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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:
Jan. 02, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 08, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nader Kameli, Cromwell, CT (US);
James M Collins, Farmington, CT (US);
Assignee:
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
187383 ; 187387 ;
Abstract
During downpeak time period of an elevator system, cars are assigned to sectors of an approximately equal number of floors with remaining floors being assigned to sectors near the lobby, one car per sector. The invention provides a dispatching strategy for serving elevator traffic in both up and down directions, giving priority service to the down traveling traffic while providing limited service to the up traveling traffic. All floors requiring down service are given equal access to the system regardless of the position of the floor in the building.