ELEVATOR SEISMIC PERFORMANCE APPARATUS

ELEVATOR SEISMIC PERFORMANCE APPARATUS

An elevator car of an elevator system includes a car body, and a car frame (28) supportive of the car body. The car frame (28) includes two or more opposing upright assemblies (36), a crosshead assembly (38) located above the car body, and a plank assembly (40) located below the car body. A pluralit...

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Hauptverfasser: CHENG, Loi, SWAYBILL, Bruce P, MASTRIANO, Meghan, ERICSON, Richard J
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:
ELEVATORS
ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS
HAULING
HOISTING
LIFTING
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:An elevator car of an elevator system includes a car body, and a car frame (28) supportive of the car body. The car frame (28) includes two or more opposing upright assemblies (36), a crosshead assembly (38) located above the car body, and a plank assembly (40) located below the car body. A plurality of seismic retainers (48) are located at each of the upright assemblies (36). The plurality of seismic retainers (48) are configured for a non-contact relationship with a guide rail of the elevator system during normal operation of the elevator system, and configured to react guide rail loads during a sway event via contact with the guide rail.