Elevator operation plate

• US 8,807,287 B2
• Filed: 10/12/2012
• Issued: 08/19/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ming Li
• Original Assignee: Ming Li
• Inventors: Li, Ming
• Primary Examiner(s): SALATA, ANTHONY J
• Application Number:
  US13/651,261
• Publication Number:
  US 20140102832A1
• Time in Patent Office: 676 Days
• Field of Search: 187/247, 187391-399
• US Class Current: 187/395
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 1/461 characterised by their shape or profile

Abstract

The present invention discloses a universal elevator operation plate to overcome the problems of the existing operation plate which is provided with floor buttons corresponding to the number of the floors of a building. The elevator operation plate of the present invention uses floor election buttons to show the numeric “0-9”, a clear button, a floor confirmation button, and a number/letter switch button to achieve floor election operation to indicate the floor by number or letter. The present invention can be produced in standardization to lower the cost.

Claims

1. An elevator operation plate, comprising

a panel (1), comprising

a function button unit (2), comprising

an alarm button (21),

an emergency illumination lamp button (22) and

an intercom button (23),

a display screen (3), and

a floor election module (4) comprising 15 buttons of a same size disposed in three rows, row 1 to row 3, and five columns, column 1 to 5, further includingfloor election buttons (41), disposed in the row 1 to row 3 and the column 1 to column 3, as well as in the row 4 and column 2, and at least 8 of the 10 floor election buttons (41) being controlled to generate an alphanumeric combination in the display screen (3) when activated with one or more of the at least 8 out 10 floor election buttons (41) pressed down,

wherein the alphanumeric combination is defined as a combination of any number of numbers of 0 to 9 and any number of alphabets from ‘

A’

to ‘

Z’

;

a clear button (42), activated to remove from the display screen (3) one or more of the numbers of 0 to 9 or the alphabets of ‘

A’

to ‘

Z’

in the alphanumeric combination,

a floor confirmation button (43) and

a number/letter switch button (44) as a toggle to switch between the numbers of 0 to 9 and the alphabets of ‘

A’

to ‘

Z’

,

the display screen (3) being a screen corresponding to operation of the floor election module (4) to display the alpha-numerical combination as a result of activation of the floor election buttons (41), the clear button (42), or the number/letter switch button (44), followed by the floor confirmation button (43), and

the panel (1) being provided with a brand and load data plate (5).

2. The elevator operation plate as claimed in claim 1, wherein the panel (1) is made of colored stainless steel, tempered glass, stone, or other decorative panel material, the display screen (3) being made of polystyrene plate, glass or touch screen, each button being a micro button or a touch button, each of the buttons, the display screen, an illumination lamp and a horn being connected with electric wires and data wires.