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Granted Patent B2
US 12,234,124 · App. 18/242,783 · Granted Feb 25, 2025

Elevator car door detection apparatus

Inventor: Hiroshi Kashiwakura (Hikone, JP)
Assignee: FUJITEC CO., LTD.
B66B13/22B66B13/185B66B2201/46
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Patent No.
US 12,234,124
App. No.
18/242,783
Granted
Feb 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Car doors hanging down via door hangers are disposed on a door rail that is disposed on a vertically-oriented frame disposed above an entrance of a car and extends along a width direction of the entrance of the car. One of a magnetic proximity switch and a target for detecting that the car doors are fully open and fully closed is disposed on a horizontal part extending from an upper end of the frame toward the entrance of the car. The remaining one of the magnetic proximity switch and the target is disposed on an extending part extending from each of the door hangers so as to be opposed in a vertical direction to the one of the magnetic proximity switch and the target for detection.

Claims (15)

1. An elevator car door detection apparatus comprising:

a vertically-oriented frame disposed above an entrance of a car;

a door rail disposed on the frame so as to extend along a width direction of the entrance of the car;

a car door hanging down from the door rail via a door hanger; and

a target and a magnetic proximity switch for detecting the target to detect that the car door is fully open and fully closed,

the frame comprising a horizontal part extending from an upper end of the frame toward the entrance of the car,

the door hanger comprising an extending part extending upward from the door hanger,

the elevator car door further comprising:

a motor attached to one end portion in the width direction of the frame; and

a rotating body attached to an other end portion in the width direction of the frame for allowing an endless body to be looped over the rotating body and the motor, wherein

the extending part is a connecting member for connecting the door hanger and the endless body to each other,

the target is disposed on the connecting member so as to be opposed in a vertical direction to the magnetic proximity switch to enable detection, and

the magnetic proximity switch is disposed on the horizontal part.

2. The elevator car door detection apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a full closure stopper disposed on a portion of the frame corresponding to an end on a fully closed side of the car door so as to come into contact with a contact part disposed on the connecting member when the car door is fully closed, wherein

the magnetic proximity switch and the target are disposed at positions close to the full closure stopper so as to detect that the car door is fully closed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2023
From: KASHIWAKURA, HIROSHI
To: FUJITEC CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-145832 · Sep 14, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240083714A1 · Mar 14, 2024
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