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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Christoph M Ernecke, Berlin, DE;
Gunter Blechschmidt, Berlin, DE;
Peter L Herkel, Berlin, DE;
Alberto Vecchiotti, Middletown, CT (US);
Assignee:
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
187291 ; 187294 ;
Abstract
A method of adjusting an elevator speed comprising the steps of determining a desired creep period, determining an actual creep period, determining a difference between the desired creep period and the actual creep period, determining a deceleration time for minimizing the difference between the desired creep period and the actual creep period, and adjusting the elevator speed in response to the deceleration time.