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Granted Patent B2
US 10,759,631 · App. 15/794,306 · Granted Sep 1, 2020

Remote triggering device, overspeed governor assembly and elevator

Inventors: Zhengbao Shi (Shanghai, CN); Randall S. Dube (Glastonbury, CT); Yong Zhao (Shanghai, CN); Min Wang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
B66B5/044B66B5/04B66B5/048
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Patent No.
US 10,759,631
App. No.
15/794,306
Granted
Sep 1, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a remote trigger device, a speed limiter assembly having the same and an elevator. The remote trigger device for the speed limiter assembly comprises: an actuator; and a rotating component, the rotating component being capable of rotating around a rotating axis in a rotating plane, the rotating component being actuated by the actuator to rotate from an idle position to a working position. During rotation of the speed limiter assembly, at the idle position, the rotating component is kept separated from an over-speed locking mechanism of the speed limiter assembly, and at the working position, the rotating component toggles a trigger member of the over-speed locking mechanism of the speed limiter assembly to trigger the speed limiter assembly. The structure of the remote trigger device according to the present invention is compact and simple.

Claims (27)

1. A remote trigger device for a speed limiter assembly, comprising:

an actuator; and

a rotating component, the rotating component being capable of rotating around a rotating axis in a rotating plane, the rotating component being actuated by the actuator to rotate from an idle position to a working position, wherein at the idle position, the rotating component is kept separated from an over-speed locking mechanism of the speed limiter assembly, and at the working position, the rotating component toggles a trigger member of the over-speed locking mechanism of the speed limiter assembly to trigger the speed limiter assembly;

wherein the rotating component is rotatably mounted through a pin and an elastic element, the elastic element tends to enable the rotating component to be restored to the idle position, and the rotating component comprises a first end engaged with the actuator and a second end used for toggling the trigger member of the over-speed locking mechanism;

wherein the first end of the rotating component is formed as a plane portion perpendicular to the rotating plane and the actuator acts on the plane portion to actuate the rotating component to rotate.

2. The remote trigger device according to claim 1 , characterized in that, the first end and the second end of the rotating component form an angle or the first end of the rotating component is substantially perpendicular to the second end.

3. The remote trigger device according to claim 1 , characterized in that, the second end of the rotating component approaches the trigger member of the over-speed locking mechanism as the rotating component rotates.

4. The remote trigger device according to claim 1 , characterized in that, the second end of the rotating component is provided with a guide side which gradually guides the trigger member of the over-speed locking mechanism.

5. The remote trigger device according to claim 4 , characterized in that, the second end of the rotating component is provided with an arc-shaped guide side.

6. The remote trigger device according to claim 4 , characterized in that, the guide side comprises a first guide side corresponding to a first rotating direction of the speed limiter assembly and a second guide side corresponding to a second rotating direction of the speed limiter assembly.

7. The remote trigger device according to claim 1 , characterized in that, the second end of the rotating component is provided with an axial extension portion.

8. A speed limiter assembly, comprising:

a rope sheave,

a safety device;

an over-speed locking mechanism associated with the rope sheave, the over-speed locking mechanism configured to be triggered by a mechanism based on centrifugal force to trigger the speed limiter assembly and start the safety device to brake an elevator car in a guide rail friction mode; and

a remote trigger device configured to actively trigger the speed limiter assembly under a situation in which the elevator car is not in an over-speed condition, the remote trigger device comprising:

an actuator; and

a rotating component, the rotating component being capable of rotating around a rotating axis in a rotating plane, the rotating component being actuated by the actuator to rotate from an idle position to a working position, wherein at the idle position, the rotating component is kept separated from a trigger member of the over-speed locking mechanism of the speed limiter assembly, and at the working position, the rotating component contacts the trigger member of the over-speed locking mechanism of the speed limiter assembly to trigger the speed limiter assembly; wherein the rotating component is rotatably positioned through a pin and an elastic element, the elastic element tends to enable the rotating component to be restored to the idle position, and the rotating component comprises a first end engaged with the actuator and a second end used for toggling the trigger member of the over-speed locking mechanism.

9. The speed limiter assembly according to claim 8 , characterized in that, the first end and the second end of the rotating component form an angle or the first end of the rotating component is substantially perpendicular to the second end.

10. The speed limiter assembly according to claim 8 , characterized in that, the second end of the rotating component approaches the trigger member of the over-speed locking mechanism as the rotating component rotates.

11. The speed limiter assembly according to claim 8 , characterized in that, the first end of the rotating component is formed as a plane portion perpendicular to the rotating plane and the actuator acts on the plane portion to actuate the rotating component to rotate.

12. The speed limiter assembly according to claim 8 , characterized in that, the second end of the rotating component is provided with a guide side which gradually guides the trigger member of the over-speed locking mechanism, the trigger member of the over-speed locking mechanism is provided with an axial extension portion, and the guide side of the rotating component is configured to trigger the speed limiter assembly when the axial extension portion of the trigger member of the over-speed locking mechanism moves along the guide side of the rotating component.

13. The speed limiter assembly according to claim 12 , characterized in that, the second end of the rotating component is provided with an arc-shaped guide side.

14. The speed limiter assembly according to claim 13 , characterized in that, the guide side comprises a first guide side corresponding to a first rotating direction of the speed limiter assembly and a second guide side corresponding to a second rotating direction of the speed limiter assembly.

15. The speed limiter assembly according to claim 8 , characterized in that, the second end of the rotating component is provided with an axial extension portion, the trigger member of the over-speed locking mechanism is a wing member which is provided with an arc-shaped guide side, and the guide side of the wing member is configured to trigger the speed limiter assembly when the guide side of the wing member of the over-speed locking mechanism moves along the axial extension portion of the rotating component.

16. The speed limiter assembly according to claim 15 , characterized in that, the guide side comprises a first guide side corresponding to a first rotating direction of the speed limiter assembly and a second guide side corresponding to a second rotating direction of the speed limiter assembly.

17. An elevator, characterized in that, the elevator comprises the speed limiter assembly according to claim 8 .

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2017
From: DUBE, RANDALL S.
To: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
Reel/Frame 044302/0301 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2017
From: SHI, ZHENGBAO; ZHAO, YONG; WANG, MIN
To: OTIS ELEVATOR MANAGEMENT (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043961/0768 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2017
From: OTIS ELEVATOR MANAGEMENT (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
To: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
Reel/Frame 043961/0958 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2016 1 0953388 · Oct 27, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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