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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2019
Applicant:
Kone Corporation, Helsinki, FI;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kone Corporation, Helsinki, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 9/00 (2006.01); B66B 1/24 (2006.01); B66B 1/28 (2006.01); B66B 9/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/2491 (2013.01); B66B 1/28 (2013.01); B66B 9/003 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for controlling movement of two or more elevator cars of a multicar elevator system. The method comprises: selecting manually via a user interface of an operational entity an elevator car from among a plurality of elevator cars to be moved and controlling movement of one or more other elevator cars from among the plurality of the elevator cars away from a driving area of the selected elevator car. The invention relates also to a multicar elevator system and an operational entity implementing at least portions of the method.