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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2009
Applicants:
Ari Kattainen, Hyvinkää, FI;
Kimmo Heikkilä, Hyvinkää, FI;
Timo Syrman, Hyvinkää, FI;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kone Corporation, Helsinki, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An elevator safety arrangement and a method for implementing safety spaces in an elevator has a mechanical safety device which can be set to a working position to ensure a sufficient safety space in the elevator shaft and an electric safety system for identifying the operating state of the mechanical safety device. According to the method of the invention, detectors in the electric safety system are read by an electric safety controller and, when a functional deviation is detected, one or more stopping devices are actuated to bring the elevator system into a safe operating state.