Transferring freight or passenger cabs between moving bogies

US6038980A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Joseph Bittar · Avon, US
• Frederick H. Barker · Bristol, US
• Anthony Cooney · Unionville, US
• David I. Perl · Simsbury, US
• Richard E. Peruggi · Glastonbury, US
• Michael D. Silverberg · Huntington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 13, 1998
• Grant date: Mar 21, 2000
• Expiry date: Feb 13, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B61K1/00
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Cabs, such as passenger and freight cabs, are transferred from one horizontal transport bogie that is moving along a track to another horizontal transport bogie moving at the same speed on an adjacent track. The cab may be transferred from one train or shuttle of moving bogies to another train of moving bogies, or may be transferred from a train of moving bogies to an auxiliary shuttle or bogie on a siding so as to permit the cab to be brought to a stop, either to allow transfer of passengers, to be moved into the car frame of an adjacent elevator for vertical transport within the building, or to simply await the coming of another train, traveling in either the same or in opposite direction, to which the cab may then be transferred.