| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7472534 |
Method for ensuring and measuring the internal tension of an elevator hoisting rope, and elevato |
January 6, 2009 |
| A method for ensuring tightness of two or more hoisting ropes in an elevator may include: installing the two or more hoisting ropes in the elevator; running the elevator to verify proper operation of the elevator; and tightening the two or more hoisting ropes after running the elevat |
| 7461721 |
Elevator and traction sheave of an elevator |
December 9, 2008 |
| An elevator hoisting rope set (3) suspends a counterweight (2) and an elevator car (1). The elevator has one or more rope pulleys provided with rope grooves, one of said rope pulleys being a traction sheave (7) that moves the hoisting ropes (3). At least the traction sheave (7) has a |
| 7448474 |
Method for making an elevator and system for elevator delivery |
November 11, 2008 |
| Method for making an elevator, wherein the roping is selected according to the weight of the elevator car using the same drive machine, traction sheave and rope sheave regardless of the roping. For heavy elevators, Single Wrap roping is used, wherein the hoisting ropes are passed around |
| 7448473 |
Remote control of an elevator and fast recovery from operational shutdown situations executed fr |
November 11, 2008 |
| The invention relates to a method and a system for executing elevator control actions from a remote terminal in a remote control system. The remote control system comprises a remote terminal, one or more monitoring cameras as well as interface and data transfer means for the transmission |
| 7441644 |
Travelator, moving ramp or escalator |
October 28, 2008 |
| An apparatus for transporting passengers in a transport direction such as, for example, a travelator, moving ramp, or escalator, is provided. The apparatus includes a conveyor mounted on a first frame adapted to be supported on a fixed structure. The first frame includes two elongated |
| 7438174 |
Travelator, moving ramp or escalator |
October 21, 2008 |
| A people mover includes a conveyor and a protective skirting made from an extruded metal profile. The protective skirting is located adjacent to a side of the conveyor, with a narrow gap located between the protective skirting and the side to prevent objects from entering the gap when th |
| 7424944 |
Travelator and belt pulley |
September 16, 2008 |
| A conveyor for use in a travelator for transporting passengers in a transport direction. The conveyor comprises a frame; a plurality of shafts mounted on the frame substantially transversely to the transport direction, each of the plurality of shafts being substantially parallel to o |
| 7423398 |
Elevator arrangement |
September 9, 2008 |
| The method of the present invention can be used to monitor and predict the condition of an automatic door of an elevator or more generally an automatic door in a building. In the method, the acceleration or velocity of the door is measured and a dynamic model of the door is created. Usin |
| 7413068 |
Travelator, moving ramp or escalator |
August 19, 2008 |
| A first handrail (2) of the travelator, moving ramp or escalator comprises an endless moving first handrail belt (3) formed as a loop and having a first handhold portion (4) that the passenger can grasp with a hand for support. The first handhold portion (4) has a posterior end (5) poste |
| 7410043 |
Arrangement for coupling pallets of a travelator |
August 12, 2008 |
| An arrangement for coupling a pallet in a conveying device includes a pallet having wheels and forming a part of a transport track of the conveying device, and a drive element. A coupling piece is adapted to be connected to the pallet and a fastening parties connects the drive elemen |
| 7407049 |
Pallet arrangement for a people mover |
August 5, 2008 |
| A pallet arrangement for a people mover includes a plurality of pallets arranged one after the other to form a track. Each pallet comprises a pallet body, at least one surfacing element attached to the pallet body and a fastening mechanism to attach the at least one surfacing element to |
| 7407048 |
Safety switch and method of checked redundancy |
August 5, 2008 |
| An apparatus and method of disabling a drive system of a passenger conveying system is provided. The passenger conveying system is monitored with switches each arranged to detect a respective malfunction of the passenger conveying system. A shutdown signal is produced by a respective |
| 7401685 |
Elevator testing system |
July 22, 2008 |
| The invention concerns a method and a system for ensuring the operation of the safety circuit of an elevator or escalator, said safety circuit containing safety contacts (10, 12, 14) connected in series with a contactor (16). In the method, the largest bypass current coming to the co |
| 7377364 |
Elevator arrangement |
May 27, 2008 |
| The present invention deals with a method and an apparatus for the input call needed in an elevator system by means of a wireless call input device. The call input device may be a device provided with a display and a keypad, designed especially for this use. In a preferred embodiment, |
| 7370748 |
Conveyor |
May 13, 2008 |
| A pallet arrangement for a travelator comprises a pallet body comprising a profiled bar having a predetermined size, at least one surface plate attached to the pallet body and forming a wearing surface, a wheel mounted on at least one end of the pallet body, and a fastening element m |
| 7367441 |
Travelator |
May 6, 2008 |
| A travelator conveyor is arranged such that an upper surface of a comb plate is at substantially the same level as a conveying surface. The conveyor includes a plurality of belt drums arranged parallel to one another transversely to a transport direction of the conveyor and a plurali |
| 7353932 |
Travelator, moving ramp or escalator |
April 8, 2008 |
| A travelator, moving ramp or escalator comprises a conveyor having a driven end driven by a power machine and a non-driven end. At the driven end, a first drive element, in the form of an endless loop, is passed over a first driving pulley rotated by the power machine, and at the non |
| 7350627 |
Elevator arrangement |
April 1, 2008 |
| The invention relates to a safety device arrangement for an elevator door opening, said safety device arrangement comprising at least a toe guard (3) placed substantially at the lower edge of the elevator car and a safety circuit (21) connected to the elevator system. The safety device |
| 7347303 |
Method and apparatus for generating elevator calls |
March 25, 2008 |
| A method and a system for generating a request for elevator service in which the elevator user receives with his/her terminal a general transmission of information about the elevator system from base stations placed in the elevator lobby of the building. By way of the terminal, a ser |
| 7344015 |
Conveyor |
March 18, 2008 |
| The present invention relates to a method of changing the direction of motion of a pallet at an end of a transport conveyor while maintaining the pallet at a substantially constant attitude. The method comprises conveying pallets in a passenger transport direction and at a first leve |
| 7341139 |
Travelator, moving ramp or escalator |
March 11, 2008 |
| A travelator, moving ramp or escalator for transporting people, comprises a people mover; a balustrade extending alongside the people mover throughout its length. The balustrade comprises a handrail belt formed as an endless loop and having an upper handhold portion, which the passenger |
| 7339343 |
Method for correcting speed feedback in a motor |
March 4, 2008 |
| A method for correcting speed feedback in a drive motor by calculating the averages of speed reference and speed measurement for both downward and upward constant-speed travel and then identifying the gain and zero factors and correcting the measured speed measurement to the correct |
| 7331426 |
Elevator system using a supercapacitor as a backup power source |
February 19, 2008 |
| An elevator system uses a supercapacitor to store electric energy. Furthermore, the supercapacitor can be used as a source of reserve power in emergency situations, such as power failures. The supercapacitor is connected together with three switching branches to a rectified signal of |
| 7320393 |
Conveyor |
January 22, 2008 |
| An arrangement for a people mover located near a floor surface comprises a transport conveyor structure including a conveyor and a handrail having a casing. A drive machine is operatively arranged at least for moving the conveyor and the handrail. The drive machine is located above the f |
| 7318500 |
Method of integrating telecommunication services with services performed for one or more automat |
January 15, 2008 |
| The present invention relates to a method for including the telecommunication connections needed in the use of remote monitoring of automatically operated equipment in contracts between a company maintaining said equipment and a client owning said equipment. According to the method o |
| 7316294 |
Elevator |
January 8, 2008 |
| The invention relates to an elevator and a method for adjusting the inter-car distance in an elevator which comprises two or more elevator cars coupled to each other so as to be movable together in an elevator shaft, and in which these elevator cars are at least partly suspended by m |
| 7314120 |
Motor control for elevator using two control signals |
January 1, 2008 |
| A method and a system for controlling an elevator that does not change the torque direction, such as an elevator without counterweight. The elevator has an alternating-current electric motor (M1), such as a permanent magnet motor or an asynchronous motor, and a motor drive section (DRIVE |
| 7296671 |
Drive system for escalators or moving walkways |
November 20, 2007 |
| A drive system for escalators having steps or moving walkways having pallets includes at least one drive motor. A drive chain is driven by the drive motor and is comprised of a plate link chain. The drive chain has such a pitch that a maximum of two links are used for each step or pa |
| 7290646 |
Conveyor |
November 6, 2007 |
| A travelator and method for transporting passengers on a travelator. The travelator includes a plurality of successive conveyors arranged to form an acceleration section, a constant speed section including at least one conveyor having a constant transport speed, and a deceleration sectio |
| 7286816 |
Method for remote monitoring of elevators and/or escalators and/or moving walkways |
October 23, 2007 |
| The present invention relates to a method for handling the PIN code of the SIM card of a GSM terminal of a remote monitoring device used for remote monitoring of elevators and/or escalators and/or moving walkways. According to the present invention, when the aforesaid remote monitoring |
| 7281610 |
Elevator control based on group size |
October 16, 2007 |
| A method for allocating an elevator in a destination floor elevator system. An elevator group includes several elevators, a passenger data terminal for reserving elevators for use by passengers, and an elevator group control system for controlling the elevators in response to signals |
| 7275623 |
Allocating landing calls in an elevator group using a cost function |
October 2, 2007 |
| An elevator group control method for the allocation of calls, in which method a given service time of the elevator group is assigned a target value. The service time may be passenger waiting time, call time, traveling time, riding time or an average value of one of these quantities. |
| 7267200 |
Elevator with compact rope suspension |
September 11, 2007 |
| An elevator with an elevator car, guide rails, a counterweight and counterweight guide rails is arranged to minimize shaft space requirements. This elevator has a plurality of diverting pulleys mounted in an upper part of the shaft. A drive motor with a traction sheave is also mounte |
| 7264087 |
Control of a counterweightless elevator using total mass of the elevator |
September 4, 2007 |
| Method and system of controlling a counterweightless elevator system provided with an elevator car and a variable speed drive with an electric motor. The elevator car load is weighed, and the elevator system is controlled in order to reduce the physical/electrical dimensions of the s |
| 7258203 |
Method for controlling the elevators in an elevator group |
August 21, 2007 |
| The present invention relates to a method for controlling the elevators of an elevator group in a building divided into zones comprising different floors in such manner that, at the passenger's departure floor, the elevators are given calls to floors beyond the zone limits of the dep |
| 7225901 |
Elevator roping system |
June 5, 2007 |
| An elevator, preferably an elevator without machine room, in which the hoisting machine (10) engages the hoisting ropes (3) by means of a traction sheave (11), the elevator car (1) being at least partially supported by the hoisting ropes serving as a means of moving the elevator car |
| 7222698 |
Elevator arrangement |
May 29, 2007 |
| The present invention relates to a method and a system for testing the condition of the brakes of an elevator. In the method, a test weight is set to apply to the drive machine of the elevator, by means of which weight a first torque required for driving the elevator car in the upward |
| 7207427 |
Base for an escalator or moving walkway |
April 24, 2007 |
| An arrangement for a base region of an escalator or moving walkway includes an external covering element for being attached in the base region of the escalator or moving walkway. A substructure includes a profile, a support element extending from the profile and a magnet disposed on |
| 7207421 |
Elevator |
April 24, 2007 |
| An elevator in which the elevator car is suspended by means of hoisting ropes consisting of a single rope or several parallel ropes, said elevator having a traction sheave which moves the elevator car by means of the hoisting ropes. The elevator has rope portions of the hoisting rope |
| 7201269 |
Device for heating escalators or moving walkways |
April 10, 2007 |
| An escalator or moving walkway is provided in combination with a device for heating components of the escalator or moving walkway. The device includes at least one pivotably mounted heating element adapted to direct heated air onto a selected component of the escalator or moving walkway. |
| 7184286 |
Bridge for driving a direct-current or alternating current load |
February 27, 2007 |
| A DC/DC bridge having a power stage provided with controllable semiconductor switches controls a direct currently load, and comprises two bridge sections, one of which bridge sections conducts direct currently while the other bridge section is controlled via pulse width modulation to |
| 7176653 |
Electric motor drive |
February 13, 2007 |
| The invention relates to an electric motor drive for operating an alternating-current motor. The electric motor drive comprises a frequency converter for controlling the motor, which frequency converter comprises a rectifier and an inverter implemented using semiconductor switches ar |
| 7174675 |
Finger guard |
February 13, 2007 |
| A finger guard for preventing fingers from getting into the gap between a sliding door of an elevator and a stop surface of a profiled edging strip. A profiled fillet forming the finger guard comprises an elastic tongue extending from the profiled edging strip obliquely outward toward |
| 7165656 |
Elevator and guide fixing bracket for an elevator |
January 23, 2007 |
| Elevator, preferably an elevator without machine room, comprising at least an elevator car (101) moving along guide rails (1), a counterweight (102) moving along guide rails (2) and an elevator motor (106) driving them, wherein the guide rails are fixed in place by means of guide fixing |
| 7147084 |
Elevator control using switched speed and position |
December 12, 2006 |
| An elevator control method is provided, where the elevator motor is controlled in such manner that the velocity of the elevator follows a speed reference. When the elevator is decelerating, the motor is controlled by a speed adjustment method during the initial deceleration phase, an |
| 7140472 |
Genetic allocation method for an elevator group |
November 28, 2006 |
| A genetic allocation method in an elevator group for allocating a landing call to one of several elevator cars in the elevator group, the cars moving and stopping within the area of several different floors. The elevator travel routes are encoded into alternative chromosomes. Using g |
| 7137485 |
Procedure and apparatus for the installation of an elevator |
November 21, 2006 |
| A procedure and an apparatus for plumbing and installing the shaft equipment for an elevator uses a plumbing jig. The plumbing jig is mounted in the upper part of the elevator shaft from the top floor, plumb lines are attached to the plumbing jig from the top floor and, using the plu |
| 7121385 |
Method and apparatus for adjustment of the rotor angle of an elevator motor |
October 17, 2006 |
| A method and an apparatus for adjustment of the rotor angle of an elevator motor (M), in which method: the rotor angle of the elevator motor is measured, the rotor angle is adjusted by using the measured rotor angle value as feedback data, and the rotor angle is measured by a pulse e |
| 7084543 |
Mounting of the stator winding of the electric motor of an elevator machine |
August 1, 2006 |
| An arrangement for mounting a stator winding in a stator of an elevator machine motor, where the stator may include a stator frame with a plurality of stator teeth and one or more slots between given stator teeth. The arrangement may include a winding frame configured to support the |
| 7084542 |
Stator winding of the electric motor of an elevator machine |
August 1, 2006 |
| A stator winding assembly for a stator of an elevator machine motor, in which the stator may include a stator frame with a plurality of stator teeth and one or more slots between given stator teeth. The assembly may include a stator winding adapted to be fitted in the slots, and a windin |
