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Elevator system having a car-side extinguishing water drain system

US9540214B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 17, 2010
Grant dateJan 10, 2017
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Expiry dateFeb 16, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB66B13/301
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A drain system, in an elevator system having at least one elevator car with an upper edge running approximately parallel to a horizontal plane, includes a deflector plate arranged on the upper edge of the elevator car at at least one angle of inclination to the horizontal plane and inclined against a shaft wall in which shaft doors are arranged, so that extinguishing water, which falls onto the elevator car is directed at least partially from the deflector plate against the upper edge and against the shaft wall in which the shaft doors are arranged.

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