This change is monitored by the detector body 33, and when a previously set temperature (for example, 50°C) has been reached, the detector body 33 outputs a fire detecting signal and the emergency operation is performed by the controlling apparatus 13 (Fig. 1). The contents of the emergency operation are the same as in the first embodiment.
  • the occurrence of a fire can be more surely detected by the thermal sensing device 31 using changes in the electric characteristics of the conductive member 32, thereby further improving safety. Also, changes in temperature of the whole hoistway 1 can be monitored by this simple construction.
  • one conductive member 32 is disposed in the whole of the hoistway 1, it is also possible to divide the hoistway 1 into a plurality of blocks and dispose a conductive member 32 at every block such as in the case of, for example, a high-rise building.
  • Fig. 5 is a structural view showing a fire detector according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
  • a thermal sensing device 35 as a fire detector has a detecting element 36, a detector body 37 for detecting a temperature according to expansion and contraction of the detecting element 36, and a weight 38 suspended at the lower end portion of the detecting element 36.
  • the weight 38 is provided with an operating portion 38a.
  • the detector body 37 is provided with a switch 37a to be operated by the operating portion 38a.
  • the detecting element 36 is disposed continuously in the hoistway 1 from an uppermost landing floor to a lowermost landing floor.
  • the detector body 37 is installed at the bottom portion 1a of the hoistway 1.
  • the detecting element 36 is composed of, for example, a metal wire or a resin wire. The other constructions are the same as in the first embodiment.
  • the detecting element 36 expands and the weight 38 is lowered.
  • a previously set temperature for example, 50°C
  • the switch 37a is operated by the operating portion 38a, a fire detecting signal is output from the detector body 37, and the emergency operation is performed by the controlling apparatus 13 (Fig. 1).
  • the contents of the emergency operation are the same as in the first embodiment.
  • the occurrence of a fire can be more surely detected by the thermal sensing device 35 using the thermal expansion of the detecting element 36, thereby further improving safety. Also, changes in the temperature of the whole hoistway 1 can be monitored by this simple construction.
  • one detecting element 36 is disposed in the whole of the hoistway 1, it is also possible to divide the hoistway 1 into a plurality of blocks, and dispose the detecting element 36 at every block and the weight 38 and the detector body 37 are disposed for each of the detecting elements 36 such as in the case, for example, a high-rise building.
  • thermal sensing device 35 is shown detecting the thermal expansion of the detecting element 36 in the third embodiment, it is also possible that a detecting element which fuses when a temperature previously set has been reached is used, and a detector body mechanically or electrically detects the fusion of the detecting element to output a fire detecting signal.
  • the fire detector is not limited to the above described types. Further, although it is possible to use only one type of the above described fire detectors, a plurality of the fire detector types may also be used in combination.

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La présente invention concerne un dispositif d'ascenseur, qui comprend un câble principal, constitué de cordes en fibres synthétiques, ainsi qu'au moins un détecteur d'incendie, placé au moins dans une zone située entre le câble principal dans une cage et un palier ou au niveau du palier. Un signal de détection d'incendie est produit par le détecteur d'incendie, est envoyé à un dispositif de commande, puis une opération commandée est réalisée par le dispositif de commande. Lors de cette opération commandée, des passagers se trouvant dans une cabine sont d'abord évacués au niveau d'un palier, puis la cabine est déplacée jusqu'à la partie supérieure de la cage.

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  1. Dispositif d'ascenseur comprenant :
    une cage (1) ;
    une cabine (5) qui monte et descend dans ladite cage (1) ;
    un câble principal (4) composé d'un câble en fibre synthétique permettant de suspendre ladite cabine (5) dans ladite cage (1) ;
    une machine d'entraînement (2) permettant de faire monter et descendre ladite cabine (5) par ledit câble principal (4) ; et
    un appareil de commande (13) permettant de commander ladite machine d'entraînement (2) ;
    dans lequel
    un détecteur d'incendie (12, 31, 35) est disposé au niveau d'une zone dans ladite cage (1), soit sur des parois de cage (1b) de ladite cage (1) à chaque palier, soit de manière continue dans la cage (1) d'un étage de palier le plus élevé à un étage de palier le plus bas, entre ledit câble principal (4) et un hall d'ascenseur (8), et
    ledit appareil de commande (13) réalise un fonctionnement d'urgence lorsqu'un signal de détection d'incendie dudit détecteur d'incendie (12, 31, 35) est reçu.
  2. Dispositif d'ascenseur selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ledit détecteur d'incendie (12) est un détecteur de fumée.
  3. Dispositif d'ascenseur selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ledit détecteur d'incendie (31, 35) est un dispositif de détection thermique (31, 35).
  4. Dispositif d'ascenseur selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ledit détecteur d'incendie (35) présente un élément de détection qui fond à une température inférieure à la température à laquelle ledit câble principal (4) se rompt, et un corps de détecteur permettant de détecter la fusion dudit élément de détection.
  5. Dispositif d'ascenseur selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, dans lequel ledit détecteur d'incendie (12, 31, 35) est disposé pour détecter un incendie individuellement au niveau de chaque hall d'ascenseur (8).
  6. Procédé de commande d'un dispositif d'ascenseur qui comprend une cage (1), une cabine (5) qui monte et descend dans ladite cage (1), un câble principal (4) permettant de suspendre ladite cabine (5) dans ladite cage (1), une machine d'entraînement (2) servant à faire monter et descendre ladite cabine (5) par ledit câble principal (4), et un appareil de commande (13) assurant la commande de ladite machine d'entraînement (2) :
    dans lequel
    une présence/absence d'un incendie, est surveillée au niveau d'une zone dans ladite cage (1), soit sur les parois de cage (1b) de ladite cage (1) à chaque palier, soit de manière continue dans la cage (1) d'un étage de palier le plus élevé à un étage de palier le plus bas, entre ledit câble principal (4), et un hall d'ascenseur (8), et un fonctionnement d'urgence est réalisé automatiquement par ledit appareil de commande (13) lorsque l'incendie est détecté.
  7. Procédé de commande d'un dispositif d'ascenseur selon la revendication 6, dans lequel ladite cabine (5) se déplace vers un étage de hall spécifique désigné précédemment pendant ledit fonctionnement d'urgence.
  8. Procédé de commande d'un dispositif d'ascenseur, selon la revendication 6, dans lequel un incendie est surveillé individuellement au niveau de chaque hall d'ascenseur (8), et ladite cabine (5) se déplace à un étage de hall tout en évitant les étages de hall où un incendie a été détecté pendant ledit fonctionnement d'urgence.
  9. Procédé de commande d'un dispositif d'ascenseur, selon la revendication 8, dans lequel ledit dispositif d'ascenseur est équipé en outre d'un contrepoids (6) suspendu par ledit câble principal (4), un dispositif d'arrêt d'urgence est prévu sur ladite cabine (5), et ladite cabine (5) se déplace vers un étage de hall où les passagers peuvent se mettre à l'abri, et ensuite ladite cabine (5) se déplace vers une partie supérieure dans ladite cage (1) pendant ledit fonctionnement d'urgence.
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