EP1749785A1 - Elevator controller - Google Patents
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- 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
- B66B5/16—Braking or catch devices operating between cars, cages, or skips and fixed guide elements or surfaces in hoistway or well
- B66B5/18—Braking or catch devices operating between cars, cages, or skips and fixed guide elements or surfaces in hoistway or well and applying frictional retarding forces
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- 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
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- the present invention relates to an elevator apparatus in which an elevator car is raised and lowered in a hoistway while being guided by a car guide rail.
- a safety device when the traveling speed of a car reaches an abnormal speed, a safety device is actuated by a governor to thereby bring the car to an emergency stop. More specifically, when the abnormal speed of the car is detected by the governor, a governor rope is held by a rope gripping device incorporated into the governor, and the safety device is actuated through the intermediation of a safety link mounted in the car.
- the operation force for actuating the safety device is transmitted mechanically, so it takes a while until the safety device is actuated after the detection of an abnormal speed, with the result that the braking distance the car travels until it comes to a stop increases.
- the present invention has been made with a view to solving the above-mentioned problems, and therefore it is an object of the present invention to provide an elevator apparatus capable of reducing the time required for bringing the car to a stop after detecting an abnormal speed.
- an elevator apparatus comprising: a car that is raised and lowered in a hoistway; a car guide rail for guiding raising and lowering of the car; a speed monitoring portion that generates an abnormality detection signal when a speed of the car being raised reaches a set overspeed; and an upward movement safety device mounted in the car and having an actuator that is driven depending on whether or not the abnormality detection signal is generated, and a braking member that is operated by the actuator, the upward movement safety device causing the braking member to be engaged with the car guide rail to stop upward movement of the car when the abnormality detection signal is generated.
- Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an elevator apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- a pair of car guide rails 2 are disposed in a hoistway 1.
- a car 3 is raised and lowered in the hoistway 1 while being guided by the car guide rails 2.
- the car 3 is suspended in the hoistway 1 together with a counterweight (not shown) by means of a plurality of main ropes (not shown).
- the main ropes are wound around a drive sheave of a drive device (not shown).
- the car 3 and the counterweight are raised and lowered in the hoistway 1 by the drive force of the drive device.
- a pair of upper car guide shoes 4 that engage with the car guide rails 2.
- a pair of lower car guide shoes 5 that engage with the car guide rails 2.
- a pair of upward movement safety devices 6 for bringing the car 3 being raised to an emergency stop.
- a pair of downward movement safety devices 7 for bringing the car 3 being lowered to an emergency stop.
- a speed monitoring portion 8 monitors whether or not the speed of the car 3 has reached a set overspeed (abnormal speed) that is set in advance.
- the speed monitoring portion 8 is provided with a position detecting portion 9 that detects the position of the car 3, a speed detecting portion 10 that detects the speed of the car 3, and an abnormal speed determining portion 11 that performs a comparison between the set overspeed and the car speed.
- a signal from a sensor 12 is input to the position detecting portion 9.
- the sensor 12 generates a signal in accordance with the amount of movement of the car 3.
- the position detecting portion 9 obtains the car position based on the signal from the sensor 12.
- the speed detecting portion 10 obtains the car speed based on the amount of change over time in the car position.
- an encoder that outputs a pulse signal according to the rotation of a governor sheave (not shown) can be used.
- the car 3 may be mounted with a detection roller that rolls along each of the car guide rails 2 so that the encoder outputs a pulse signal according to the rotation of the detection roller.
- various sensors may be used as the sensor 12 as long as they generate a signal for detecting the position and speed of the car 3, for example, a distance sensor generating a signal in accordance with the distance to the car 3, or the like.
- the speed monitoring portion 8 is composed specifically of a microcomputer. That is, the speed monitoring portion 8 has a CPU (processing portion), a RAM, a ROM (storage portion), a timer, and the like.
- the CPU executes computation processing for obtaining the car position and car speed, computation processing of comparing the car speed with the set overspeed, and the like.
- the RAM stores computation data.
- the ROM stores a program for obtaining the car speed and car position for comparison with the set overspeed.
- the CPU executes computation processing based on the program stored in the ROM.
- a speed monitoring program is repeatedly executed at each predetermined computation cycle (for example, 5 msec).
- an abnormality detection signal is output to upward movement emergency stop actuating means 13 or downward movement emergency stop actuating means 14.
- the upward movement emergency stop actuating means 13 or the downward movement emergency stop actuating means 14 are thus actuated, thereby bringing the car 3 to an emergency stop.
- the speed monitoring portion 8 and the emergency stop actuating means 13, 14 may be provided inside a control panel (not shown) for controlling the normal operation of the car 3 or may be provided separately from the control panel. Further, the speed monitoring portion 8 and the emergency stop actuating means 13, 14 may also be mounted in the car 3.
- Fig. 2 is a graph showing set overspeed patterns stored in the abnormal speed determining portion 11 shown in Fig. 1.
- the speed pattern of the car 3 is a normal speed pattern 115.
- a first set overspeed pattern 116 is set to be higher in value than the normal speed pattern 115.
- a second set overspeed pattern 117 is set to be even higher in value than the first overspeed pattern 116.
- the first and second set overspeed patterns 116, 117 are each set at a substantially equal interval from the normal speed pattern 115 over the entire hoisting stroke. That is, the set overspeed patterns 116, 117 change according to the car position. Specifically, each set overspeed becomes lower with increasing proximity to the terminal floor. Accordingly, the car speed that is judged to be abnormal is lower near the terminal floor than in the vicinity of the intermediate floor.
- Fig. 3 is a side view showing the upward movement safety device 6 shown in Fig. 1
- Fig. 4 is a side view showing a state in which braking is applied by the upward movement safety device 6 shown in Fig. 3
- Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line V-V of Fig. 3.
- an emergency stop frame 15 is fixed on top of an upper beam of the car 3.
- a pair of guide surfaces 15a, 15b (Fig. 5) each opposed to the side surface of the car guide rail 2.
- Each of the guide surfaces 15a, 15b is formed in a tapered shape so that its distance to the car guide rail 2 increases toward the upper side.
- a pair of wedge members (braking members) 16 are arranged in between each of the guide surfaces 15a, 15b and the car guide rail 2.
- Each wedge member 16 is displaceable between a normal position shown in Fig. 3 and a braking position shown in Fig. 4. When in the normal position, a predetermined gap is maintained between each wedge member 16 and a side surface of the car guide rail 2. Further, when in the braking position, each wedge member 16 is in abutment with the side surface of the car guide rail 2.
- An actuator 17 is arranged above the emergency stop frame 15. The actuator 17 is driven depending on whether or not an abnormality detection signal is generated by the abnormal speed determining portion 11.
- the actuator 17 has a movable portion 18 that engages with the upper end portion of the wedge member 16, and an electromagnetic solenoid portion 19 that drives the movable portion 18.
- a spring bearing 20 is fixed to an upper portion of the actuator 17.
- an auxiliary spring 21 for urging the wedge member 16 toward the braking position.
- the auxiliary spring 21 serves as back-up urging means for forcibly displacing the wedge member 16 into the braking position when the wedge member 16 does not fall by its own weight alone due to rust or the like.
- each of the guide surfaces 15a, 15b and each wedge member 16 is a guide roller device 22 (Fig. 5) for smoothly displacing the wedge member 16 into the braking position.
- the car speed is monitored by the speed monitoring portion 8.
- the wedge member 16 is held in the normal position where the wedge member 16 is separated from the car guide rail 2.
- the passage of electric current through the drive device is cut off, and braking is applied to the rotation of the drive sheave by the brake device of the drive device. The car 3 is thus brought to a sudden stop.
- an abnormality detection signal is output to the upward movement emergency stop actuating means 13 or the downward movement emergency stop actuating means 14, so the car 3 is brought to an emergency stop by the upward movement safety device 6 or the downward movement safety device 7.
- the car 3 is slightly lowered to release the wedging of the wedge member 16, causing the upper end portion of the wedge member 16 to be engaged with the movable portion 18. It should be noted that when the passage of electric current through the actuator 17 is cut off, the movable portion 18 returns to the normal position as shown in Fig. 3 due to the spring force of a return spring (not shown) built in the actuator 17.
- a command signal is output to the actuator 17 of the upward movement safety device 6 upon detecting an abnormal speed, so there is hardly any mechanical transmission of the operation force, thus making it possible to reduce the time it takes to bring the car 3 to a stop after the detection of the abnormal speed. As a result, the braking distance can also be reduced.
- the wedge member 16 falls into the braking position by its own weight, thus making it possible to achieve a simplified structure.
- auxiliary spring 21 enables an increase in the operation speed of the braking operation, and also an improvement in the reliability and stability of the braking operation.
- the set overspeed is set to be smaller near the terminal floor than in the vicinity of the intermediate floor, whereby the braking distance can be further reduced. Further, it is possible to achieve not only reduced buffer size but also reduced pit depth and overhead dimension.
- the movable portion 18 While in Embodiment 1 the engagement of the movable portion 18 with the wedge member 16 is released upon exciting the electromagnetic solenoid portion 19, the movable portion 18 may, conversely, be displaced by a spring or the like when the passage of electric current through the electromagnetic solenoid portion 19 is cut off to thereby release the engagement of the movable portion 18 with the wedge member 16.
- Fig. 6 is a side view showing an upward movement safety device of an elevator apparatus according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention
- Fig. 7 is a side view showing a state in which braking is applied by the upward movement safety device shown in Fig. 6.
- the actuator 17 is disposed on top of the car 3 so as to be placed by the side of the emergency stop frame 15.
- the movable portion of the actuator 17 is connected to the upper end portion of the wedge member 16 through the intermediation of a lever type connecting mechanism 23.
- the actuator 17 has a built-in urging spring (not shown) for urging the movable portion 18 to the both sides of the neutral point thereof.
- a disc spring is used as the urging spring, for example.
- the electromagnetic solenoid portion 19 is excited to displace the movable portion 18 in the rightward direction as seen in the drawing.
- the movable portion 18 is displaced into the braking position at a stroke by the spring force of the urging spring.
- the lever type connecting mechanism 23 is rocked about a shaft 23a in the counter-clockwise direction as seen in the drawing, causing the wedge member 16 to return to the braking position.
- Embodiment 2 is of substantially the same construction as Embodiment 1.
- the operation of returning the upward movement safety device 6 to the normal state can be effected by means of a command from a remote location, thereby making it possible to achieve improved workability. Further, an operation test or the like can be easily carried out on the upward movement safety device 6.
- the actuator 17 and the wedge member 16 are connected to each other through the lever type connecting mechanism 23, whereby the displacement of the movable portion 18 can be transmitted to the wedge member 16 while being magnified.
- the actuator used has the built-in urging spring
- the actuator may be one which displaces the movable portion solely by the electromagnetic force of the electromagnetic solenoid portion.
- Fig. 8 is a side view showing an upward movement safety device of an elevator apparatus according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention
- Fig. 9 is a side view showing a state in which braking is applied by the upward movement safety device shown in Fig. 8
- Fig. 10 is a sectional view taken along the line X-X of Fig. 8.
- the actuator 17 is disposed on top of the car 3 so as to be spaced apart from the emergency stop frame 15.
- a movable pulley supporting member 24 is fixed to the movable portion 18.
- the movable pulley supporting member 24 is provided with a plurality of movable pulleys 25.
- the movable pulleys 25 are arranged symmetrically on both side surfaces of the movable pulley supporting member 24.
- a stationary pulley supporting member 26 opposed to the movable pulley supporting member 24 is fixed to a position on top of the car 3 between the emergency stop frame 15 and the actuator 17.
- the stationary pulley supporting member 26 is provided with a plurality of stationary pulleys 27.
- the stationary pulleys 27 are arranged symmetrically on both side surfaces of the stationary pulley supporting member 26.
- Wires 28 are alternately wound around the movable pulleys 25 and the stationary pulleys 27 respectively arranged on one sides of the pulley supporting members 24, 26.
- the wires 28 are also wound alternately around the movable pulleys 25 and the stationary pulleys 27 respectively arranged on the other sides of the pulley supporting members 24, 26.
- Each wire 28 has a first end portion 28a connected to the stationary pulley supporting member 26, and a second end portion 28b connected to an upper end portion of the wedge member 16.
- Embodiment 2 is of substantially the same construction as Embodiment 1.
- the wedge member 16 When displaced into the braking position, the wedge member 16 is wedged in between each of the guide surfaces 15a, 15b and the car guide rail 2 as the car 3 moves upwards. The car 3 is thus brought to an emergency stop.
- the operation of returning the upward movement safety device 6 to the normal state can also be effected by means of a command from a remote location, thereby making it possible to achieve improved workability. Further, an operation test or the like can be easily carried out on the upward movement safety device 6.
- the wire 28 for transmitting the operation force of the actuator 17 to the wedge member 16 is alternately wound around the movable pulley 25 and the stationary pulley 27, and the distance between the movable pulley 25 and the stationary pulley 27 changes, whereby the displacement of the movable portion 18 of the actuator 17 can be transmitted to the wedge member 16 while being sufficiently magnified.
- the set overspeed may be constant irrespective of the car position.
- the actuator is not limited to an electromagnetic actuator; for example, various actuators may be used as long as they are driven depending on whether or not an abnormality detection is generated, such as a motor, linear motor, hydraulic cylinder, or air cylinder having a rotary shaft.
- the signal to be transferred between the speed monitoring portion and the upward movement safety device is not limited to an electrical signal but may be, for example, a light signal.
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- The present invention relates to an elevator apparatus in which an elevator car is raised and lowered in a hoistway while being guided by a car guide rail.
- In a conventional elevator apparatus disclosed in, for example,
JP 2001-80840 A - In the conventional elevator apparatus, however, the operation force for actuating the safety device is transmitted mechanically, so it takes a while until the safety device is actuated after the detection of an abnormal speed, with the result that the braking distance the car travels until it comes to a stop increases.
- The present invention has been made with a view to solving the above-mentioned problems, and therefore it is an object of the present invention to provide an elevator apparatus capable of reducing the time required for bringing the car to a stop after detecting an abnormal speed.
- To this end, according to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided an elevator apparatus comprising: a car that is raised and lowered in a hoistway; a car guide rail for guiding raising and lowering of the car; a speed monitoring portion that generates an abnormality detection signal when a speed of the car being raised reaches a set overspeed; and an upward movement safety device mounted in the car and having an actuator that is driven depending on whether or not the abnormality detection signal is generated, and a braking member that is operated by the actuator, the upward movement safety device causing the braking member to be engaged with the car guide rail to stop upward movement of the car when the abnormality detection signal is generated.
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- Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an elevator apparatus according to
Embodiment 1 of the present invention; - Fig. 2 is a graph showing set overspeed patterns stored in an abnormal speed determining portion shown in Fig. 1;
- Fig. 3 is a side view showing an upward movement safety device shown in Fig. 1;
- Fig. 4 is a side view showing a state in which braking is applied by the upward movement safety device shown in Fig. 3;
- Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line V-V of Fig. 3;
- Fig. 6 is a side view showing an upward movement safety device of an elevator apparatus according to
Embodiment 2 of the present invention; - Fig. 7 is a side view showing a state in which braking is applied by the upward movement safety device shown in Fig. 6;
- Fig. 8 is a side view showing an upward movement safety device of an elevator apparatus according to
Embodiment 3 of the present invention; - Fig. 9 is a side view showing a state in which braking is applied by the upward movement safety device shown in Fig. 8; and
- Fig. 10 is a sectional view taken along the line X-X of Fig. 8.
- Hereinbelow, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
- Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an elevator apparatus according to
Embodiment 1 of the present invention. Referring to the drawing, a pair ofcar guide rails 2 are disposed in ahoistway 1. Acar 3 is raised and lowered in thehoistway 1 while being guided by thecar guide rails 2. - The
car 3 is suspended in thehoistway 1 together with a counterweight (not shown) by means of a plurality of main ropes (not shown). The main ropes are wound around a drive sheave of a drive device (not shown). Thecar 3 and the counterweight are raised and lowered in thehoistway 1 by the drive force of the drive device. - Provided in an upper portion of the
car 3 are a pair of uppercar guide shoes 4 that engage with thecar guide rails 2. Provided in a lower portion of thecar 3 are a pair of lowercar guide shoes 5 that engage with thecar guide rails 2. - Further, mounted in an upper portion of the
car 3 are a pair of upwardmovement safety devices 6 for bringing thecar 3 being raised to an emergency stop. Mounted in a lower portion of thecar 3 are a pair of downwardmovement safety devices 7 for bringing thecar 3 being lowered to an emergency stop. - A
speed monitoring portion 8 monitors whether or not the speed of thecar 3 has reached a set overspeed (abnormal speed) that is set in advance. Thespeed monitoring portion 8 is provided with aposition detecting portion 9 that detects the position of thecar 3, aspeed detecting portion 10 that detects the speed of thecar 3, and an abnormalspeed determining portion 11 that performs a comparison between the set overspeed and the car speed. - A signal from a
sensor 12 is input to theposition detecting portion 9. Thesensor 12 generates a signal in accordance with the amount of movement of thecar 3. Theposition detecting portion 9 obtains the car position based on the signal from thesensor 12. Thespeed detecting portion 10 obtains the car speed based on the amount of change over time in the car position. - As the
sensor 12, for example, an encoder that outputs a pulse signal according to the rotation of a governor sheave (not shown) can be used. Further, thecar 3 may be mounted with a detection roller that rolls along each of thecar guide rails 2 so that the encoder outputs a pulse signal according to the rotation of the detection roller. Other than these, various sensors may be used as thesensor 12 as long as they generate a signal for detecting the position and speed of thecar 3, for example, a distance sensor generating a signal in accordance with the distance to thecar 3, or the like. - The
speed monitoring portion 8 is composed specifically of a microcomputer. That is, thespeed monitoring portion 8 has a CPU (processing portion), a RAM, a ROM (storage portion), a timer, and the like. The CPU executes computation processing for obtaining the car position and car speed, computation processing of comparing the car speed with the set overspeed, and the like. The RAM stores computation data. The ROM stores a program for obtaining the car speed and car position for comparison with the set overspeed. - The CPU executes computation processing based on the program stored in the ROM. A speed monitoring program is repeatedly executed at each predetermined computation cycle (for example, 5 msec).
- When the car speed is judged to be abnormal by the abnormal
speed determining portion 11, depending on the traveling direction of thecar 3, an abnormality detection signal is output to upward movement emergency stop actuating means 13 or downward movement emergency stop actuating means 14. The upward movement emergency stop actuating means 13 or the downward movement emergency stop actuating means 14 are thus actuated, thereby bringing thecar 3 to an emergency stop. - The
speed monitoring portion 8 and the emergency stop actuating means 13, 14 may be provided inside a control panel (not shown) for controlling the normal operation of thecar 3 or may be provided separately from the control panel. Further, thespeed monitoring portion 8 and the emergency stop actuating means 13, 14 may also be mounted in thecar 3. - Fig. 2 is a graph showing set overspeed patterns stored in the abnormal
speed determining portion 11 shown in Fig. 1. When thecar 3 travels at a normal speed (rated speed) from the bottom terminal floor to the top terminal floor, the speed pattern of thecar 3 is anormal speed pattern 115. A firstset overspeed pattern 116 is set to be higher in value than thenormal speed pattern 115. Further, a secondset overspeed pattern 117 is set to be even higher in value than thefirst overspeed pattern 116. - The first and second
set overspeed patterns normal speed pattern 115 over the entire hoisting stroke. That is, theset overspeed patterns - Fig. 3 is a side view showing the upward
movement safety device 6 shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is a side view showing a state in which braking is applied by the upwardmovement safety device 6 shown in Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line V-V of Fig. 3. - Referring to the drawings, an
emergency stop frame 15 is fixed on top of an upper beam of thecar 3. Formed on the inner side of theemergency stop frame 15 are a pair ofguide surfaces car guide rail 2. Each of theguide surfaces car guide rail 2 increases toward the upper side. - The lower end portions of a pair of wedge members (braking members) 16 are arranged in between each of the guide surfaces 15a, 15b and the
car guide rail 2. Eachwedge member 16 is displaceable between a normal position shown in Fig. 3 and a braking position shown in Fig. 4. When in the normal position, a predetermined gap is maintained between eachwedge member 16 and a side surface of thecar guide rail 2. Further, when in the braking position, eachwedge member 16 is in abutment with the side surface of thecar guide rail 2. - An
actuator 17 is arranged above theemergency stop frame 15. Theactuator 17 is driven depending on whether or not an abnormality detection signal is generated by the abnormalspeed determining portion 11. Theactuator 17 has amovable portion 18 that engages with the upper end portion of thewedge member 16, and anelectromagnetic solenoid portion 19 that drives themovable portion 18. - In the normal state, the upper end portion of the
wedge member 16 is engaged with themovable portion 18, so thewedge member 16 is retained in the normal portion. When an abnormality detection signal is generated and thus electric power is supplied from the upward movement emergency stop actuating means 13, theelectromagnetic solenoid portion 19 is excited, so themovable portion 18 separates from thewedge member 16. When released from its engagement with themovable portion 18, thewedge member 16 falls by its own weight into the braking position. - A
spring bearing 20 is fixed to an upper portion of theactuator 17. Provided between thespring bearing 20 and eachwedge member 16 is anauxiliary spring 21 for urging thewedge member 16 toward the braking position. Theauxiliary spring 21 serves as back-up urging means for forcibly displacing thewedge member 16 into the braking position when thewedge member 16 does not fall by its own weight alone due to rust or the like. - Provided between each of the guide surfaces 15a, 15b and each
wedge member 16 is a guide roller device 22 (Fig. 5) for smoothly displacing thewedge member 16 into the braking position. - It should be noted that the operations of the right and left upward
movement safety devices 6 are synchronized with each other by means of an electrical command signal. - Next, operation will be described. During the normal operation, the car speed is monitored by the
speed monitoring portion 8. When the car speed is normal, thewedge member 16 is held in the normal position where thewedge member 16 is separated from thecar guide rail 2. When the car speed reaches the first set overspeed, the passage of electric current through the drive device is cut off, and braking is applied to the rotation of the drive sheave by the brake device of the drive device. Thecar 3 is thus brought to a sudden stop. - When, even after a braking command is output to the drive device, the car speed does not stop increasing due to a failure or the like and the car speed reaches the second set overspeed, an abnormality detection signal is output to the upward movement emergency stop actuating means 13 or the downward movement emergency stop actuating means 14, so the
car 3 is brought to an emergency stop by the upwardmovement safety device 6 or the downwardmovement safety device 7. - When an actuating signal is output to the
actuator 17 of the upwardmovement safety device 6, themovable portion 18 is moved in the rightward direction as seen in Fig. 3, so thewedge member 16 falls. As it falls, thewedge member 16 is guided by each of the guide surfaces 15a, 15b to be displaced into the braking position. When displaced into the braking position, thewedge member 16 is wedged in between each of the guide surfaces 15a, 15b and thecar guide rail 2 as thecar 3 moves upwards. As a result, thecar 3 is brought to an emergency stop. - To return the upward
movement safety device 6 to the normal state, thecar 3 is slightly lowered to release the wedging of thewedge member 16, causing the upper end portion of thewedge member 16 to be engaged with themovable portion 18. It should be noted that when the passage of electric current through theactuator 17 is cut off, themovable portion 18 returns to the normal position as shown in Fig. 3 due to the spring force of a return spring (not shown) built in theactuator 17. - In the elevator apparatus as described above, a command signal is output to the
actuator 17 of the upwardmovement safety device 6 upon detecting an abnormal speed, so there is hardly any mechanical transmission of the operation force, thus making it possible to reduce the time it takes to bring thecar 3 to a stop after the detection of the abnormal speed. As a result, the braking distance can also be reduced. - Further, basically, the
wedge member 16 falls into the braking position by its own weight, thus making it possible to achieve a simplified structure. - Further, the provision of the
auxiliary spring 21 enables an increase in the operation speed of the braking operation, and also an improvement in the reliability and stability of the braking operation. - Furthermore, the set overspeed is set to be smaller near the terminal floor than in the vicinity of the intermediate floor, whereby the braking distance can be further reduced. Further, it is possible to achieve not only reduced buffer size but also reduced pit depth and overhead dimension.
- While in
Embodiment 1 the engagement of themovable portion 18 with thewedge member 16 is released upon exciting theelectromagnetic solenoid portion 19, themovable portion 18 may, conversely, be displaced by a spring or the like when the passage of electric current through theelectromagnetic solenoid portion 19 is cut off to thereby release the engagement of themovable portion 18 with thewedge member 16. - Next, Fig. 6 is a side view showing an upward movement safety device of an elevator apparatus according to
Embodiment 2 of the present invention, and Fig. 7 is a side view showing a state in which braking is applied by the upward movement safety device shown in Fig. 6. - Referring to the drawings, the
actuator 17 is disposed on top of thecar 3 so as to be placed by the side of theemergency stop frame 15. The movable portion of theactuator 17 is connected to the upper end portion of thewedge member 16 through the intermediation of a levertype connecting mechanism 23. - The
actuator 17 has a built-in urging spring (not shown) for urging themovable portion 18 to the both sides of the neutral point thereof. A disc spring is used as the urging spring, for example. - To displace the
movable portion 18 from the normal position as shown in Fig. 6 into the braking position as shown in Fig. 7, theelectromagnetic solenoid portion 19 is excited to displace themovable portion 18 in the rightward direction as seen in the drawing. At this time, once it moves past the neutral position, themovable portion 18 is displaced into the braking position at a stroke by the spring force of the urging spring. As a result, the levertype connecting mechanism 23 is rocked about ashaft 23a in the counter-clockwise direction as seen in the drawing, causing thewedge member 16 to return to the braking position. - Conversely, to return the
movable portion 18 from the braking position into the normal position, theelectromagnetic solenoid portion 19 is excited to displace themovable portion 18 in the leftward direction as seen in the drawing. At this time, once it moves past the neutral position, themovable portion 18 is displaced into the normal position at a stroke by the spring force of the urging spring. As a result, the levertype connecting mechanism 23 is rocked about theshaft 23a in the clockwise direction as seen in the drawing, causing thewedge member 16 to return to the normal position. When thewedge member 16 is wedged in between each of the guide surfaces 15a, 15b and thecar guide rail 2, theactuator 17 is drivenwhile slightly lowering thecar 3. Otherwise,Embodiment 2 is of substantially the same construction asEmbodiment 1. - In the elevator apparatus as described above, the operation of returning the upward
movement safety device 6 to the normal state can be effected by means of a command from a remote location, thereby making it possible to achieve improved workability. Further, an operation test or the like can be easily carried out on the upwardmovement safety device 6. - Further, the
actuator 17 and thewedge member 16 are connected to each other through the levertype connecting mechanism 23, whereby the displacement of themovable portion 18 can be transmitted to thewedge member 16 while being magnified. - While in
Embodiment 2 the actuator used has the built-in urging spring, the actuator may be one which displaces the movable portion solely by the electromagnetic force of the electromagnetic solenoid portion. - Next, Fig. 8 is a side view showing an upward movement safety device of an elevator apparatus according to
Embodiment 3 of the present invention, Fig. 9 is a side view showing a state in which braking is applied by the upward movement safety device shown in Fig. 8, and Fig. 10 is a sectional view taken along the line X-X of Fig. 8. - Referring to the drawings, the
actuator 17 is disposed on top of thecar 3 so as to be spaced apart from theemergency stop frame 15. A movablepulley supporting member 24 is fixed to themovable portion 18. The movablepulley supporting member 24 is provided with a plurality ofmovable pulleys 25. The movable pulleys 25 are arranged symmetrically on both side surfaces of the movablepulley supporting member 24. - A stationary
pulley supporting member 26 opposed to the movablepulley supporting member 24 is fixed to a position on top of thecar 3 between theemergency stop frame 15 and theactuator 17. The stationarypulley supporting member 26 is provided with a plurality ofstationary pulleys 27. The stationary pulleys 27 are arranged symmetrically on both side surfaces of the stationarypulley supporting member 26. -
Wires 28 are alternately wound around themovable pulleys 25 and thestationary pulleys 27 respectively arranged on one sides of thepulley supporting members wires 28 are also wound alternately around themovable pulleys 25 and thestationary pulleys 27 respectively arranged on the other sides of thepulley supporting members wire 28 has afirst end portion 28a connected to the stationarypulley supporting member 26, and asecond end portion 28b connected to an upper end portion of thewedge member 16. - Arranged diagonally above the
wedge member 16 are a pair of first guide pulleys 29 for guiding thewires 28 to thewedge member 16. The first guide pulleys 29 are supported in position above theemergency stop frame 15. A pair of second guide pulleys 30 for guiding thewires 28 to the first guide pulleys 29 are provided at a position on top of thecar 3 between theemergency stop frame 15 and the stationarypulley supporting member 26. Otherwise,Embodiment 2 is of substantially the same construction asEmbodiment 1. - Next, operation will be described. When an abnormality detection signal is input to the upward movement emergency stop actuating means 13 (Fig. 1), the
actuator 17 is driven, so the movablepulley supporting member 24 is displaced towards the stationarypulley supporting member 26. That is, the distance between the movablepulley supporting member 24 and the stationarypulley supporting member 26 is made to be narrower. As a result, thewire 28 loses its tension, causing thewedge member 16 to be displaced into the braking position due to its own weight. - When displaced into the braking position, the
wedge member 16 is wedged in between each of the guide surfaces 15a, 15b and thecar guide rail 2 as thecar 3 moves upwards. Thecar 3 is thus brought to an emergency stop. - Further, by separating the movable
pulley supporting member 24 from the stationarypulley supporting member 26 while slightly lowering thecar 3, the wedging of thewedge member 16 is released, and furthermore thewedge member 16 is pulled up through thewire 28 to be returned to the normal position. - In the elevator apparatus as described above, the operation of returning the upward
movement safety device 6 to the normal state can also be effected by means of a command from a remote location, thereby making it possible to achieve improved workability. Further, an operation test or the like can be easily carried out on the upwardmovement safety device 6. - Further, the
wire 28 for transmitting the operation force of theactuator 17 to thewedge member 16 is alternately wound around themovable pulley 25 and thestationary pulley 27, and the distance between themovable pulley 25 and thestationary pulley 27 changes, whereby the displacement of themovable portion 18 of theactuator 17 can be transmitted to thewedge member 16 while being sufficiently magnified. - It should be noted that the construction of the upward
movement safety device 6 as described inEmbodiments 1 through 3 can be applied to the downwardmovement safety device 7 as it is or after slight modifications. - Further, while in the case of the speed monitoring portion described above the set overspeed changes according to the car position, the set overspeed may be constant irrespective of the car position.
- Further, the actuator is not limited to an electromagnetic actuator; for example, various actuators may be used as long as they are driven depending on whether or not an abnormality detection is generated, such as a motor, linear motor, hydraulic cylinder, or air cylinder having a rotary shaft.
- Furthermore, the signal to be transferred between the speed monitoring portion and the upward movement safety device is not limited to an electrical signal but may be, for example, a light signal.
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- An elevator apparatus comprising:a car that is raised and lowered in a hoistway;a car guide rail for guiding raising and lowering of the car;a speed monitoring portion that generates an abnormality detection signal when a speed of the car being raised reaches a set overspeed; andan upward movement safety device mounted in the car and having an actuator that is driven depending on whether or not the abnormality detection signal is generated, and a braking member that is operated by the actuator, the upward movement safety device causing the braking member to be engaged with the car guide rail to stop upward movement of the car when the abnormality detection signal is generated.
- An elevator apparatus according to Claim 1, wherein a set overspeed pattern that changes according to a car position is set in the speed monitoring portion.
- An elevator apparatus according to Claim 1, wherein when the speed monitoring portion generates the abnormality detection signal, the braking member falls by its own weight to be engaged with the car guide rail.
- An elevator apparatus according to Claim 3, wherein the upward movement safety device comprises an auxiliary spring for assisting in falling of the braking member.
- An elevator apparatus according to Claim 1, wherein the braking member is displaceable by a drive force of the actuator between a braking position where the braking member is engaged with the car guide rail and a normal position where the braking member is separated from the car guide rail.
- An elevator apparatus according to Claim 5, wherein the actuator is connected to the braking member through a lever type connecting mechanism.
- An elevator apparatus according to Claim 1, further comprising:a stationary pulley supporting member;a plurality of stationary pulleys provided to the stationary pulley supporting member;a movable pulley supporting member whose distance from the stationary pulley supporting member can be changed due to a drive force of the actuator;a plurality of movable pulleys provided to the movable pulley supporting member; anda wire alternately wound around the stationary pulleys and the movable pulleys and connected to the braking member, for transmitting displacement of the movable pulley supporting member by the actuator to the braking member while magnifying the displacement.
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