Elevator car

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10604380-B2
Application number	US-201515555771-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 5, 2015
Priority date	Mar 5, 2015
Publication date	Mar 31, 2020
Grant date	Mar 31, 2020

Abstract

An elevator car (2), which is configured for moving along a hoistway in a vertical direction, comprises a passenger compartment defining an interior space (4) surrounded by sidewalls and at least one car door, said sidewalls (62, 63, 64) and/or said car door forming at least one vertically extending corner or protrusion (7). At least one vertically extending decorative element (13, 16) is assigned to the at least one vertically extending corner or protrusion (7) and comprises at least one vertically extending lighting element (10) which is configured for illuminating the interior space 4.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An elevator car, which is configured for moving along a hoistway in a vertical direction and comprises:
a passenger compartment defining an interior space surrounded by side-walls and at least one car door, said sidewalls and/or said car door forming at least one vertically extending corner or protrusion;
wherein at least one vertically extending decorative element joins the at least one vertically extending corner or protrusion and comprises at least one vertically extending lighting element which is configured for illuminating the interior space;
wherein the passenger compartment comprises at least one structural panel forming a sidewall of the interior space, the structural panel providing a mounting portion to which at least a portion of the decorative element is attached;
wherein the decorative element is attached to the structural panel forming at least one of the sidewalls of the passenger compartment by means of at least one slot formed in the structural panel and at least one corresponding protrusion formed at the decorative element, the protrusion being configured to be received by the slot for pivotably connecting the decorative element to the structural panel.

2. The elevator car according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one vertically extending lighting element comprises at least one LED.

3. The elevator car according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one LED comprises a plurality of LEDs.

4. The elevator car according to claim 1 , wherein the decorative element comprises any of a metal sheet, a metal-plastics composite panel, or a veneer.

5. The elevator car according to claim 4 wherein the decorative element comprises a metal sheet and at least a portion of the metal sheet is folded, in particular forming at least a portion of the decorative element by a double layer of the metal sheet.

6. The elevator car according to claim 1 , wherein the decorative element further comprises a fixture for fixing the pivotable end of the decorative element to the structural panel.

7. The elevator car according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one vertically extending lighting element is fixed to the decorative element by means of a clamp or bracket.

8. The elevator car according to claim 1 , further comprising an illuminated surface forming at least part of the ceiling of the interior space.

Assignees

• Otis Elevator Co
• Blondel Stephane

Inventors

• Blondel Stephane
• Beaubois Etienne
• Durand Romain
• Bourassin Frederic
• Guillaume Paul

Classifications

• B66B11/0226 Primary

  Constructional features, e.g. walls assembly, decorative panels, comfort equipment, thermal or sound insulation · CPC title

• B66B11/0233 Primary

  Lighting systems · CPC title

• B66B13/30

  Constructional features of doors or gates (of interest apart from this application E06B) · CPC title