Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Elevator car with foldable working platform
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Application No.: US17984003Application Date: 2022-11-09
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Publication No.: US11945684B2Publication Date: 2024-04-02
- Inventor: Aurelien Fauconnet , Frederic Beauchaud
- Applicant: Otis Elevator Company
- Applicant Address: US CT Farmington
- Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
- Current Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Farmington
- Agency: CANTOR COLBURN LLP
- Priority: EP 305995 2022.07.04
- Main IPC: B66B11/02
- IPC: B66B11/02 ; B66B5/00

Abstract:
An elevator car (1) defines an interior space (2) for accommodating passengers and/or cargo. The elevator car (1) includes a support frame (8) positioned above the interior space (2), a working platform (12) moveable between a stowed position, above the interior space (2), and an operational position, suspended within the interior space (2), and at least one suspension arrangement (14) arranged to suspend the working platform (12) from the support frame (8). The working platform (12) includes a platform opening (15) and a platform emergency escape door (13). The platform emergency escape door (13) is movable between a closed position in which the platform door (13) covers the platform opening (15) and an open position in which the platform emergency escape door (13) at least partially does not cover the platform opening (15).
Public/Granted literature
- US20240002193A1 ELEVATOR CAR WITH FOLDABLE WORKING PLATFORM Public/Granted day:2024-01-04
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