Operation check device of dynamic brake circuit for elevator

• US 5,276,292 A
• Filed: 08/06/1991
• Issued: 01/04/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 08/13/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Otis Elevator Company (Otis Worldwide Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Otis Elevator Company (Otis Worldwide Corp.)
• Inventors: Ishijima, Yoshikazu, Goto, Michio
• Primary Examiner(s): Stephan, Steven L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dougherty, Thomas M.
• Application Number:
  US07/740,830
• Time in Patent Office: 882 Days
• Field of Search: 187/108, 187/109, 187/112, 187/115, 318/757, 318/759, 318/760, 318/761, 318/762, 318/763, 318/764, 318/375, 318/376
• US Class Current: 187/288
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 1/308 with AC powered elevator drive
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 3/18 for stopping or slowing an ac motor

Abstract

In this invention, a provision is made for a means for detecting the voltage or current of a dynamic brake regenerative (DBR) circuit for determining whether the DBR circuit is properly functioning in an elevator system in which a DBR circuit for controlling the regenerative electrical power is connected between the input terminals of an inverter working as an electrical power source for an alternating current electric motor for driving an elevator car, so that the operation of the DBR circuit is automatically checked immediately before operating an elevator, preventing the occurrence of an abnormal situation caused by unabsorbed regenerative electrical power.

Claims

1. Apparatus for an elevator having a dynamic brake regeneration (DBR) circuit for absorbing regenerative power from an inverter, comprising:

detection means, responsive to the voltage or current of a regenerative power absorbing device, for providing a sensed signal having a magnitude indicative of said power;

a comparator, responsive to the sensed signal and to a reference signal having a selected magnitude, for comparing the magnitudes of the sensed signal and the reference signal, for providing a normality signal having a magnitude indicative of a normal or abnormal condition in the DBR circuit; and

signal processing means responsive to a run/stop signal for controlling said inverter such that when said normality signal indicated an abnormal condition of said DBR circuit, said inverter is not operated.