Elevator car door locking device and elevator equipment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12479701-B2
Application number	US-202318360104-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 27, 2023
Priority date	Nov 10, 2022
Publication date	Nov 25, 2025
Grant date	Nov 25, 2025

Abstract

An elevator car door locking device and elevator equipment. The car door locking device includes a vane base provided with a first and a second rotation center; a vane assembly provided with a clamping vane or an expanding vane; and a vane drive assembly having a driving member, a transmission member, an unlocking member and a car door locking hook. The driving member, the transmission member and the vane assembly are hinged to the first rotation center, the car door locking hook is hinged to the second rotation center, the transmission member is hinged with the vane assembly through a connecting shaft, and the unlocking member is hinged to a third rotation center on the driving member and is provided with a limiting part for limiting the connecting shaft.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An elevator car door locking device, comprising:
a vane base provided with a first rotation center and a second rotation center; a vane assembly mounted on the vane base and provided with a clamping vane or an expanding vane, and a vane drive assembly mounted on the vane base and having a driving member, a transmission member, an unlocking member and a car door locking hook, wherein the driving member, the transmission member and the vane assembly are hinged to the first rotation center, the car door locking hook is hinged to the second rotation center and has a locked state and an unlocked state, the transmission member is further hinged with the vane assembly through a connecting shaft, and the unlocking member is hinged to a third rotation center on the driving member and is provided with a limiting part for limiting the connecting shaft, wherein the driving member, when driven to move, drives the driving member, the connecting shaft and the unlocking member to rotate around the first rotation center toward a first direction or an opposite second direction, wherein, when the vane assembly is not in contact with a landing door locking ball, the connecting shaft is located at a first limit position on the unlocking member and drives the vane assembly to open or close, and the unlocking member swings along an arc-shaped part on the car door locking hook; when the vane assembly is in contact with the landing door locking ball and is restricted in movement, the connecting shaft rotates to a second limit position on the unlocking member, and the unlocking member swings around the third rotation center to offset the arc-shaped part by a displacement, so that the car door locking hook rotates around the second rotation center toward the first direction until reaching the unlocked state, or rotates toward the second direction until reaching the locked state; wherein the vane assembly comprises a first vane, a second vane, a first linkage and a second linkage, the first vane and the second vane are hinged with the first linkage and the second linkage respectively to form a four-linkage mechanism, the first linkage is hinged to the first rotation center and is hinged with the transmission member through the connecting shaft, the second linkage is hinged to a fourth rotation center on the vane base, and the fourth rotation center is located directly below the first rotation center along a longitudinal direction of the vane base; wherein the linkages of the clamping vane or the expanding vane are symmetrically arranged with respect to a connecting line passing through the first rotation center and the fourth rotation center.

2 . The elevator car door locking device according to claim 1 , wherein the vane assembly is configured such that:
L _ DC=Z 2/SIN(∠ c+∠d+∠e ), and
L _ OD/L _ OC=Y 2/( Y 1+ Y 2) wherein L_DC is a distance between a first hinge point and a second hinge point in a length direction of the first linkage, the first hinge point is a hinge point between the first vane and the first linkage, and the second hinge point is a hinge point between the second vane and the first linkage; L_OD is a distance between the first rotation center and the first hinge point in the length direction of the first linkage; L_OC is a distance between the first rotation center and the second hinge point in the length direction of the first linkage; Z2 is a distance between the first vane and the second vane after the car door locking hook is unlocked; ∠c, ∠d, ∠e are respectively an included angle between the transmission member and the first linkage, an included angle between the transmission member and a longitudinal line of the vane base, and an unlocking rotation angle of the transmission member when the car door locking hook is turned from a locked state to an unlocked state; Y1 is an unlocking distance of an elevator landing door locking ball; and Y2 is a gap between the elevator landing door locking ball and the first vane.

3 . The elevator car door locking device according to claim 2 , wherein the unlocking rotation angle Ze of the transmission member is set according to the following formula:
∠ e=k*ar sin( L/L _ PG )
wherein L_PG is a length of the car door locking hook, L is an unlocking height of the car door locking hook, and k is a coefficient whose value range is 0.5-2.0.

4 . The elevator car door locking device according to claim 1 , wherein the car door locking hook is kept in the locked state through a first elastic restoring member mounted on the vane base and connected with the car door locking hook, and a second elastic restoring member is mounted on the vane base and connected with the driving member, the first elastic restoring member comprising a torsion spring and the second elastic restoring member comprising a tension spring.

5 . The elevator car door locking device according to claim 1 , wherein the vane base has a first side and a second side opposite to each other, and the vane drive assembly and the vane assembly are respectively arranged on the first side and the second side.

6 . The elevator car door locking device according to claim 5 , wherein the unlocking member and the transmission member are respectively arranged on both sides of the driving member, the unlocking member is closer to the first side than the transmission member, the connecting shaft is connected with the limiting part of the unlocking member in a sliding manner, and the car door locking hook and the driving member are respectively arranged on both sides of the connecting shaft.

7 . An elevator equipment, comprising:
an elevator car having a car door and a car door locking auxiliary hook mounted on the car door; and the elevator car door locking device according to claim 1 , configured to lock the car door by engaging the car door locking hook with the car door locking auxiliary hook to prohibit the car door from opening, and to unlock the car door by disengaging the car door locking hook from the car door locking auxiliary hook to allow opening of the car door.

8 . An elevator car door locking device, comprising:
a vane base provided with a first rotation center and a second rotation center; a vane assembly mounted on the vane base and provided with a clamping vane or an expanding vane, and a vane drive assembly mounted on the vane base and having a driving member, a transmission member, an unlocking member and a car door locking hook, wherein the driving member, the transmission member and the vane assembly are hinged to the first rotation center, the car door locking hook is hinged to the second rotation center and has a locked state and an unlocked state, the transmission member is further hinged with the vane assembly through a connecting shaft, and the unlocking member is hinged to a third rotation center on the driving member and is provided with a limiting part for limiting the connecting shaft, wherein the driving member, when driven to move, drives the driving member, the connecting shaft and the unlocking member to rotate around the first rotation center toward a first direction or an opposite second direction, wherein, when the vane assembly is not in contact with a landing door locking ball, the connecting shaft is located at a first limit position on the unlocking member and drives the vane assembly to open or close, and the unlocking member swings along an arc-shaped part on the car door locking hook; when the vane assembly is in contact with the landing door locking ball and is restricted in movement, the connecting shaft rotates to a second limit position on the unlocking member, and the unlocking member swings around the third rotation center to offset the arc-shaped part by a displacement, so

Assignees

• Otis Elevator Co

Inventors

• Chen Chong
• Pan Haiping
• Jian Xiu
• Qian Haiyun
• Li Qiguo
• Zheng Zhijia
• Shi Yi

Classifications

• B66B13/20 Primary

  Lock mechanisms actuated mechanically by abutments or projections on the cages · CPC title

• B66B5/027

  to permit passengers to leave an elevator car in case of failure, e.g. moving the car to a reference floor or unlocking the door · CPC title

• B66B13/12 Primary

  Arrangements for effecting simultaneous opening or closing of cage and landing doors · CPC title

• B66B13/16 Primary

  Door or gate locking devices controlled or primarily controlled by condition of cage, e.g. movement or position · CPC title