Elevator system

US10696521B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• thyssenkrupp Elevator Corporation · US
• thyssenkrupp AG · DE

Inventor

• Philippe GAINCHE · Großbettlingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 29, 2017
• Grant date: Jun 30, 2020
• Expiry date: Aug 13, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B66B2201/401
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An elevator system, including at least one first guide rail, which is oriented in a first, in particular vertical, direction, at least one second guide rail, which is oriented in a second, in particular horizontal, direction, a plurality of rotatable rail segments, wherein at least one thereof is transferable between an orientation in the first direction and an orientation in the second direction, at least one elevator cab, which is transportable along the guide rails and which, via the rotatable rail segments, is transferable between the different guide rails, at least one third guide rail, which is oriented in a third, in particular horizontal, direction, and wherein at least one of the rotatable rail segments is transferable between an orientation in the first or second direction into an orientation in the third direction.