Lift system having individually driven cars and a closed track

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10486941-B2
Application number	US-201515515912-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 29, 2015
Priority date	Sep 30, 2014
Publication date	Nov 26, 2019
Grant date	Nov 26, 2019

Abstract

A lift system for moving a car along a track in a guided manner. The lift system having a guide rail system, a car and a drive unit arranged on the car. The guide rail system forms a closed track along which the car can be moved between floors when in operation. The drive unit has a motor, a gear wheel system connected to the motor by a shaft and a guide disk. The guide rail system has a pinion system and guide edges spaced apart from one another, which cooperate with the guide disk. When in operation, the motor drives the gear wheel system and the gear wheel system acts on the pinion system in order to move the car along the track in a guided manner.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A lift system comprising: a guide rail system, a car and a drive unit arranged on the car, wherein the guide rail system forms a closed track along which the car can be moved between floors when in operation; wherein the drive unit has a motor, a gear wheel system coupled to the motor by means of a shaft and a guide disk, wherein the motor drives the gear wheel system when in operation; and wherein the guide rail system has a pinion system and guide edges spaced apart from one another, which cooperate with the guide disk, wherein the gear wheel system acts on the pinion system when in operation in order to move the car along the track in a guided manner, wherein the guide rail system has a guide element which extends along a vertical subsection of the guide rail system and wherein a receptacle coupled to the car is provided in which the guide element engages, wherein the receptacle is provided on a guide shoe configured as a guide groove, wherein the guide shoe is arranged non-rotatably about the shaft.

2. The lift system according to claim 1 , wherein the pinion system comprises a plurality of first pins arranged in a first row and spaced apart by intermediate spaces and a plurality of second pins arranged in a second row and spaced apart by intermediate spaces, wherein the first row and the second row are arranged along a common line on a first guide portion of the guide system.

3. The lift system according to claim 2 , wherein the first pins on a first side of the first guide portion point in a first direction and the second pins on a second side of the first guide portion point in a second direction, wherein the first direction is opposite the second direction.

4. The lift system according to claim 3 , wherein the gear wheel disks are twisted with respect to one another.

5. The lift system according to claim 4 , wherein the gear wheel disks are twisted with respect to one another by half a tooth pitch.

6. The lift system according to claim 1 , wherein the gear wheel system has a first gear wheel disk and a second gear wheel disk spaced apart from this, which are arranged on the shaft, wherein the guide disk is arranged between the first and the second gear wheel disk on the shaft.

7. The lift system according to claim 1 , wherein the guide disk has a guide groove in which the guide edges engage.

8. The lift system according to claim 1 , wherein a conductor track is provided on the guide rail system with which the drive unit is in electrical contact in order to supply the drive unit with electrical energy.

9. The lift system according to claim 1 , wherein the receptacle is provided on the car configured as a guide groove.

10. The lift system according to claim 1 , wherein on one side facing the gear wheel system and the pinion system, the guide shoe has parts which define travel paths and wherein a guide profile which can be guided in one of the travel paths is affixed on the pinion system.

11. A lift system comprising: a guide rail system, a car and a drive unit arranged on the car, wherein the guide rail system forms a closed track along which the car can be moved between floors when in operation; wherein the drive unit has a motor, a gear wheel system coupled to the motor by means of a shaft and a guide disk, wherein the motor drives the gear wheel system when in operation; and wherein the guide rail system has a pinion system and guide edges spaced apart from one another, which cooperate with the guide disk, wherein the gear wheel system acts on the pinion system when in operation in order to move the car along the track in a guided manner, wherein a plurality of cars are provided, which can be moved independently of one another on the closed track, wherein each car has a local control unit and wherein a central control unit is provided which is communicatively connected to the local control units and a fixed number of floor terminals, wherein the communicative connection between the central control unit and the local control units is made via a radio network.

Assignees

• Inventio Ag

Inventors

• Finschi Lukas
• Troesch Florian
• Friedli Paul
• Schuster Kilian
• Vonaesch Jonas

Classifications

• B66B9/10

  paternoster type (with devices for transferring goods into, or out of, the compartments B65G17/00) · CPC title

• B66B9/003

  for lateral transfer of car or frame, e.g. between vertical hoistways or to/from a parking position · CPC title

• B66B9/022 Primary

  by rack and pinion drives · CPC title

• B66B1/2433

  For elevator systems with a single shaft and multiple cars · CPC title

• B66B1/3461

  between the elevator control system and remote or mobile stations · CPC title