Elevator system
US4084661A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 7, 1974 |
| Grant date | Apr 18, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 7, 1994 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB66B1/20
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An elevator system, and method of operating same, including a plurality of elevator cars mounted in a building to serve the floors therein. A system processor, having instructions stored in a memory, responds to predetermined system information to provide output signals for controlling the movement of the elevator cars. Predetermined lobby functions, such as quota control of elevator cars at the floor and dispatching therefrom, are provided by the instructions for a floor identified in the instructions. The floor for which such lobby functions are performed is changed in response to predetermined conditions, to any selected floor of the building, by means which changes the number of the identified floor in the associated instructions.
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