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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2003
Dirk Heinrich Tegtmeier, Berlin, DE;
Kristian Bernhard Wittjen, Berlin, DE;
Dirk Heinrich Tegtmeier, Berlin, DE;
Kristian Bernhard Wittjen, Berlin, DE;
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
Elevator () comprising a car (), a counterweight (), a hoisting rope () for suspending the car () and the counterweight (), a drive motor (), a motor drive unit () for supplying the power to the drive motor (), and a brake () for stopping the movement of the car () in an emergency situation, the elevator () further comprising an elevator rescue system (), comprising an emergency power supply (), an emergency brake switch () for connecting and disconnecting the power of the emergency power supply () to the brake (), and an emergency drive switch () for connecting and disconnecting the power of the emergency power supply () to the drive motor (), characterised in that the elevator rescue system () further comprises the motor drive unit () and a power line () connecting the emergency power supply () with the motor drive unit () and including the emergency drive switch ().