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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2019
Tk Elevator Innovation and Operations Gmbh, Essen, DE;
Martin Madera, Neuhausen, DE;
Ionel Stanica, Bucharest, RO;
Mike Obert, Gernsbach, DE;
Martin Krieg, Gaggenau, DE;
Sebastian Griesardt, Bietigheim, DE;
TK Elevator Innovation and Operations GmbH, Essen, DE;
Abstract
An elevator system includes a first and second elevator shaft, a first vertical guide rail disposed in the first shaft, a second vertical guide rail disposed in the second shaft, a plurality of elevator cars movable within the shafts along the guide rails, and a repositioning assembly configured to transfer the plurality of elevator cars from the first elevator shaft to the second elevator shaft. The repositioning assembly includes a repositioning track extending between the first and second shafts, and a repositioning carrier that is movable along the repositioning track, and configured to transfer the cars from a first repositioning position in the first elevator shaft to a second repositioning position in the second elevator shaft. The elevator system also includes an adjusting assembly configured to adjust the position of at least one of the first or second repositioning positions at least transversely to the repositioning direction.