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Elevator apparatus

US4982815A · kind A · utility

17Cited by
2References
11Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 7, 1989
Grant dateJan 8, 1991
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Expiry dateNov 7, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16D2121/22
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An elevator apparatus includes an electric motor for driving the elevator apparatus, an elevator cage adapted to be lifted or lowered by the electric motor, a brake device for holding and retaining an elevator driving system, including the electric motor, and a malfunction detecting device responsive to the application of a torque to a retainer section of the brake device during the lifting or lowering of the elevator cage.

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