Vibration stabilizer for an information carrier

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11981535-B2
Application number	US-201716332835-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 20, 2017
Priority date	Sep 30, 2016
Publication date	May 14, 2024
Grant date	May 14, 2024

Abstract

An elevator system vibration stabilizer device retains an information carrier extending through an elevator shaft at at least one point of the information carrier and includes a retaining element and a clamping element according to an assembly method. The clamping element is connected to the information carrier at the at least one point by a clamping force transmission device whereby the information carrier is applied with a clamping force against at least one contact region on the retaining element. The retaining element is stationary in the elevator shaft. A magnet element is an alternative to the clamping force transmission device. The vibration stabilizer device is included in an elevator system shaft information system to provide a method for preventing vibrations of the information carrier.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vibration stabilizer device for retaining an information carrier extending through an elevator shaft of an elevator system, the device comprising:
a retaining element in a stationary position in the elevator shaft;
a clamping element connected to the information carrier at a point of the information carrier, wherein the clamping element is adapted to be tensioned to load the information carrier with a clamping force against at least one contact region provided on the retaining element; and
wherein the clamping element is connected to the information carrier by a clamping force transmission means.

2. The device according to claim 1 wherein the clamping force transmission means is a tensioning wire.

3. The device according to claim 1 wherein the clamping force transmission means is guided through a through-opening formed in the information carrier, and a head is formed at one end of the clamping force transmission means, wherein the clamping force transmission means is connected to the information carrier by the head at the point in response to the clamping force.

4. The device according to claim 1 wherein the at least one contact region of the retaining element includes a first contact region and a second contact region, the retaining element having a through-opening through which the clamping force transmission means runs from the clamping element on one side to the information carrier on another side, the through-opening being positioned between the first contact region and the second contact region, and wherein the through-opening allows a vertical displacement of the information carrier relative to the retaining element.

5. The device according to claim 1 wherein the retaining element has a first lateral retaining bar and a second lateral retaining bar, and the information carrier is arranged between the first lateral retaining bar and the second lateral retaining bar when the information carrier bears against the at least one contact region.

6. The device according to claim 5 wherein the retaining element has a through-opening through which the clamping force transmission means runs from the clamping element on one side to the information carrier on another side, and the through-opening is positioned between the first lateral retaining bar and the second lateral retaining bar.

7. The device according to claim 1 wherein the clamping element is adapted to permit the information carrier to be lifted off from the at least one contact region against the clamping force by a detection device used to detect information stored on the information carrier.

8. The device according to claim 1 wherein the clamping element is formed as a clamping bracket, and wherein the clamping force transmission means is connected to the clamping bracket whereby a minimum effective value of the clamping force is set by a length of the clamping force transmission means between the information carrier and the clamping bracket.

9. The device according to claim 8 including a connection piece connecting the clamping bracket to the retaining element.

10. The device according to claim 9 including at least one fastening clip adapted to be fastened to a rail of the elevator system, and a supporting arm connecting the connection piece to the at least one fastening clip to fasten the device to the rail.

11. A shaft information system for an elevator system having an elevator car comprising:
an information carrier;
a detection device connected to the elevator car and being adapted to detect information stored on the information carrier; and
at least one of the vibration stabilizer device according to claim 1 retaining the information carrier.

12. The shaft information system according to claim 11 wherein the detection device has a guiding structure adapted to lift off the information carrier from the at least one contact region of the retaining element when the detection device is guided along the information carrier in a region of the retaining element during operation of the elevator car, wherein the guiding structure has a cut-out facing the retaining element, and wherein the guiding structure has two side pieces that are pivotable relative to each other and are connected to each other via a back that is bendable at least at one point or overall.

13. The shaft information system according to claim 11 wherein the detection device has a guiding structure adapted to lift off the information carrier from the at least one contact region of the retaining element when the detection device is guided along the information carrier in a region of the retaining element during operation of the elevator car, wherein the guiding structure has a cut-out facing the retaining element, and wherein the guiding structure has two separate side pieces that bear end to end against each other on a rear of the guiding structure when the side pieces are inserted into a receptacle in the detection device.

14. The shaft information system according to claim 11 wherein the detection device has a guiding structure adapted to lift off the information carrier from the at least one contact region of the retaining element when the detection device is guided along the information carrier in a region of the retaining element during operation of the elevator car, wherein the guiding structure has a cut-out facing the retaining element, and wherein the guiding structure has two separate side pieces that are inserted into a receptacle in the detection device separately from each other and in an interlocking manner.

15. A method for preventing vibrations of an information carrier extending through an elevator shaft of an elevator system, the method comprising the steps of:
installing at least one of the vibration stabilizer device according to claim 1 in the elevator shaft; and
retaining the information carrier by the at least one vibration stabilizer device at the point of the information carrier.

16. A method for mounting a vibration stabilizer device according to claim 1 in an elevator system having an information carrier extending through an elevator shaft of the elevator system, the method comprising the following steps:
mounting the retaining element in a stationary position in the elevator shaft;
connecting the clamping element to the information carrier with the clamping force transmission means at the point of the information carrier; and
tensioning the clamping element to load the information carrier with the clamping force via the clamping force transmission means against the at least one contact region provided on the retaining element.

17. A vibration stabilizer device for retaining an information carrier extending through an elevator shaft of an elevator system, the device comprising:
a retaining element in a stationary position in the elevator shaft and having at least one contact region; and
a magnetic element at the retaining element, wherein the information carrier has a point that is permanently magnetized or can be magnetized by the magnetic element, and wherein the information carrier is loaded by a magnetic force of the magnetic element against the at least one contact region.

Assignees

• Inventio Ag

Inventors

• Birrer Eric

Classifications

• B66B1/3492 Primary

  Position or motion detectors or driving means for the detector (B66B1/40, B66B1/50 take precedence; length measuring G01B; speed measuring G01P) · CPC title

• B66B7/027

  for mounting auxiliary devices · CPC title