Method for controlling an elevator lighting and an elevator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11124383-B2
Application number	US-201815969545-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 2, 2018
Priority date	May 29, 2017
Publication date	Sep 21, 2021
Grant date	Sep 21, 2021

Abstract

The elevator comprising a car moving upwards and downwards in a well, a controller controlling the elevator, and a well lighting. The method comprises detecting a manual unlocking or a manual opening of a landing door, activating the well lighting automatically when the controller detects a manual unlocking or a manual opening of a landing door.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for controlling an elevator lighting, the elevator comprising a car moving upwards and downwards in a well, a controller controlling the elevator, and a well lighting, the well lighting including a first movable well lighting in the form of a top of car well lighting mounted on a top of the car and a second movable well lighting in the form of a bottom of car well lighting mounted at a bottom of the car, the method comprising:
detecting a manual unlocking or a manual opening of a landing door,
activating the well lighting automatically when the controller detects a manual unlocking of a landing door or a manual opening of a landing door so that the surrounding of the car is illuminated when a service technician enters the well making it possible for the service technician to locate the position of the car in the well in a safe way.

2. The method according to claim 1 , whereby said manual unlocking of the landing door is done by turning a service key in a service key nest on a landing, which turning of the service key is detected by the controller.

3. The method according to claim 1 , whereby said manual opening of a landing door is detected based on a switching device connected to the landing door so that opening of the landing door opens the switching device which is detected by the controller.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising deactivating the well lighting automatically at the end of a predetermined time period after the controller has determined that the elevator has returned to normal operation.

5. The method according to claim 1 , whereby the well lighting comprises a stationary well lighting mounted on at least one wall in the shaft.

6. An elevator comprising a car moving upwards and downwards in a well, a controller controlling the elevator, and a well lighting being supplied with electric power from a power supply for well lighting, the well lighting being controlled by the controller, the well lighting including a first movable well lighting in the form of a top of car well lighting mounted on a top of the car and a second movable well lighting in the form of a bottom of car well lighting mounted at a bottom of the car, whereby
a manual unlocking or a manual opening of a landing door is detected by the controller,
the well lighting is activated automatically by the controller when the controller detects a manual unlocking or a manual opening of a landing door so that the surrounding of the car is illuminated when a service technician enters the well making it possible for the service technician to locate the position of the car in the well in a safe way.

7. An elevator according to claim 6 , whereby the controller activates the well lighting by controlling a relay being connected between the power supply for well lighting and the well lighting.

8. An elevator according to claim 6 , whereby the controller activates the well lighting by controlling an electronic switching component being connected between the power supply for well lighting and the well lighting.

9. An elevator according to claim 8 , whereby the electronic switching component is a transistor.

10. An elevator according to claim 6 , whereby the well lighting is deactivated automatically by the controller at the end of a predetermined time period after the controller has determined that the elevator has returned to normal operation.

11. An elevator according to claim 6 , whereby the well lighting comprises a stationary well lighting positioned at least on one wall in the well.

12. An elevator according to claim 6 , whereby the well lighting comprises a first movable well lighting in the form of a top of car well lighting mounted on a top of the car.

13. An elevator according to claim 6 , whereby the well lighting comprises a second movable well lighting in the form of a bottom of car well lighting mounted at a bottom of the car.

14. The method according to claim 2 , whereby said manual opening of a landing door is detected based on a switching device connected to the landing door so that opening of the landing door opens the switching device which is detected by the controller.

15. The method according to claim 2 , further comprising deactivating the well lighting automatically at the end of a predetermined time period after the controller has determined that the elevator has returned to normal operation.

16. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising deactivating the well lighting automatically at the end of a predetermined time period after the controller has determined that the elevator has returned to normal operation.

17. The method according to claim 2 , whereby the well lighting comprises a stationary well lighting mounted on at least one wall in the shaft.

18. The method according to claim 3 , whereby the well lighting comprises a stationary well lighting mounted on at least one wall in the shaft.

Assignees

• Kone Corp

Inventors

• Kattainen Ari
• Chapman Gareth
• Kantola Jari
• Aitamurto Juha-Matti
• Lindberg Jukka
• Laukkanen Pekka
• Manokar Sivasamy

Classifications

• Y02B20/40

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• B66B11/0005

  Constructional features of hoistways · CPC title

• B66B5/0087 Primary

  Devices facilitating maintenance, repair or inspection tasks (devices incorporated in the buffer B66B5/288; railings on top of the car B66B11/0226) · CPC title

• B66B11/0233

  Lighting systems · CPC title

• H05B47/10 Primary

  Controlling the light source · CPC title