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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2015
Wurtec, Incorporated, Toledo, OH (US);
Steven P. Wurth, Sylvania, OH (US);
Terry Rodebaugh, Whitehouse, OH (US);
Andy Gries, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Jeff Wagenhauser, Lambertville, MI (US);
Doug Scott, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
Wurtec, Incorporated, Toledo, OH (US);
Abstract
A false car device configured for use in an elevator hoistway is provided. The false car device includes a platform assembly and a frame assembly configured to support the platform assembly. The frame assembly includes one or more safety assemblies. A lift assembly is configured to facilitate hoisting of the platform and the frame assembly within the elevator hoistway. A climbing rope is attached to the lift assembly and has a tension. The safety assembly is configured to engage an elevator guide rail in the event the tension in the climbing rope is lost.