System for position loss recovery for an elevator car
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1. A system for position loss recovery for an elevator car;
- said system comprising;
signal generating means for generating signals indicative of the distance travelled by an elevator car within a hoistway;
floor location means, disposed within said hoistway, for indicating each floor location;
floor identifying means, disposed within said hoistway, for uniquely identifying each floor location, said floor identifying means including identification means having a length that is uniquely associated with a respective floor;
sensing means, affixed to said elevator car, for separately sensing said floor location means and said floor identifying means; and
processing means for processing signals from said signal generating means and signals from said sensing means to determine an exact floor location of said elevator car.
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Abstract
A system for position loss recovery for an elevator car includes a plurality of pairs of encoded floor magnets that uniquely identify each floor. Upon restoration of power, the encoded floor magnets are sensed by an encoded floor sensor and the precise floor location of the elevator car is determined.
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1. A system for position loss recovery for an elevator car;
- said system comprising;
signal generating means for generating signals indicative of the distance travelled by an elevator car within a hoistway; floor location means, disposed within said hoistway, for indicating each floor location; floor identifying means, disposed within said hoistway, for uniquely identifying each floor location, said floor identifying means including identification means having a length that is uniquely associated with a respective floor; sensing means, affixed to said elevator car, for separately sensing said floor location means and said floor identifying means; and processing means for processing signals from said signal generating means and signals from said sensing means to determine an exact floor location of said elevator car. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
- said system comprising;
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18. A method for position loss recovery for an elevator car;
- said method comprising the steps of;
generating distance signals indicative of the distance travelled by an elevator car within a hoistway; generating floor location signals indicative of each floor location; generating floor identifying signals that uniquely identify each floor location by sensing the length of floor identification means disposed within said hoistway, each said floor identification means having a length that is uniquely associated with a respective floor; separately sensing said floor location signals and said floor identifying signals; and processing said distance signals, floor location signals and said floor identifying signals to determine an exact floor location of said elevator car. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
- said method comprising the steps of;
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