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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2013
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Zbigniew Piech, Cheshire, CT (US);
Tadeusz Witczak, Lodz, PL;
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
An elevator system () is disclosed. The elevator system () may comprise a hoistway () including first and second hoistway portions (), a first car (), a first stationary stator () disposed in the first hoistway portion () and a second stationary stator () disposed in the second hoistway portion (), a first mover () mounted on the first car (), and a first guiderail () disposed in the first hoistway (). The first hoistway portion () may be free of other guiderails () for the first car (). The first car () may be propelled in the first hoistway portion () by only the interaction of the first mover () with the first stationary stator (). The first car () may be propelled in the second hoistway portion () by only the interaction of the first mover () with the second stationary stator ().