WO2022179805A1

WO2022179805A1 - Operating panel and elevator car having an operating panel

Info

Publication number: WO2022179805A1
Application number: PCT/EP2022/052265
Authority: WO
Inventors: Henrique FERREIRA DA SILVA; Hugo Felder
Original assignee: Inventio Ag
Priority date: 2021-02-26
Filing date: 2022-02-01
Publication date: 2022-09-01

Abstract

The present invention relates to an operating panel (1) for operating and/or controlling an elevator system (2) or an elevator car (5) having an operating panel (1) of this type. The operating panel (1) is configured and arranged in an elevator car (5) of the elevator system (2) in such a manner that the operating panel (1) is movable horizontally or parallel to the floor of the elevator car (3).

Description

Control panel and elevator car with a control panel

description

The present invention relates to an operating panel for operating and/or controlling an elevator system or an elevator car with such an operating panel. Furthermore, the invention relates to an elevator installation which has such an elevator car.

In elevator systems, an elevator car moves into an elevator shaft between different floors (hallways) of a building to carry passengers. The interior of the elevator car typically has a control panel (also known as "COP": Car Operating Panel), usually in or on one of its side walls near a car door. Such an arrangement of a control panel enables better accessibility for passengers. However, if the elevator car has a large space or two or more entrances, an awkward situation might arise that a fixed control panel does not offer equally good accessibility to all passengers.

As part of the equal treatment of passengers with disadvantages, e.g. B. Disabled people or children, it must be ensured that all buttons of the control panel or the information displayed on the control panel are as easy as possible to reach and perceive for such passengers. But additional costs can arise to equip an elevator car with two or more control panels. The installation and maintenance effort for an elevator installation can therefore also be increased. Aesthetics are also playing an increasingly important role today. A control panel should ideally match the design of an elevator car and take up as little space as possible.

An object of the present invention is then to improve the reachability or accessibility of a control panel in an elevator car, in particular an elevator car with a large interior space or with more than one entrance, in a cost-effective manner without limiting a design option for the elevator car or installation - and maintenance costs are increased. According to the invention, this object can be achieved by the subject matter of one of the independent claims. Advantageous embodiments are defined in the dependent claims and the following description.

According to the invention, a control panel is provided for operating and/or controlling an elevator system. The control panel can be designed and arranged in an elevator car of the elevator system in such a way that the control panel can be displaced horizontally or parallel to the floor of the elevator car. .

According to an advantageous embodiment of the invention, the control panel can be fastened in a rail and slid along the rail, the rail being mounted on a wall of the elevator car or being integrated into the wall of the elevator car. This means that the rail can either be mounted on or in a wall of the elevator car or can be integrated into the wall or connected to the wall in one piece, e.g. B. can be formed on the wall. The rail serves as a holder for the control panel; the position of the control panel on the wall of the elevator car can be moved along the rail. Accordingly, when the rail is installed in the wall, a slot or a longitudinal opening should be provided in the wall, whereby the control panel can be mechanically connected to the rail. In this case, the rail is mounted horizontally or parallel to the floor of the elevator car, as a result of which the control panel can also be moved horizontally along the rail. In addition or as an alternative to this, the rail can be mounted vertically or perpendicularly to the floor of the elevator car, so that the control panel can also be displaced vertically.

One rail or several rails can be provided in order to be able to move the control panel horizontally and/or vertically. In the case of a single rail intended to extend both horizontally and vertically, the rail may e.g. B. in the form of a cross, double cross, or rectangle.

According to a further advantageous embodiment of the invention, the control panel has a display for displaying information and a key arrangement of at least one control key for call input, the key arrangement and the display being displaceable together or separately and independently of one another. The display and the button arrangement are designed as separate components that are either connected to one another or are displaceable together or independently of one another. Since some standards, e.g. B. EN 81-70, it is stipulated that the center position of the displayed information must be between 1.6 m and 1.8 m, the display of the control panel may only be lowered up to a certain height. By separably associating the display and button layout, greater flexibility can be provided for the button layout while the display meets the nominated requirement. Thus, such regulations can be easily met. By deeper places, namely by moving down, the button arrangement are all control buttons for a passenger such. B. a disabled person in a wheelchair or children, even if the elevator system has been installed in a high building (eg skyscraper), which experience has shown that many call buttons are required for many stops. A height-adjustable control panel also has the advantage that if there is little space (handles for wheelchairs, prams, shopping trolleys), the control panel can be moved up for a short time in order to be able to perform a turning maneuver more easily. If necessary, the control panel or the button arrangement can be moved upwards in the same way if the center line of the display does not exceed the highest limit (e.g. 1.8 m).

Such a sliding control panel can, for. For example, there is an advantage if a single nurse pulls a hospital bed into a cubicle from one side and can then move the control panel to the other side of the cubicle, since otherwise it is no longer possible if she still wants to operate the control panel afterwards. A simultaneous, possible height adjustment of the control panel can also be helpful if the top edge of the hospital bed could conflict with the control panel.

A can also be advantageous for goods lifts, such as forklift vehicles, pallet trolleys, bulky goods to be transported, etc., if someone could no longer reach the remote control panel through the bulky goods. The use of a sliding control panel in narrow car elevators can also be an advantage, since you may not be able to open the car doors to get out and thus "pull" the sliding control panel to the appropriate position (move it). The ability to adjust the height supports moving vehicle types such as low sports cars or high vans. The control panel can be a touch screen, with the display and the button arrangement each consisting of a part of the touch screen. The mechanical control buttons z. B. replaced by resistive or capacitive buttons. Thus, the button array forms a separable part of the touch screen, and the display is located above or to the side of the button array.

According to a further advantageous embodiment of the invention, the control panel has at least one securing means (or bolt) for locking/securing and unlocking/unlocking a displacement of the control panel and/or for separating the button arrangement from the display. The control panel can only be pushed manually along the rail after the safety device has been unlocked.

According to a further advantageous embodiment of the invention, the rail is designed as a lashing rail (also known as a flying rail or so-called airline rail). Accordingly, at least one end fitting - also known by the term "fitting" - is used, which is provided as a connecting element for fastening the control panel in the lashing rail. The control panel can be fastened in the lashing rail or removed from the lashing rail by means of such an end fitting in such a way that the end fitting is engaged as a connecting element between the control panel and the rail in the lashing rail or disengaged from the lashing rail. A suitable end fitting can be inserted into such a lashing rail and automatically snapped into place by gently pressing. Optionally, the end fitting can include a locking lever or a screw, the locking lever or the screw being required for inserting or latching the end fitting into the rail. After the control panel has been fixed in the lashing rail, the control panel can be moved manually. If the end fitting is to be removed from the rail again, you first have to unlock the lever or loosen the screw.

A so-called lashing rail includes a grid z. B. of 25 mm, on which several profile recesses, each forming a closed shape, are designed to accommodate an end fitting. Lashing tracks are perfectly suited for mounting on flat surfaces such as e.g. B. on walls. With many different profile variants of lashing rails such. B. semi-circular profiles allow different load requirements. And with comparatively smaller weights and dimensions, lashing rails can withstand the highest loads. The rail or the end fitting can be partially made of plastic. Thanks to plastic materials, there is little or no annoying clicking noise when moving an end fitting. It is therefore particularly useful with lashing rails in an elevator car, because the end fitting can be reliably accommodated or held in one of the profile recesses without slipping, even if the elevator car is braked hard or suddenly stops.

According to a further advantageous embodiment of the invention, the control panel has a photovoltaic module and/or an interface for wireless communication. Therefore, an electric power cable or data cable can be saved. This could be an advantage in particular when the control panel consists of a display and a button assembly that are separable from each other, since it is no longer necessary that at least one separate cable is available for each part of the control panel. In this case, each part of the control panel can have a photovoltaic module and/or a wireless communication interface.

Irrespective of whether a photovoltaic module and/or a wireless communication interface is present in the control panel, a cable for the electrical power supply and/or data transmission for the control panel can still be routed through the end fitting, with the rail having a through-hole for the cable to pass through. The passage recess is z. B. designed as a continuous slot in the longitudinal direction of the rail, the width of the slot being appropriately selected to allow a cable or plug passed through this slot to move back and forth along the slot without damaging dragging or rubbing. Alternatively, the through hole can be formed by two rails when the rails are laid parallel to each other. If the rail is to be embedded in a wall of the elevator car, then such a through-hole in the rail is no longer necessary.

According to a second aspect of the invention, an elevator car of an elevator installation is provided, the elevator car having an operating panel for operating and/or controlling the elevator installation. The elevator car includes a rail on or in a wall of the elevator car in such a way that the control panel can be fastened in the rail and along the Rail is movable. This means that the rail is either mounted on or in a wall of the elevator car, or is integrated into the wall, or is integrally connected to the wall, e.g. B. is formed on the wall.

According to an advantageous embodiment of the invention, the rail is placed horizontally or parallel to the floor of the elevator car in order to also be able to move the control panel horizontally along the rail, whereby the position of the control panel is changed accordingly. In addition or as an alternative to this, the rail can be mounted vertically or perpendicularly to the floor of the elevator car. One rail or several rails can be aligned horizontally or vertically.

According to a further advantageous embodiment of the invention, the rail is a lashing rail, the control panel being able to be fastened in the rail or removed from the rail by means of an end fitting in such a way that the end fitting, as a connecting element between the control panel and the rail, snaps into the lashing rail or snaps out of the lashing rail is disengaged. By engaging or disengaging the end fitting, the control panel can be easily and simply attached to the rail with a positive fit or removed from the rail. As discussed above, the end fitting may include a latch lever or screw to securely engage the end fitting with the rail.

According to a further advantageous embodiment of the invention, the rail can have a passage opening for the passage of an electrical cable, the cable for electrical energy and/or data transmission for the control panel being able to be passed through the end fitting.

According to another advantageous embodiment, the elevator car has two opposite car doors, with the rail being mounted between the two car doors in such a way that the control panel or the button arrangement can be moved back and forth in the direction of one of the two car doors.

According to a third aspect of the invention, an elevator system is proposed which has at least one control panel according to the first aspect of the invention or an elevator car according to the second aspect of the invention. Possible features and advantages of embodiments of the various aspects of the invention can be considered to be based on the ideas and insights described below, among others and without limiting the invention.

It is noted that some of the possible features and advantages of the invention are described herein with reference to different embodiments of the security monitoring device. A person skilled in the art recognizes that the features can be combined, adapted or exchanged in a suitable manner in order to arrive at further embodiments of the invention.

Embodiments of the invention are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, neither the drawings nor the description being to be construed as limiting the invention.

1: a schematic representation of an elevator car according to the invention,

2 shows an exemplary embodiment of an elevator car according to the invention,

3: a schematic representation of a control panel according to the invention,

4: an exemplary embodiment of a control panel according to the invention,

Fig. 5: a schematic representation of an embodiment of rails,

6: a schematic representation of a further exemplary embodiment of rails.

The figures are merely schematic and not true to scale. The same reference symbols denote the same or equivalent features in the various figures.

1 shows an elevator car 5 of an elevator system 2, the elevator car 5 having two opposite car doors 11a, 11b. A control panel 1, ie a COP, is arranged in the elevator car 5 for operating and/or controlling an elevator system 2. Between the two cabin doors 11a, 11b are two Rails 7 horizontal or two rails 7 vertical z. B. hidden in a wall 6 of the elevator car 5 for aesthetic reasons. Since the rails 7 are not visible from the outside, they are represented by dashed lines in FIG. Accordingly, a slit or a longitudinal opening (not shown) is provided in the wall 7 , as a result of which the control panel 1 can be mechanically connected to the rails 7 . Of course, such rails 7 can be mounted directly on a wall 6 of the elevator car 5 . In this case, the rails 7 are visible from the outside.

The control panel 1 is mounted in the rail 7 so that the control panel 1 along the horizontal rails 7 z. B. can be pushed from one side of the elevator car 5 to a position indicated by hatched diagonal lines on another side of the elevator car 5. In order to be able to slide the control panel 1 in one place both horizontally and vertically, it can be designed either with two rails crossing each other orthogonally, or with a single cross or rectangular rail (as shown in Fig. 6).

In Fig. 2 an embodiment of an elevator car 5 is shown. A sliding between the two car doors 11 control panel 1 can be advantageous if the elevator system 2 z. B. is installed in a hospital and the elevator car 5 has a large depth or a large interior. If a large hospital bed 19 is slid into the elevator car 5 through the car door 11a, the control panel 1 which is close to the car door 11a is then for other passengers (not shown) who are on the other side of the elevator car 5 or through the other car door 1 lb later entered the elevator car 5 can no longer be reached. In this case, when the operation panel 1 is pushed toward the car door 11b by someone who can reach the operation panel 1, the other passengers in the vicinity of the car door 11b are also allowed to reach the operation panel 1. It can also be an advantage if a single person 20 pulls a hospital bed 19 from the cabin door 11a into the cabin 5 and can then "take" the control panel 1 to the other side, since otherwise operation with this control panel 1 is no longer possible , if the person 20 then wants to change a call or specify another destination. 3 illustrates 1 a control panel 1 according to the invention with a display 3 and a key arrangement 8 made up of several control keys 9 . The control panel 1 can be pushed vertically or perpendicularly to the floor of the elevator car 5 along the vertical rail 7 . The key arrangement 8 and the display 3 can be moved together or separately, independently of one another. The display 3 is normally placed above or next to the button array 8 . The vertical rail 7 can either, as shown in Fig. 3, have a stop 4 to limit a lowest position height of the display 3 or, as shown in Fig.l, consist of two separate rails, whereby the display 3 only to the end of the top rail can be slid. Thus, in addition to the fact that the display 3 must hold a prescribed lowest position, the button arrangement 8 can be lowered so that a passenger such as e.g. B. a disabled person in a wheelchair or a child can also operate the control panel 1 or the control buttons 9 comfortably.

Of course, the control panel 1 can also be moved upwards. On the one hand it can create more free space, on the other hand the operating panel 1 can be protected against a possible risk of collision by height adjustment. As illustrated in FIG. 4, if e.g. B. a wheelchair has entered the cabin 5, the backrest of the wheelchair could hit the control panel 1. In this case, you can move the control panel 1 upwards so that the control panel 1 is higher than the backrest.

FIG. 3 also shows that the control panel 1 has a photovoltaic module 17 and a wireless communication interface 18 . In the case of a separable assignment, the display 3 and the button arrangement 8 can each comprise a photovoltaic module and a communication interface 18 . Then it is no longer necessary to obtain a power cable or data cable for the control panel. If the control panel 1 is not equipped with a photovoltaic module 17 or a wireless communication interface 18, or additional security or redundancy for electrical energy supply or data transmission for the control panel 1 is to be provided, the control panel 1 can be connected with one or more cables 13 .

The control panel 1 is provided with at least one securing device or bolt 12 for locking and unlocking a shift of the control panel 1 and/or for separating the Key arrangement 8 from the display 3 of the control panel 1 equipped. The securing means 12 is z. B. mounted on the back or an edge of the control panel 1, giving better handling for passengers to move the control panel 1 or to separate the button assembly 8 from the display 3 is given.

In Fig. 5 a lashing rail for guiding the control panel 1 is shown. The control panel 1 can be mechanically connected to the rail 7 by means of an end fitting or fitting 10 and thus fastened, with the end fitting 10 being able to snap into the lashing rail 7 . By snapping in, the end fitting 10 automatically locks in the lashing rail 7. The lashing rail 7 has a plurality of profile recesses 15 for receiving the end fitting 10, the profile recesses 15 having a semicircular shape in this exemplary embodiment. When the end fitting 10 is positively engaged in the lashing rail 7, i.e. in a profile recess 15, this end fitting 10 in the lashing rail 7 can disengage from one profile recess 15 under an external force and engage in an adjacent profile recess 15, as a result of which the control panel 1 , which is fixed with the end fitting 10, can also move along the lashing rail 7. The Profdaussparungen 15 are z. B. 25 mm ready. This ensures easy cleaning with compressed air, steam jets or a vacuum cleaner. In order to engage the end fitting 10 more securely in the lashing rail 7 or to be picked up by the recesses 15, the end fitting 10 includes, for example, a locking lever 16. If you want to remove the end fitting 10 from the rail 7, you must first press or lift the locking lever 16 .

A cable 13 can by z. B. a hole in the end fitting 10 can be performed in order to supply the control panel 1 with electricity or to enable data communication. Correspondingly, the rail 7 also has a passage recess 14 for the cable 13 to pass through, so that the cable 13 can protrude from the wall 6 and be connected to the control panel 1 . Therefore, the cable 13 can follow along the through-hole 14 when the control panel 1 is moved. The passage opening 14 can be a continuous slot in the lashing rail 7 which is directed in the longitudinal direction of the lashing rail 7 . The width of the grommet 14 is selected to allow a cable 13 to move back and forth along the grommet 14 without detrimental dragging or rubbing. The passage recess 14 can also be formed by two rails 7 if the rails 7 are parallel be put together. If the rail 7 is installed in the wall 6, the through-hole 14 is no longer necessary because the cable 13 can be routed through a slot in the wall 6. Finally, it should be noted that terms such as "comprising,""comprising," etc. do not exclude other elements or steps, and terms such as "a" or "an" do not exclude a plurality. Furthermore, it should be pointed out that features or steps that have been described with reference to one of the above exemplary embodiments can also be used in combination with other features or steps of other exemplary embodiments described above. Any reference signs in the claims should not be construed as limiting.

Claims

patent claims

1. Operating panel (1) for operating and/or controlling an elevator installation (2), characterized in that the operating panel (1) is designed and can be arranged in an elevator car (5) of the elevator installation (2) in such a way that the operating panel (1) is displaceable horizontally or parallel to the floor of the elevator car (3).

2. Control panel (1) according to claim 1, wherein the control panel (1) can be fastened in a rail (7) and slidable along the rail (7), the rail (7) being mounted on a wall (6) of the elevator car (5) mounted or integrated into the wall (6) and wherein the rail (7) is horizontal or parallel to the floor of the elevator car (3).

3. Control panel (1) according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the rail (7) runs vertically or perpendicularly to the floor of the elevator car (3).

4. Control panel (1) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the control panel (1) has a display (3) and a button arrangement (8) of at least one control button (9), wherein the button arrangement (8) and the display (3) are displaceable together or separably independently of each other.

5. Control panel (1) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the control panel (1) has at least one securing means (12) for locking or unlocking a displacement of the control panel (10) and/or for separating the button arrangement (8) from the display (3 ) having.

6. Control panel (1) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the rail (7) is designed as a lashing rail, wherein the control panel (1) can be fastened in the rail (7) by means of an end fitting (10) or can be removed from the rail (7 ) is removable, that the end fitting (1) as a connecting element between the control panel (1) and the rail (7) is engaged in the lashing rail or is disengaged from the lashing rail.

7. Control panel (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the control panel (1) has a photovoltaic module (17) and / or an interface (18) for wireless communication

8. Control panel (1) according to claim 6 or 7, wherein a cable (13) for electrical energy supply and/or data transmission for the control panel (1) can be passed through the end fitting (10), and wherein the rail (7) has a through-hole ( 14) for the passage of the cable (13).

9. Elevator car (5) of an elevator installation (2), the elevator car (5) having an operating panel (1) for operating and/or controlling the elevator installation (2), characterized in that the elevator car (5) has a rail (7) on or in a wall of the elevator car (5), and that the control panel (1) is fixed in the rail (7) and can be displaced along the rail (7), the rail (7) being horizontal or parallel to the floor of the elevator car (3) runs.

10. Elevator car (5) according to claim 9, wherein the rail (7) runs vertically or perpendicularly to the floor of the elevator car (3).

11. Elevator car (5) according to one of the preceding claims 9 to 10, wherein the rail (7) is a lashing rail, wherein the control panel (1) can be fastened in the rail (7) by means of an end fitting (10) or can be removed from the rail ( 7) is removable, that the end fitting (1) as a connecting element between the control panel (1) and the rail (7) is engaged in the lashing rail or is disengaged from the lashing rail.

12. Elevator car (5) according to claim 11, wherein the rail (7) has a passage opening (14) for the passage of an electrical cable (13), the cable (13) for electrical energy supply and/or data transmission for the control panel (1) can be carried out through the end fitting (10).

13. Elevator car (5) according to one of the preceding claims 9 to 12, wherein the elevator car (5) has two opposite car doors (11), the rail (7) being mounted between the two car doors (11) in such a way that the The control panel (1) can be slid back and forth in the direction of one of the two cabin doors (11).

14. Elevator system (2) having at least one control panel (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 8 or an elevator car (5) according to any one of claims 9 to 13.