Elevator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9604822-B2
Application number	US-201514950195-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 24, 2015
Priority date	Dec 12, 2014
Publication date	Mar 28, 2017
Grant date	Mar 28, 2017

Abstract

An elevator includes at least one elevator car driving in an elevator shaft driven by an elevator drive. The elevator car has at least one car door and a door sill at the bottom of the car door, which door sill includes at least one groove, in which the car door is guided, in which groove at least one trash hole is located to prevent trash from accumulating in the groove, whereby the elevator car further includes a toe guard which extends downwards from the door sill. The trash hole is connected with a first upper end of an air channel extending downwards from the door sill and includes at least one channel portion extending with a direction component in a horizontal direction and/or having an opening directed sideward, which air channel is connected with the toe guard. The elevator leads to a reduced noise generation in the region of the door sill, particularly in elevator cars traveling with a high speed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An elevator comprising:
at least one elevator car driving in an elevator shaft driven by an elevator drive,
wherein the at least one elevator car has at least one car door and a door sill at a bottom of the car door, the door sill comprising at least one groove, in which the car door is guided, in which groove at least one trash hole is located to prevent trash from accumulating in the groove,
wherein the elevator car further comprises a toe guard extending with a direction component in a length direction of the elevator shaft, wherein each of the at least one trash hole is connected with a first upper end of an air channel extending downwards from the door sill,
wherein the air channel comprises at least one channel portion extending with a direction component in a horizontal direction and an opening directed in the horizontal direction, the air channel is connected with the toe guard, and the air channel having an outlet opening at a second lower end thereof directed in the horizontal direction,
wherein the horizontal direction is perpendicular to the length direction of the elevator shaft, and
wherein the downward direction faces the bottom of the elevator shaft.

2. The elevator according to claim 1 , wherein the air channel forms an acoustic labyrinth.

3. The elevator according to claim 2 , wherein the groove of the door sill comprises at least one trash hole only in a central portion thereof, and
wherein the central portion is located substantially at the center of both a length and a width of the groove.

4. The elevator according to claim 2 , wherein the air channel forms a bracing element stiffening the toe guard.

5. The elevator according to claim 1 , wherein the groove of the door sill comprises at least one trash hole only in a central portion thereof, and
wherein the central portion is located substantially at the center of both a length and a width of the groove.

6. The elevator according to claim 5 , wherein the toe guard comprises at least one plate-like member.

7. The elevator according to claim 6 , wherein two trash holes are provided in the groove, wherein air channels of the two trash holes extend in a mutual angle of 25 to 90 degrees with respect to the length direction.

8. The elevator according to claim 6 , wherein the air channel forms a bracing element stiffening the toe guard.

9. The elevator according to claim 5 , wherein the air channel forms a bracing element stiffening the toe guard.

10. The elevator according to claim 1 , wherein the air channel forms a bracing element stiffening the toe guard.

11. The elevator according to claim 10 , wherein the air channel comprises or consist of a U-profile fixed the toe guard.

12. The elevator according to claim 1 , wherein several trash holes are located in a central portion of the groove which are connected to several correlated air channels, which are tilted with respect to the length direction, and
wherein the central portion is located substantially at the center of both a length and a width of the groove.

13. The elevator according to claim 1 , wherein the air channels and toe guard are formed of sheet metal.

14. The elevator according to claim 1 , wherein the toe guard and at least a part of the air channel extend from the door sill in the downward direction.

15. The elevator according to claim 1 , wherein the groove does not have any trash holes outside a central portion of 30 cm, and
wherein the central portion is located substantially at the center of both a length and a width of the groove.

16. The elevator according to claim 1 , wherein the elevator comprises door rollers which run in the groove of the door sill.

17. The elevator according to claim 1 , wherein the second lower end of the air channel does not have any opening extending downwards.

18. An elevator group comprising several of the elevators according to claim 1 .

19. The elevator according to claim 1 , wherein several trash holes are located in a central portion of the groove which are connected to several correlated air channels, which are tilted with respect to the length direction at an angle of 10 to 45 degrees and
wherein the central portion is located substantially at the center of both a length and a width of the groove.

20. The elevator according to claim 1 , wherein the groove does not have any trash holes outside a central portion of 20 cm, and
wherein the central portion is located substantially at the center of both a length and a width of the groove.

Assignees

• Kone Corp

Inventors

• Roivainen Gabriela
• Heinonen Iiro
• Kalliomäki Jaakko
• Vesterinen Mikko

Classifications

• B66B13/301 Primary

  Details of door sills · CPC title

• B66B13/285

  Toe guards or apron devices · CPC title