Kone Corporation

Nithil Karimpanackal Natarajan

Ari Kattainen

Timo Manner

Markku Haapaniemi

Antti Hovi

Matti Rasanen

Juha-Matti Aitamurto

Janne Mikkonen

Jari Kantola

Razvan Albu

Juha Panula

Jari Pursiainen

Tuuli Somma

Jorma Mustalahti

Raimo K Pelto-Huikko

Matti Räsänen

Petteri Valjus

Anssi Venho

Aki Haikonen

Osmo Björni

Sakari Korvenranta

Riku Lampinen

Jouni Lappalainen

Petri Koli

Seppo Kolehmainen

Ari Hänninen

Asmo Tenhunen

Markku Haivala

Jarmo Parkkinen

Paula Bello

Risto Jokinen

Sami Saarela

Giovanni Hawkins

Jukka Turpeinen

Pekka Halonen

Aki Metsänen

Hannu Nousu

Arttu Hult

Samuli Mäntynen

Klaus Mäkelä

Benjamin Ekström

Juha Mielonen

Reetta Ranne

Vesa Tiainen

Sakke Ahoniemi

Andrea Zotti Galletti

Cristina Bianchi

Liina Poropudas

Kirsi Nyrhinen

Ari Pikivirta

Raimo Pelto-huikko

Matti RÄSÄNEN

Benjamin EKSTRÖM

Markku HÄIVÄLÄ

Esfandiar Gharibaan

Pekka Vuoti

Tuukka Kauppinen

Marko Saarinen

Samuli MÄNTYNEN

The invention relates to an elevator safety arrangement comprising a hoistway; an elevator car mounted in the hoistway; a working platform mounted on top of the roof the elevator car; at least one sensing arrangement for sensing load of the working platform and at least one balustrade. Said balustrade is mounted on the working platform such that its weight is carried by the working platform, and in that it is movable between a substantially upright position and a substantially horizontal position.

Elevator safety arrangement configured to detect a load on a working platform and elevator

A people mover includes an endless conveying band and a control system. The control system includes a controller, a detecting arrangement for detecting people on the endless conveying band, and a signaling arrangement for providing visual and/or audio signals to people on the endless conveying band. The controller is configured to: determine based on output of the detecting arrangement, in particular based on signals and/or data generated by the detecting arrangement, whether a distance between detected people on the endless conveying band is below a minimum allowed distance; and present to people on the endless conveying band with a signaling arrangement alarm or instruction signals when a distance between detected people on the endless conveying band is below a minimum allowed distance.

People mover

The invention relates to an elevator safety arrangement comprising a hoistway; an elevator car mounted in the hoistway; a working platform on top of the elevator car; at least one movable balustrade, which is movable between a substantially upright position and a substantially horizontal position; and a sensing arrangement for sensing position of the movable balustrade, said sensing arrangement for sensing position of the movable balustrade comprising at least one sensor for sensing position of the balustrade. Said at least one sensor for sensing position of the balustrade comprises a sensor body and a sensor head, and the sensor head is movable relative to the sensor body, and the balustrade is arranged to move the sensor head when pivoted, the balustrade comprising a cam member pivotal together with the balustrade, the cam member comprising one or more protrusions and depressions, and the sensor head is placed against the cam member for being actuated by aid of at least one protrusion and at least one depression of the cam member.

Elevator safety arrangement and elevator

A method and a system for the evacuation of buildings providing an elevator system includes at least one elevator car and an elevator shaft. The system includes a device to detect an incident or a device to receive an emergency signal in this regard, a device for determining the floor of this incident, and at least one sealing element (positioned in the elevator shaft and constructed to seal the elevator shaft, so that the elevator shaft is divided in at least two sections.

Device and method for the evacuation of buildings

The invention relates to methods and arrangements for creating a safe working space in the upper part of an elevator shaft. A position of an elevator car in the elevator shaft in relation to a plurality of safety levels in the elevator shaft may be monitored, where each safety level is associated with a separate clearance of the elevator car from a ceiling of the elevator shaft. The elevator may be controlled to create a safety space zone at the upper part of the elevator shaft. The controlling may include progressively activating separate braking systems in response to the elevator car progressively moving upwards through separate triggering limits of separate clearances, to progressively strengthen an arresting of upwards movement of the elevator car through the elevator shaft.

Elevator with a safety arrangement and method for creating a safe working space in the upper part of the elevator shaft

An elevator car includes a car box. The car box includes a frame structure that includes a floor element, vertical beams connected to the floor element, and roof beams connected to the vertical beams. The car box further includes walls, each including wall elements of rectangular shape fixed side-by-side to the frame structure and extending from one edge side of the car box to another. The car box includes a roof including roof elements of rectangular shape fixed side-by-side to the frame structure and extending from one edge side of the car box to another. The car box includes and interior bounded by at least the floor element, the walls, and the roof. At least on set of elements, of the roof elements and the wall elements, includes elements associated with separate, respective integrated functionalities.

Elevator car and elevator

An elevator including an elevator car having an operating interface including at least one button associated with both manually controlling the motor from inside the interior space during a manual control mode and entering car calls from inside the interior space during an automatic control mode; a controller configured to automatically control the motor to move the elevator car, if the elevator is operating in the automatic control mode, and manually control the motor to move the elevator car based on a user actuating the operating interface such that a movement of the elevator car upwards from an uppermost landing is unobstructed, if the elevator is operating in the manual control mode; and an access control device including a lock, the lock configured to selectively allow or disallow access to the at least one of the plurality of buttons of the operating interface.

Elevator

A platform assembly includes a first platform module having an elongated front face, a second platform module having an elongated front face, and a locking member for locking the front faces of the first and second platform modules to each other. The locking member is movably mounted on the first platform module in a longitudinal direction of the front face thereof, and at least one of the locking member and the second platform includes a locking protrusion, and the other of the locking member and the second platform includes a locking slot, wherein the locking protrusion is received by the locking slot and protrudes from the front face of the first platform module. An edge of the locking protrusion is behind an edge of the locking slot when the locking member is moved in said longitudinal direction of the front face, thereby locking the platform modules to each other.

Platform assembly and a method for manufacturing an elevator car and an elevator car

An elevator having an elevator car configured to move in a hoistway, and floor landings, and a protective arrangement, which arrangement has a wall connected to the bottom of the car, which protective wall can be displaced between a vertical operating position and a retracted position folded out of the vertical operating position, and when in which operating position the wall forms a wall extending downwards from the bottom edge of the floor landing side of the elevator car, and in which elevator the protective arrangement has locking means for preventing the protective wall in the operating position from folding out. The locking means has one or more movable locking means, which is/are arranged to be moved between a locking and retracted position, when in which locking position the locking means prevents the wall in the operating position from folding out of the operating position towards the retracted position.

Protective arrangement for an elevator

An elevator includes an elevator hoistway with an elevator car arranged to move therein. The elevator car includes an interior bounded by at least the elevator care roof. A frame structure includes two parallel, horizontal, elongated roof beams that are at a horizontal distance from each other. Between the roof beams is a trough that has an upward-facing base surface, and a standing platform in connection with the roof of the elevator car that includes a standing surface, immediately above which is a space free of the parts of the elevator car and free of the ropes of the elevator, for enabling standing on top of the standing surface at least when the elevator car is situated at a distance from the top end of the elevator hoistway. The standing surface forms at least a part of the base surface of the trough.

Integrated roof structure of an elevator car

A people mover comprising a plurality of steps or palettes to carry and move people. A transmission chain formed into an endless loop is connected to the steps or palettes via which the steps or palettes are moved. The transmission chain comprises consecutive chain links connected in a hinged manner to each other such that the chain links are bendable in relation to each other in a first direction (I) and in a second direction (II). Two turning elements are provided around which the transmission chain is arranged to pass. The consecutive chain links of the transmission chain bend in relation to each other in the first direction (I) when passing around the respective turning elements. A bending limitation mechanism is arranged to limit bending of the transmission chain occurring in the second direction (II).

People mover, transmission chain and method in the use of a people mover

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