System to enable access to travelling cable dead end hitch from inside an elevator car
US10544008B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 7, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jan 28, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 8, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB66B9/00
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A travelling cable end hitch and rail arrangement for an elevator system includes a rail assembly fixed to an elevator car of the elevator system, a movable device positioned at and movable along the rail assembly, and an end hitch portion of a travelling cable of the elevator system secured to the movable device and movable with the movable device along the rail assembly. A method of accessing a travelling cable end hitch of an elevator system includes accessing a travelling cable from inside of an elevator car, pulling the travelling cable upward from inside of the elevator car, moving an end hitch portion of the travelling cable along a rail assembly secured to a bottom of the elevator car via pulling the travelling cable upward, and inspecting the end hitch portion from inside the elevator car when the end hitch portion reaches a first end of the rail assembly.
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