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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2021
Applicant:
Kone Corporation, Helsinki, FI;
Inventors:
Assignee:
KONE CORPORATION, Helsinki, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 5/02 (2006.01); B66B 3/00 (2006.01); B66B 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 5/027 (2013.01); B66B 3/002 (2013.01); B66B 7/1215 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for releasing safety gears of an elevator car or a counterweight of an elevator system, the elevator system including a stalling detector coupled to compensation roping associated with the elevator car and the counterweight and configured to detect an increased rope tension, includes preventing a stalling indication from the stalling detector during a rescue operation; and moving the elevator car in order to release the safety gears.