Safety device for elevator system and elevator system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11891276-B2
Application number	US-202217726239-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 21, 2022
Priority date	Jun 10, 2021
Publication date	Feb 6, 2024
Grant date	Feb 6, 2024

Abstract

A safety device for an elevator system, and an elevator system. The elevator system includes a guide rope arranged in a hoistway to be used as a guide rail and a running device running along the guide rope, and the safety device includes a body which is connected to the running device, and a first component and a second component which are provided on the body and define a passage for the guide rope to pass through freely when the running device is in normal operation, the first and second components are configured for clamping the guide rope in the passage when a running speed of the running device exceeds a threshold, to restrict the speed of the running device or stop the running device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A safety device for an elevator system, wherein the elevator system comprises a guide rope arranged in a hoistway to be used as a guide rail and a running device running along the guide rope, and the safety device comprises:
a body, which is connected to the running device; and
a first component and a second component which are provided on the body and define a passage for the guide rope to pass through freely when the running device is in normal operation, the first and second components are configured for clamping the guide rope in the passage when a running speed of the running device exceeds a threshold, to restrict the speed of the running device or stop the running device;
wherein the first and second components are arranged opposite to each other to define the passage, and when the running speed of the running device exceeds the threshold, a relative movement between the first and second components occurs so that the internal gap distance of the passage becomes smaller, until the first and second components contact the guide rope and clamp it in the passage;
wherein both the first component and the second component are configured to move horizontally and vertically relative to the body;
wherein when the running speed of the running device exceeds the threshold, the second component moves upstream relative to the first component in the running direction of the running device, and when the running device stops, the overlapping length of the first and second components in the running direction is substantially equal to the length of the second component.

2. The safety device for the elevator system according to claim 1 , wherein when the running device is in normal operation, the first component is partially arranged upstream of the second component in the running direction of the running device, and the first and second components have an overlapping length in the running direction, the overlapping length being not less than half of the length of the second component.

3. The safety device for the elevator system according to claim 1 , wherein the corresponding portions of the first and second components defining the passage respectively, are configured to have structures symmetrical to each other.

4. The safety device for elevator system according to claim 1 , wherein the top and bottom ends of the guide rope are connected to the top wall and the bottom pit of the hoistway through a first terminating device and a second terminating device respectively, at least one of the first and second terminating devices is configured to adjust the tension of the guide rope.

5. The safety device for the elevator system according to claim 1 , wherein the running device is an elevator car and/or a counterweight, and/or the running direction of the running device is the vertical direction of the hoistway or the inclination angle of the running direction of the running device relative to the vertical direction is less than 15°.

6. The safety device for the elevator system according to claim 1 , wherein the guide rope is a steel wire rope or a carbon fiber rope, and/or the diameter of the guide rope is in the range of 10 mm-30 mm.

7. An elevator system, comprising:
a hoistway;
a guide rope, which is arranged in the hoistway to be used as a guide rail;
a running device, which is arranged in the hoistway and runs along the guide rope; and
at least one safety device for the elevator system according to claim 1 , which is arranged to be connected to the running device.

8. A safety device for an elevator system, wherein the elevator system comprises a guide rope arranged in a hoistway to be used as a guide rail and a running device running along the guide rope, and the safety device comprises:
a body, which is connected to the running device; and
a first component and a second component which are provided on the body and define a passage for the guide rope to pass through freely when the running device is in normal operation, the first and second components are configured for clamping the guide rope in the passage when a running speed of the running device exceeds a threshold, to restrict the speed of the running device or stop the running device;
wherein the first and second components are arranged opposite to each other to define the passage, and when the running speed of the running device exceeds the threshold, a relative movement between the first and second components occurs so that the internal gap distance of the passage becomes smaller, until the first and second components contact the guide rope and clamp it in the passage;
wherein both the first component and the second component are configured to move horizontally and vertically relative to the body;
wherein the body is provided with a guide groove inclined with respect to the running direction, and the safety device comprises an actuating component which is connected to the second component and actuates the second component to travel along the guide groove to generate the relative movement with the first component when the running speed of the running device exceeds the threshold.

9. A safety device for an elevator system, wherein the elevator system comprises a guide rope arranged in a hoistway to be used as a guide rail and a running device running along the guide rope, and the safety device comprises:
a body, which is connected to the running device; and
a first component and a second component which are provided on the body and define a passage for the guide rope to pass through freely when the running device is in normal operation, the first and second components are configured for clamping the guide rope in the passage when a running speed of the running device exceeds a threshold, to restrict the speed of the running device or stop the running device;
wherein the first and second components are arranged opposite to each other to define the passage, and when the running speed of the running device exceeds the threshold, a relative movement between the first and second components occurs so that the internal gap distance of the passage becomes smaller, until the first and second components contact the guide rope and clamp it in the passage;
wherein both the first component and the second component are configured to move horizontally and vertically relative to the body;
wherein the corresponding portions of the first component and/or the second component defining the passage are configured to have a non-planar profile.

10. The safety device for the elevator system according to claim 9 , wherein the non-planar profile includes a circular arc profile, a diamond profile or a square profile, and/or the non-planar profile has an undercut section with an undercut angle range of 30°-105°.

11. The safety device for the elevator system according to claim 9 , wherein the non-planar profile includes a diamond profile, a square profile, or the non-planar profile has an undercut section with an undercut angle range of 30°-105°.

Assignees

• Otis Elevator Co

Inventors

• Wang Wei
• Yang Fujun

Classifications

• B66B5/24 Primary

  by acting on guide ropes or cables · CPC title

• B66B5/04

  for detecting excessive speed · CPC title

• B66B7/04 Primary

  Riding means, e.g.} Shoes, Rollers, {between car and guiding means, e.g. rails, ropes (rollers adapted to match the shape of a special guiding means B66B7/02; vibration attenuation systems acting between car and its supporting frame B66B11/026) · CPC title

• B66B7/06

  Arrangements of ropes or cables · CPC title

• B66B7/047

  Shoes, sliders · CPC title