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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2012
Tarvo Viita-aho, Hyvinkaa, FI;
Raimo Kaartinen, Hyvinkaa, FI;
Jari Kantola, Sajaniemi, FI;
Kone Corporation, Helsinki, FI;
Abstract
In a method for suppressing drifting of an elevator car away from a stopping floor, an operating condition of one or more machinery brakes of a hoisting machine of an elevator is monitored, and one or more machinery brakes are used to stop the elevator car from leaving a door zone of a stopping floor when at least one of the door of the elevator car and the landing door are open. Start of a next run of an elevator car that has left the door zone of the stopping floor is prevented when the at least one of the door of the elevator car and the landing door are open, and information about the preventing of the next run is recorded in a non-volatile memory of an elevator control unit.