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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 1977
Filed:
Nov. 20, 1975
Jean-Marie L Mean, Gettysburg, PA (US);
Joseph K Kraft, Gettysburg, PA (US);
Leigh F Jackson, Fayetteville, PA (US);
Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
Hydraulic elevator apparatus including a cylinder and a fluid actuated plunger which supports an elevator car. A cylinder head seals against fluid leakage to the outside, and it guides the plunger as it moves relative to the cylinder. The cylinder head includes a travel limit structure for the plunger which generates a hydraulic retarding force programmed by a resilient device which adjusts the hydraulic retarding force during a travel limit stop. The resilient device also adds its own retarding force to the plunger, to smoothly decelerate and stop the plunger with minimal impact forces on the cylinder head.