WO2004007331A2 - Conical spring buffer for an elevator - Google Patents
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- WO2004007331A2 WO2004007331A2 PCT/US2003/019856 US0319856W WO2004007331A2 WO 2004007331 A2 WO2004007331 A2 WO 2004007331A2 US 0319856 W US0319856 W US 0319856W WO 2004007331 A2 WO2004007331 A2 WO 2004007331A2
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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
- B66B5/28—Buffer-stops for cars, cages, or skips
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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
- B66B5/28—Buffer-stops for cars, cages, or skips
- B66B5/282—Structure thereof
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- the present invention relates to a spring buffer for an elevator car operating in a vertical hoistway.
- the overall buffer uncompressed height is at least the sum of the required compression travel plus the height of the fully compressed spring. Since the spring buffer is located in the hoistway pit, uncompressed spring buffer height is a factor in the required pit depth. As will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, increased pit depth and size results in an increase in elevator system costs. What is needed is an improved spring buffer design which reduces required pit depth.
- a buffer for an elevator car is provided with a spring member having the spring coils arranged in a conical spiral, wherein adjacent coils are sized so as to be received within the next larger coil as the spring is compressed.
- a conical spring buffer according to the present invention may achieve a sufficiently long stroke between its uncompressed and fully compressed states so as to decelerate the elevator car at the required rate while reducing the overall buffer uncompressed height.
- a conical spring is disposed in the pit of an elevator hoistway.
- the spring is fashioned with a coil diameter gradually decreasing in the upward vertical direction such that the end of the spring with the smallest diameter is oriented vertically toward the descending elevator car or counterweight.
- the conical spring according to the present invention comprises successive coils which spiral radially inwardly such that each adjacent coil is disposed wholly within the diameter of the next outward coil.
- a conical spring as described above may additionally be configured so as to achieve a variable spring rate at different stages of compression, whereby the force imparted on the car or counterweight in the event of an overrun may vary in response to the contact force.
- the spring coils may be fashioned of elements having circular, rectangular, or other cross-sections.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic cross-section of a traction elevator system as disposed in a typical hoistway.
- Fig. 2 shows a side elevation of a conical spring buffer according to the present invention.
- Fig. 3(A) shows a side elevation of an elevator car and a conical spring buffer according to the present invention.
- Fig. 3(B) shows the car and buffer arrangement of Fig. 3 (A) as it would appear in the event of an overrun.
- Fig. 4 shows the conical spring buffer according to the present invention in a counterweight buffering arrangement.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic of a typical elevator hoistway 10 for a traction arrangement, including an elevator car 12 suspended by one or more ropes 14 running between the car 12 and a vertically suspended counterweight 16.
- the ropes 14 pass over a traction sheave 18 driven by a machine (not shown) located in a machine room 20 typically disposed at the upper end of the hoistway 10.
- the car 12 operates vertically within the hoistway 10 stopping at the desired floors 22 a, 22 b.
- floor 22 a represents the uppermost floor served by the elevator car 12 and floor 22 b the lowest floor.
- the hoistway includes a pit area 24 in which are located one or more buffers 26, 28 according to the present invention.
- the construction of the buffer 26 according to the present invention is essentially identical to that of the counterweight buffer 28.
- the buffer 26 includes a conical spring coil 32 having its largest or base coil 34 disposed at the lowermost end thereof, and spiraling inwardly and upwardly simultaneously in the vertical direction whereby successive coils 34-1, 34-2, etc. are sized such that the outer radius of the next inward coil is less than the inner radius of the preceding coil.
- the outer radius Ro of coil 34-2 is less than the inner radius Ri of coil 34-1, thereby allowing coil 34-2 to pass radially inward of coil 34-1 when the spring is compressed axially.
- the final coils of the conical spring 32 are flattened to provide surfaces 36, 38 which are perpendicular to the central axis 40.
- the flat surface 38 at the larger end of the conical spring 32 rests upon a cylindrical base 41 in the embodiment as shown in Fig. 2.
- the spring 32 should preferably be secured to the base by any of a number of equally equivalent means, including welding, bolting, gluing, etc.
- the base 41 in turn is fixed to the floor 30 of the hoistway 10 to prevent movement or dislocation during operation.
- the radius of the coils 34, the diameter d of the coil element, the transverse pitch of the coils, and material type of the conical spring 32 are selected to provide the desired axial stroke and spring constant for the particular elevator application as required by the elevator code or other performance requirements. It should now be apparent that the overall length of the conical spring 32 according to the present invention is less than a prior art helical spring which must be sized not only to undergo the required axial deformation, but also has a considerably greater minimum length when fully compressed due to the axial stacking of the equal diameter spring coils.
- Fig. 3(a) shows the spring buffer 26 according to the present invention arranged so as to contact the elevator car 12 in the event of an overrun at the lower end of the hoistway 10. As shown in Fig. 3 (b), the elevator 12 has passed beyond its normal operating range and entered the pit where it has contacted the conical spring 32 and compressed it fully.
- Fig. 4 shows and equivalent buffer 28 adapted to contact the counterweight 16 in the event of a car overrun at the top of the hoistway 10.
- the construction of the counterweight buffer 28 according to the present invention is virtually identical to that of the car buffer 26, but sized as required for use with the counterweight.
- the operation of the counterweight buffer 28 is identical to that of the car buffer 26, except that the counterweight buffer prevents damage to the elevator car by stopping the counterweight at the lower end of the hoistway 10, thereby removing any upward force on the car 12 by means of the ropes 14.
- the conical spring according to the present invention may also be fabricated with a spring element having an oval or rectangular cross-section, and the coil pitch may vary over the length of the spring so as to provide a variable spring constant, depending on the degree of compression of the spring.
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- Maintenance And Inspection Apparatuses For Elevators (AREA)
- Lift-Guide Devices, And Elevator Ropes And Cables (AREA)
- Springs (AREA)
- Vibration Dampers (AREA)
Priority Applications (6)
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AU2003281056A AU2003281056A1 (en) | 2002-07-16 | 2003-06-23 | Conical spring buffer for an elevator |
EP03742162A EP1539626A4 (en) | 2002-07-16 | 2003-06-23 | CABLE SPRING FOR A LIFT |
KR10-2005-7000681A KR20050013182A (ko) | 2002-07-16 | 2003-06-23 | 엘리베이터용 원뿔형 스프링 완충기 |
BRPI0312668-4A BR0312668A (pt) | 2002-07-16 | 2003-06-23 | amortecedor de mola para um sistema de elevador |
US10/521,539 US20060225967A1 (en) | 2002-07-16 | 2003-06-23 | Conical spring buffer for an elevator |
HK06100604A HK1080821A1 (en) | 2002-07-16 | 2006-01-13 | Conical spring buffer for an elevator |
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JP2002-206866 | 2002-07-16 | ||
JP2002206866A JP2004051237A (ja) | 2002-07-16 | 2002-07-16 | エレベータのスプリング緩衝器 |
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WO2004007331A2 true WO2004007331A2 (en) | 2004-01-22 |
WO2004007331A3 WO2004007331A3 (en) | 2004-10-14 |
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JP (1) | JP2004051237A (ja) |
KR (1) | KR20050013182A (ja) |
CN (1) | CN100379670C (ja) |
AU (1) | AU2003281056A1 (ja) |
BR (1) | BR0312668A (ja) |
HK (1) | HK1080821A1 (ja) |
TW (1) | TWI312335B (ja) |
WO (1) | WO2004007331A2 (ja) |
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US545764A (en) * | 1895-09-03 | williams | ||
US835157A (en) * | 1906-01-16 | 1906-11-06 | Irvin G Fry | Combined cupboard and dumb-waiter. |
US4172509A (en) * | 1976-12-07 | 1979-10-30 | Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha | Traction machine of elevator |
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- 2003-06-23 AU AU2003281056A patent/AU2003281056A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2003-06-23 BR BRPI0312668-4A patent/BR0312668A/pt not_active IP Right Cessation
- 2003-06-23 CN CNB038168464A patent/CN100379670C/zh not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2003-06-23 WO PCT/US2003/019856 patent/WO2004007331A2/en active Application Filing
- 2003-06-23 KR KR10-2005-7000681A patent/KR20050013182A/ko not_active Application Discontinuation
- 2003-07-08 TW TW092118613A patent/TWI312335B/zh not_active IP Right Cessation
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US545764A (en) * | 1895-09-03 | williams | ||
US835157A (en) * | 1906-01-16 | 1906-11-06 | Irvin G Fry | Combined cupboard and dumb-waiter. |
US4172509A (en) * | 1976-12-07 | 1979-10-30 | Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha | Traction machine of elevator |
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CN1668523A (zh) | 2005-09-14 |
AU2003281056A1 (en) | 2004-02-02 |
BR0312668A (pt) | 2007-06-26 |
TW200410892A (en) | 2004-07-01 |
KR20050013182A (ko) | 2005-02-02 |
AU2003281056A8 (en) | 2004-02-02 |
WO2004007331A3 (en) | 2004-10-14 |
HK1080821A1 (en) | 2006-05-04 |
JP2004051237A (ja) | 2004-02-19 |
CN100379670C (zh) | 2008-04-09 |
TWI312335B (en) | 2009-07-21 |
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