Method and arrangement for opening and closing a suspended ceiling of an elevator car, and locking device

US8925980B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8925980-B2
Application numberUS-201113333418-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateDec 21, 2011
Priority dateJul 3, 2009
Publication dateJan 6, 2015
Grant dateJan 6, 2015

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Abstract

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The object of the invention is a method and an arrangement for opening and closing a suspended ceiling or corresponding of an elevator car and also a locking device. The suspended ceiling or corresponding is supported in place at least partly by one or more locking devices. In the method the suspended ceiling or corresponding is opened from its locking and lowered away from its position and fixed again into its position. In the opening phase of the suspended ceiling the locking devices supporting the suspended ceiling are pre-tuned into a state where the suspended ceiling continues to stay in place in the upper position and after pre-tuning the suspended ceiling is released from its locking by lifting the suspended ceiling first upwards and after this by letting the suspended ceiling lower downwards.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A method for opening and closing a suspended ceiling of an elevator car, the suspended ceiling being at least partially supported by one or more locking devices, the method comprising: pre-tuning the one or more locking devices from a locking state, in which at least a part of the suspended ceiling is locked in a first position, to an unlocked state, in which at least the part of the suspended ceiling is releasable from, but held in, the first position…

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  • Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

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  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

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What does patent US8925980B2 cover?
The object of the invention is a method and an arrangement for opening and closing a suspended ceiling or corresponding of an elevator car and also a locking device. The suspended ceiling or corresponding is supported in place at least partly by one or more locking devices. In the method the suspended ceiling or corresponding is opened from its locking and lowered away from its position and fix…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Heikintupa Rami, Halonen Pekka, Kone Corp
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B66B11/0226. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jan 06 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).