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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1999
LG Industrial Systems Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An improved elevator door system for reducing vibration and noise in opening/closing a car door and a hatch door and allowing fast operation by releasing a landing door lock device before the car door moves. The elevator door system includes a hatch door; a car door; a motor for providing rotating force to open and close the hatch door and the car door; power transmitting means; a rack for possibly moving horizontally by the power transmitting means; a pinion engaged with the rack for rotating by horizontal movement of the rack; clutch connected to the pinion for transmitting or cutting off power toward the hatch door; and door lock engaged with the clutch, the door lock positioned in a lock release state in which the hatch door is movable when the clutch transmits power, while positioned in a lock state for fixing position of the hatch door when the clutch cuts off power.