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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2017
Applicant:
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventor:
Kiron Bhaskar, Farmington, CT (US);
Assignee:
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 9/00 (2006.01); B66B 11/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 9/003 (2013.01); B66B 11/0407 (2013.01);
Abstract
An elevator system comprising: a plurality of hoistways, each having at least one rail; at least one car moveable along and between the plurality of hoistways and having: a drive assembly operably connected to the car and including two or more wheels engageable to opposing surfaces of the rail of a hoistway along which the car may move, the drive assembly configured to apply an engagement force to the rail to both support the car at the rail and drive the car along the rail; and at least one shuttle moveable transverse to the plurality of hoistways for transferring the car between the hoistways.