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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
May. 15, 2019
Applicant:
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventor:
Philipp Schedl, Vienna, AT;
Assignee:
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 21/04 (2006.01); B66B 23/02 (2006.01); B66B 29/00 (2006.01); B66B 25/00 (2006.01); B66B 21/10 (2006.01); B66B 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 25/006 (2013.01); B66B 21/04 (2013.01); B66B 21/10 (2013.01); B66B 23/02 (2013.01); B66B 27/00 (2013.01); B66B 29/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A belt safety device () for monitoring a drive belt (), in particular a drive belt () of a people conveyor (), comprises a sensor wheel () configured to be driven by the monitored drive belt (); a sensor surface (); an indicator element () extending eccentrically from the sensor wheel () and moving along the sensor surface () when the sensor wheel () rotates; and an evaluation unit (), which is configured for determining the path (P) of the indicator element () moving along the sensor surface ().