Control device for a lift

• US 6,011,839 A
• Filed: 09/18/1997
• Issued: 01/04/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Inventio AG (Schindler Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Inventio AG (Schindler Holding AG)
• Inventors: Schuster, Kilian, Friedli, Paul
• Primary Examiner(s): Kuntz, Curtis A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Barnie, Rexford N.
• Application Number:
  US08/932,695
• Time in Patent Office: 838 Days
• Field of Search: 379/158, 379/159, 379/160, 379/161, 379/167, 379/168, 379/170, 379/102.06, 187/247, 187/305, 187/306, 187/380, 187/381, 187/384, 187/387, 187/388, 187/389, 187/395, 187/396, 187/397
• US Class Current: 379/167.02
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 1/462 Mechanical or piezoelectric input devices
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 1/468 Call registering systems
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 2201/4623 Wherein the destination is registered after boarding
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 2201/463 Wherein the call is registered through physical contact with the elevator system
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 2201/4676 for checking authorization of the passengers

Abstract

A control device for access and lift operation to a predetermined story in multi-family dwellings or other buildings is provided. Call input devices which may comprise a first input button and a second input button are provided in the upper stories of the building, such as in individual apartments or offices. Upon the processing of a call which has been input by the first input button located at an identified story initially a predetermined destination story and thereafter the identified story are served by the lift. On processing of a call which has been input by the second input button initially the identified story and thereafter the predetermined destination story are served. The call input device may further comprise an identification device to allow automatic lift from an entry story to the story associated with the identified user.

Claims

1. A remote control device for a lift for a multistory structure, comprising at least one call input device located at a story for the entry of lift call data, said data comprising the identity of the story of the input device initiating the entry and an intended destination story characterized in that the call input devices have a first and a second input means, said first means providing for the travel of a lift cage first to the destination story and subsequently to the input story, said second input means providing for the travel of a lift cage first to the input story and subsequently to the destination story.

2. A control device according to claim 1, characterized in that the call input device comprises an identification device.

3. A control device according to claim 1, characterized in that the call input device stands in operative connection with an entrance door and an entrance board of the structure.

4. A control device according to claim 1, characterized in that the call input device is located in a dwelling or room of the respective story.

5. A control device according to claim 1, characterized in that the predetermined destination story is a main stopping place.

6. A control device according to claim 2, characterized in that the identification device is an answer-phone or a telephone.

7. A control device according to claim 1 wherein one of said input means further comprises means to providing for the travel of a lift cage to the input story and subsequently to a further predetermined destination story upon the input of a unique operating sequence for the input means.

8. A control device according to claim 7, characterized in that the further predetermined destination story is an underground garage.

9. A control device according to claim 3, wherein the entrance board has name plates and signal transmitters associated therewith and an answer-phone installation, characterized in that a recognition device is provided at the entrance board.