Elevator system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12091284-B2
Application number	US-202118003161-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 23, 2021
Priority date	Jun 30, 2020
Publication date	Sep 17, 2024
Grant date	Sep 17, 2024

Abstract

A landing door of an elevator system has a door leaf equipped with an integrated floor display that indicates to a person the floor at which an elevator car approaching the floor of departure is currently located. The door leaf of the landing door has a wall element made of sheet metal, the floor display having at least one controllable light source arranged behind the wall element, and a cover layer. The wall element has a display segment with a plurality of light passage openings, the light passage openings forming a perforated screen structure. The cover layer functions such that after the light source is activated to display the desired floor information, light from the light source penetrates through the light passage openings and the cover layer to the outside and when the light source is deactivated, the cover layer does not let light through to the outside.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An elevator system having a landing door with a door leaf at a floor, the landing door providing access from the floor to an elevator car in an elevator shaft, the door leaf comprising:
a wall element forming a support structure of the door leaf and covering at least a portion of a shaft access to the elevator shaft when in a closed position, the wall element having a front side facing the floor and a rear side facing the elevator shaft;
wherein the wall element has a display segment with a plurality of light passage openings, the display segment being included in a floor display adapted to display a current position of the elevator car as floor information indicating to a person on the floor a floor at which the elevator car is currently located;
wherein the floor display includes a controllable light source arranged behind the wall element at the rear side, the light passage openings forming a perforated screen structure letting light from the light source when activated through the wall element such that the person sees the floor information at the front side; and
wherein door leaf includes a cover layer on the front side of the wall element, wherein light from the activated light source passes through the light passage openings and penetrates outwards through the cover layer such that the person sees the floor information, and when the light source is deactivated, the cover layer does not let light through that is less intense than the light generated by the light source.

2. The elevator system according to claim 1 wherein the wall element is made of sheet metal.

3. The elevator system according to claim 1 wherein the cover layer is made of a material having opaque properties.

4. The elevator system according to claim 1 wherein the light passage openings are formed as round holes in the wall element having a diameter of 0.5 mm to 8 mm.

5. The elevator system according to claim 1 wherein the light passage openings are formed as round holes in the wall element having a diameter of 1 mm to 5 mm.

6. The elevator system according to claim 1 wherein the display segment is arranged in an edge region and/or a corner region of the door leaf.

7. The elevator system according to claim 1 wherein the display segment occupies no more than 20% of a total area of the front side of the wall element.

8. The elevator system according to claim 1 wherein the controllable light source is an array of individual light sources arranged on a plane installed on the rear side of the wall element.

9. The elevator system according to claim 8 wherein the individual light sources are each an LED and the LEDs form a planar LED array.

10. The elevator system according to claim 1 including transparent or translucent plugs arranged in the light passage openings.

11. The elevator system according to claim 10 including a light guide layer arranged in the display segment between the controllable light source and the wall element, and wherein the plugs are formed on the light guide layer.

12. The elevator system according to claim 11 wherein the controllable light source is an array of individual light sources and the light guide layer includes at least two modules each having at least two of the plugs formed thereon, each of the modules is associated with a different one of the individual light sources.

13. The elevator system according to claim 1 wherein the controllable light source is an array of individual light sources and each of the light passage openings is associated with one of the individual light sources.

14. The elevator system according to claim 1 including a control unit and an operating unit for inputting a call, the floor display and the operating unit communicating with the control unit to display the floor information in response to registration of a call.

15. A door leaf for a landing door of an elevator system, the door leaf comprising:
a wall element forming a support structure of the door leaf and adapted to cover at least a portion of a shaft access to an elevator shaft when in a closed position, the wall element having a front side and a rear side;
wherein the wall element includes a floor display adapted to display a current position of an elevator car as floor information at the front side;
wherein the floor display includes a display segment with a plurality of light passage openings and a controllable light source arranged behind the wall element at the rear side, the light passage openings forming a perforated screen structure letting light from the light source when activated through the wall element to the front side; and
a cover layer on the front side of the wall element, wherein light from the activated light source passes through the light passage openings and penetrates outwards through the cover layer to display the floor information, and when the light source is deactivated, the cover layer does not let light through that is less intense than the light generated by the light source.

Assignees

• Inventio Ag

Inventors

• Liebetrau Christoph

Classifications

• B66B2201/463

  Wherein the call is registered through physical contact with the elevator system · CPC title

• B66B13/303 Primary

  Details of door panels · CPC title

• B66B1/468

  Call registering systems · CPC title

• B66B3/023 Primary

  characterised by their mounting position · CPC title