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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2019
Applicant:
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Bradley Armand Scoville, Farmington, CT (US);
Sandeep Sudi, Farmington, CT (US);
Assignee:
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/34 (2006.01); B66B 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/2458 (2013.01); B66B 1/3476 (2013.01); B66B 2201/215 (2013.01); B66B 2201/222 (2013.01);
Abstract
An illustrative example elevator system includes a plurality of elevator cars. A dispatch controller assigns a first one of the elevator cars to travel to a landing in response to a first request for elevator service at that landing. At least one call button is operative to place a second request while the first one of the elevator cars is situated at the landing in response to the first request. The dispatch controller assigns a second one of the elevator cars to travel to the landing in response to the second request.