Control box for an elevator

• US 6,538,199 B2
• Filed: 12/13/2001
• Issued: 03/25/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Inventio AG (Schindler Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Inventio AG (Schindler Holding AG)
• Inventors: Aubry, William, Clouet, Christophe
• Primary Examiner(s): Dinkins, Anthony
• Assistant Examiner(s): Estrada, Angel R.
• Application Number:
  US10/013,736
• Publication Number:
  US 20020079112A1
• Time in Patent Office: 467 Days
• Field of Search: 174/50, 174/53, 174/58, 174/48, 174/17.R, 174/65.G, 174/65.R, 220/3.2, 220/3.3, 220/3.8, 220/241, 220/4.02
• US Class Current: 174/50
• CPC Class Codes: H02B 1/28 dustproof, splashproof, drip-proof, waterproof or flameproof
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/088 Dustproof, splashproof, drip-proof, waterproof, or flameproof casings or inlets

Abstract

An elevator control box is constructed to avoid propagating a cable fire in the control box into the elevator shaft. The control box is incorporated in a wall of the elevator shaft and has an opening through which a cable is guided. A fireproof element is positioned in the control box surrounding the cable in the region of the opening.

Claims

1. A control box for an elevator for mounting in a wall of an elevator shaft comprising:

a hollow box having a wall with an opening formed therein;

a cable extending through said opening in said wall;

a fireproof element mounted in said box surrounding said cable in a region of said opening to prevent smoke or flames inside said box from exiting through said opening; and

a clamping means including a pair of generally planar clamping elements movable relative to one another and a clamping device and wherein said fireproof element is clamped in place between said clamping elements by said clamping device extending through said fireproof element and drawing said clamping elements toward one another.

2. The control box according to claim 1 having a lower portion including said wall.

3. The control box according to claim 1 wherein said fireproof element is formed of one of a ceramic fiber, a rock wool, a glass wool, a silicate compound and a gypsum material.

4. The control box according to claim 1 wherein said cable is tightly surrounded by said fireproof element.

5. The control box according to claim 1 wherein said clamping device includes a screw and a cooperating nut.

6. The control box according to claim 5 wherein said screw functions as a foot to support said box on a surface.

7. The control box according to claim 1 wherein said box is adapted to stand in a recess formed in a floor adjacent an elevator shaft.

8. The control box according to claim 1 wherein said cable is one of an electrical cable and a cable for actuation of a brake.

9. The control box according to claim 1 having an upper portion including said wall.

10. The control box according to claim 1 wherein a portion of said wall forms one of said clamping elements.

11. A control box for an elevator for mounting in a wall of an elevator shaft comprising:

a hollow box having a wall with an opening formed therein;

a cable extending through said opening in said wall;

a fireproof element mounted in said box surrounding said cable in a region of said opening to prevent smoke or flames inside said box from exiting through said opening; and

a pair of clamping elements and a clamping device, one of said clamping elements being movable relative to another of said clamping elements and said fireproof element being clamped in place between said clamping elements by said clamping device drawing said clamping elements toward one another.

12. The control box according to claim 11 wherein said fireproof element is formed of one of a ceramic fiber, a rock wool, a glass wool, a silicate compound and a gypsum material.

13. The control box according to claim 11 wherein said cable is tightly surrounded by said fireproof element.

14. The control box according to claim 11 wherein said clamping device includes a screw and a cooperating nut.

15. The control box according to claim 14 wherein said screw functions as a foot to support said box on a surface.

16. The control box according to claim 11 wherein said box is adapted to stand in a recess formed in a floor adjacent an elevator shaft.

17. The control box according to claim 11 wherein said cable is one of an electrical cable and a cable for actuation of a brake.

18. The control box according to claim 11 having an upper portion including said wall.

19. The control box according to claim 11 having a lower portion including said wall.

20. The control box according to claim 11 wherein a portion of said wall forms one of said clamping elements.