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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 1988
Filed:
Mar. 20, 1987
Richard E Watt, San Diego, CA (US);
United States Elevator Corp., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for reading or sensing the position of an elevator relative to a landing and for providing corresponding control signals to a controller for controlling the elevator movement in response to the sensed position comprises a tape veritically mounted in an elevator shaft and having reflective vanes positioned on it to indicate position relative to a landing. Sensors are mounted on the elevator car and produce predetermined output signals in response to detection of vanes, and suitable control circuitry responds to predetermined combinations of the sensor output signals to produce suitable output control signals to a controller which controls the car's speed, direction and positioning. The system is installed by first vertically mounting a suitable tape in an elevator shaft so that it runs through a sensor unit mounted on an elevator cab, and positioning vanes on the tape at predetermined positions relative to each floor.