Elevator provided with a safety apparatus arrangement, and a safety apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10294073-B2
Application number	US-201615211067-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 15, 2016
Priority date	Jan 21, 2014
Publication date	May 21, 2019
Grant date	May 21, 2019

Abstract

The object of the invention is an elevator provided with a safety apparatus arrangement, which elevator comprises at least an elevator car traveling along guide rails and a safety brake device, such as a safety gear, for stopping undesired movement of the elevator car, as well as a transmission mechanism for activating the safety gear. The safety apparatus arrangement comprises a tuning apparatus disposed on the elevator car for detecting a presence on the roof of the elevator car, which tuning apparatus comprises means for pre-activating the transmission mechanism when a presence on the roof of the elevator car has been detected.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An elevator comprising:
an elevator car having a roof, the elevator car configured to travel along guide rails;
a safety brake device configured to stop unintended movement of the elevator car;
a transmission mechanism configured to activate the safety brake device if the transmission mechanism is activated, the transmission mechanism including an activation surface; and
a tuning apparatus on the elevator car, the tuning apparatus configured to detect a presence on the roof of the elevator car, and to activate the transmission mechanism by moving a portion of a pretuning plate from a position not on top of the activation surface to a position on top of the activation surface if the presence on the roof of the elevator car has been detected.

2. The elevator according to claim 1 , wherein the tuning apparatus comprises:
a tread base on the roof of the elevator car, the tread base configured to be movable with relation to the elevator car by a weight of a person on the tread base; and
a detector configured to detect a height position of the tread base relative to the elevator car.

3. The elevator according to claim 2 , wherein the tread base is configured to,
move in obliquely aligned guide grooves above the roof of the elevator car,
rest supported on springs, and
cover essentially a whole of the roof of the elevator car.

4. The elevator according to claim 2 , wherein the detector includes a supervision switch in an air gap between the roof of the elevator car and the tread base and the supervision switch is configured to disconnect a safety circuit of the elevator if the tread base moves downwards such that the height position of the tread base is reduced.

5. The elevator according to claim 2 , wherein the transmission mechanism is connected to the elevator car to travel along with the elevator car and to be movable in relation to the elevator car in a movement direction of the elevator car, the transmission mechanism further comprising:
an activation mechanism configured to create a bottom safety space in an elevator shaft by activating the transmission mechanism if the elevator car enters the bottom safety space in the elevator shaft; and
the activation surface configured to create a top safety space in the elevator shaft by activating the transmission mechanism if the portion of the pretuning plate is in the position on top of the activation surface and the elevator car enters the top safety space in the elevator shaft.

6. The elevator according to claim 5 , wherein in the transmission mechanism includes an elongated frame part, wherein the activation surface is on a top end of the elongated frame part.

7. The elevator according to claim 6 , wherein the tuning apparatus is configured to activate the transmission mechanism moving the portion of the pretuning plate on top of the activation surface, the pretuning plate being arranged to be movable along with movement of the tread base, the portion of the pretuning plate being a bend in the pretuning plate adapted to not be in the position on top of the activation surface of the transmission mechanism if the tread base is not detected as displaced downwards, and to move to the position on top of the activation surface of the transmission mechanism to activate the transmission mechanism if the tread base is detected as descended downwards.

8. The elevator according to claim 7 , wherein the elevator further comprises:
supervision switches configured to monitor a position of the pretuning plate.

9. The elevator according to claim 7 , wherein the elevator further comprises:
a detent installed in a fixed manner on one of the guide rail of the elevator car, which detent is disposed at a height determined by a height position of the top safety space and above the tuning apparatus in such a way that when the pretuning plate is on top of the activation surface, the bend of the pretuning plate is on a vertical line below the detent.

10. The elevator according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission mechanism is connected by a coupling member configured to move wedges of the safety brake device against the guide rails of the elevator car to lock the elevator car into a position.

11. A safety apparatus of an elevator, the elevator including at least an elevator car configured to travel along guide rails, the elevator car including a roof, and a safety brake device configured to stop movement of the elevator car, and a transmission mechanism configured to activate the safety brake device, the safety apparatus comprising:
a tuning apparatus on the elevator car, the tuning apparatus configured to detect a presence on the roof of the elevator car, and to activate the transmission mechanism by moving a portion of a pretuning plate from a position not on top of an activation surface of a transmission mechanism to a position on top of the activation surface of the transmission mechanism if the presence on the roof of the elevator car has been detected.

12. The safety apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the tuning apparatus additionally includes
a tread base on top of the roof of the elevator car arranged to be movable by a weight of a person on the tread base, and
a detector of a height position of the tread base.

13. The safety apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the tread base is configured to
move in obliquely aligned guide grooves above the roof of the elevator car,
rest supported on springs, and
cover essentially a whole of the roof of the elevator car.

14. The safety apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the transmission mechanism is connected by a coupling member configured to move wedges of the safety brake device against the guide rails of the elevator car configured to lock the elevator car into a position.

15. The safety apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the transmission mechanism is connected to the elevator car to travel along with the elevator car and to be movable in relation to the elevator car in a movement direction of the elevator car, the transmission mechanism comprising:
an activation mechanism configured to create a bottom safety space in an elevator shaft; and
the activation surface configured to create a top safety space in the elevator shaft.

16. The safety apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the transmission mechanism includes an elongated frame part, wherein the activation surface is on a top end of the elongated frame part.

17. A safety apparatus arrangement installable in an elevator, the elevator including an elevator shaft, guide rails inside the elevator shaft and an elevator car configured to run on the guide rails, the safety apparatus arrangement comprising:
a safety brake device configured to stop movement of the elevator car; and
a transmission mechanism configured to activate the safety brake device based on the transmission mechanism being activated and the elevator entering a safety space, the transmission mechanism including an activation surface extending in a first direction, the transmission mechanism being configured to be activated when a portion of a pretuning plate extending in a direction perpendicular to the first direction is moved from a position not on top of the activation surface to a position on top of the activation surface of the transmission mechanism.

18. The safety apparatus arrangement of claim 17 , further comprising:
a tread base on top of the elevator car, the tread base configured to move downwards under a weight of a person; and
a pretuning plate coupled to the tread base, the

Assignees

• Haapaniemi Markku
• Rasanen Matti
• Haivala Markku
• Kattainen Ari
• Kone Corp

Inventors

• Haapaniemi Markku
• Rasanen Matti
• Haivala Markku
• Kattainen Ari

Classifications

• B66B5/044

  Mechanical overspeed governors · CPC title

• B66B5/005 Primary

  Safety of maintenance personnel · CPC title

• B66B5/0068

  by activating the safety brakes when the elevator car exceeds a certain upper or lower position in the elevator shaft · CPC title

• B66B5/16

  Braking or catch devices operating between cars, cages, or skips and fixed guide elements or surfaces in hoistway or well · CPC title

• B66B5/0062 Primary

  by devices, being operable or not, mounted on the elevator car · CPC title