Kone Corporation

Emil Hagström

Markku Haapaniemi

Anssi Venho

Janne Mikkonen

Tarvo Viita-aho

Simo Mäkimattila

Matti Rasanen

Matti Räsänen

Petri Kere

Otto Lanz

Simo Makimattila

Sami Saarela

Timo Rinne

Jukka Laitinen

Pekka Perunka

Hans Valtonen

Markku Häivälä

Kristian Viinikkala

Peter Eagling

Matti RÄSÄNEN

Markku HÄIVÄLÄ

An elevator car includes a first floor for delimiting a transport space above it, and a second floor for delimiting a second transport space above it. One of the first and second floors is a displaceable floor, the elevator car being shiftable between a double-decker-state and a single decker-state by displacing the displaceable floor. A construction-time elevator arrangement and a method for elevator use during construction of a building, which implement the elevator car, are also disclosed.

Elevator car and construction-time elevator arrangement and method

The invention relates to a method for transporting construction material and/or equipment inside a building under construction, wherein the building under construction comprises plurality of vertically displaced floors, the method comprising providing an elevator for transporting transport containers in the building under construction, said elevator comprising at least a load receiving unit vertically movable along one or more guide rail lines in an elevator shaft formed in the building under construction; and providing plurality of transport containers each comprising a container body, and an identification provided on the container body for identifying the container and/or its destination in the building, most preferably the destination floor in the building under construction; providing one or more detectors within the building under construction for detecting identifications of containers when they are within the detection ranges of the one or more detectors; moving a first transport container belonging to said plurality of transport containers to a loading floor; loading the first transport container belonging to said plurality of containers on the load receiving unit; determining by a control system destination floor of the first container comprising detecting the identification of the first transport container with a detector; automatically moving the load receiving unit vertically in the elevator shaft to the destination floor of the first container; and unloading the first transport container from the load receiving unit to the destination floor of said first container. The invention also relates to a method for constructing a building and an arrangement, which implement the aforementioned method.

Method and arrangement

An elevator arrangement having an elevator includes an elevator car having a floor and a roof. The elevator car is provided with one or more extension spaces which are arranged to extend the height of the elevator car during construction time use.

Elevator arrangement

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Helsinki, Finland

Emil Hagström