Elevator cab guidance assembly
CA 2075007 A1 · Owner: Otis Elevator Company · Inventors: Traktovenko, Boris G.; Skalski, Clement A.
Overview
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An elevator cab assembly is provided with a rail guidance system which provides a substantially vibrationfree ride despite uneven passenger loading. The guidance system includes side-to-side and front-to-back rail guide rollers which are adjustably mounted on the cab frame. The rail guide rollers are pivotally mounted on links which are spring-biased toward the guide rail blades. Stops are provided on the links to limit the extent of permissible pivotal movement of the rollers away from the guide rail blades. Actuators are connected to the link springs to selectively increase the spring pressure acting on the links when the pivot stops are engaged as a result of uneven passenger loading in …
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- Filed July 30, 1992. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 30, 2012.
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