Brake, and elevator system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10112800-B2
Application number	US-201715683263-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 22, 2017
Priority date	Mar 26, 2013
Publication date	Oct 30, 2018
Grant date	Oct 30, 2018

Abstract

A brake, which includes a frame part of the brake, an armature part movably supported on the frame part, and attached to the frame part a limit switch, the switching state of which changes when movement is exerted on the limit switch in the operating direction of the limit switch. The brake also includes a measuring pin that is movably supported on the frame part of the brake and that is separate from the armature part, which measuring pin is connected to the limit switch.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A brake, comprising:
a frame part of the brake;
an armature part movably supported on the frame part, the armature part being configured to be movable between a braking position and a releasing position;
a limit switch attached to the frame part, a switching state of the limit switch changing at an operating point of the limit switch; and
a measuring pin movably supported on the frame part of the brake, the measuring pin being separate from the armature part and being connected to the limit switch, and being configured to engage by movement of the armature part in an operating direction of the limit switch, in an operating range between the braking position and the releasing position,
wherein, in the operating range, the operating point of the limit switch is configured to divide into sections of the operating range, the switching state of the limit switch in a first section indicating the braking position and the switching state of the limit switch in a second section indicating the releasing position,
wherein both the measuring pin and the limit switch are disposed in a space formed in the frame part of the brake, and
wherein a length of the measuring pin is less than a length of the space.

2. The brake according to claim 1 , wherein the measuring pin is configured to engage with a detent surface of an air gap of the brake on the armature part side.

3. The brake according to claim 2 , wherein the brake comprises a thruster spring fitted between the frame part of the brake and the measuring pin for engaging the measuring pin with the armature part.

4. The brake according to claim 2 , wherein the measuring pin comprises an arrow-shaped tip part, the tip of the arrow-shaped tip part being configured to press against the armature part.

5. The brake according to claim 1 , wherein the brake comprises a thruster spring fitted between the frame part of the brake and the measuring pin for engaging the measuring pin with the armature part.

6. The brake according to claim 5 , wherein the measuring pin comprises an arrow-shaped tip part, the tip of the arrow-shaped tip part being configured to press against the armature part.

7. The brake according to claim 1 , wherein the measuring pin comprises an arrow-shaped tip part, the tip of the arrow-shaped tip part being configured to press against the armature part.

8. The brake according to claim 1 , wherein the measuring pin is separate from the limit switch.

9. The brake according to claim 1 , wherein the brake comprises an adjustment device configured to adjust a distance of the limit switch from the armature part.

10. The brake according to claim 9 , wherein the limit switch is fixed to the frame part with the adjustment device.

11. The brake according to claim 9 , wherein the adjustment device comprises an adjusting plate, on to which the limit switch is fixed, and the adjusting plate is fixed to the frame part of the brake with adjustment screws the distance of the adjusting plate from the armature part being adjustable with the adjustment screws.

12. The brake according to claim 1 , wherein the measuring pin is configured to slide along a guide surface in the frame part of the brake.

13. The brake according to claim 1 , wherein the limit switch has an arm extending coaxially with the measuring pin.

14. An elevator system, comprising:
an elevator car;
a hoisting machine; and
a traction rope traveling via a traction sheave of the hoisting machine, the elevator car being moved, with the traction rope,
wherein the hoisting machine comprises the brake according to claim 1 for braking movement of the traction sheave of the hoisting machine.

15. The brake according to claim 1 , wherein the limit switch includes an arm extending coaxially with the measuring pin.

Assignees

• Kone Corp

Inventors

• Kantanen Kaisa
• Vlasov Timo

Classifications

• B66B11/04

  Driving gear {; Details thereof, e.g. seals (braking devices acting on the driving gear B66B5/02; of mining-hoist winding devices B66B15/08)} · CPC title

• F16D63/008

  Brakes acting on a linearly moving member · CPC title

• B66D5/30

  electrical · CPC title

• B66B5/0031 Primary

  for safety reasons · CPC title

• F16D66/023

  directly sensing the position of braking members · CPC title