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Control system for elevator cage guide magnets

US4754849A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 12, 1987
Grant dateJul 5, 1988
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Expiry dateJun 12, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB66B7/044
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Continuous, vertically tensioned steel cables 31, 32 or straps 39, 40, 41 mounted in an elevator shaft 2 serve as tracking standards for air gap detectors 33, 34, 35 mounted to a passanger cage 5. The detector outputs differentially control electromagnet pairs 6, 7, 8 mounted on the cage and cooperable with vertical guide rails 1 to maintain the sensed air gaps at a constant, predetermined value.

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