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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. 01, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph C Walker, Avon, CT (US);
Bruce A Powell, Canton, CT (US);
Assignee:
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B / ; B66B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
187382 ; 187902 ;
Abstract
An elevator system having a double-deck car (24) normally responds to unanswered up hall calls from intermediate floors with the upper deck (26), except, under one or more conditions, whereby a subsequent stop may be avoided, its lower deck (28) is utilized.