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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2018
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Sandeep Sudi, Farmington, CT (US);
Daniel M. Tripp, Deerfield, NH (US);
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
Elevator systems and methods are provided. The systems include an elevator car movable within an elevator shaft, the elevator car includes an elevator car door interlock device operable to open and close elevator car doors, a plurality of landing doors located at respective landings along the elevator shaft, wherein each landing door includes a landing door interlock device operable to open and close a respective landing door, wherein each landing door interlock device is engageable by the elevator car door interlock device to enable operation of the elevator car doors and the respective landing door simultaneously. An elevator component inspection system is configured with a detector located on the top of the elevator car and arranged to monitor the interlock devices, wherein the detector obtains inspection data associated with the elevator car door interlock device and the plurality of landing door interlock devices.