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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 1986
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Frederick H Nowak, Southington, CT (US);
John C Luce, Milford, CT (US);
Assignee:
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
187 / ;
Abstract
In an elevator having a group of double-deck cars, a hall call is assigned to one of the decks according to a priority scheme that takes into account the service capability of each car and its decks in a way that favors assignment of the call to the lagging deck of the car most capable of answering the call.