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US3207266A
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Elevator passenger counter
Assignee: ARTHUR H BERNDTSON
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Filing: 1962-10-01
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Granted: 1965-09-21
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Expires: 1982-10-01
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Hornung Stephen Anthony
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 22:05
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06M; G06M1/00; G06M1/08; G06M1/10; G06M1/101; B; B66; B66B; B66B1/00; B66B1/34; B66B1/3476
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
224 words
A COUNTING SYSTEM COMPRISING AN ELEVATOR CAR HAVING AN ENTRACEWAY, A PAIR OF PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS MOUNTED ON SAID CAR ADJACENT SAID ENTRANCEWAY, RADIANT ENERGY SOURCE MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID CAR ADJACENT THE SIDE OF SAID ENTRANCEWAY OPPOSITE FROM SAID PHOTOCELLS WHEREBY RADIANT ENERGY TRAVERSES SAID ENTRANCEWAY AND IMPINGES ON EACH OF SAID PHOTOCELLS, SAID CELLS BEING IN SIDE BY SIDE RELATION WHEREBY PERSONS ENTERING AND LEAVING SAID CAR, SUCCESSIVELY INTERCEPT THE RADIANT ENERGY TO EACH OF SAID PHOTOCELLS, A THIRD PHOTOCELL ADJACENT SAID ENTRANCEWAY, RADIANT ENERGY TRAVERSING SAID ENTRACEWAY AND IMPINGING ON SAID THIRD PHOTOCELL, A BI-DIRECTIONAL STEPPER SWITCH FOR INDICATING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN SAID CAR, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO AN OVERLAP IN THE INTERCEPTION OF RADIANT ENERGY TO BOTH OF SAID PHOTOCELLS FOR ENABLING SAID COUNTER, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE REESTABLISHMENT OF ENERGY TO THE PHOTOCELL WHOSE ENERGY WAS FIRST INTERCEPTED FOR CORRESPONDINGLY ACTUATING SAID COUNTER IN THE APPROPRIATE DIRECTION, AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE REESTABLISHMENT OF RADIANT ENERGY TO THE OTHER OF SAID PHOTOCELLS FOR DEACTIVATING SAID ENABLING MEANS, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO INTERRUPTION OF RADIANT ENERGY TO SAID THIRD PHOTOCELL FOR GATING SAID STEPPER SWITCH, MEANS FOR COUPLING AT LEAST ONE CONTACT ON ONE BANK OF SAID STEPPER SWITCH TO A LOAD BYPASS CONTROL, AND MEANS FOR COUPLING AT LEAST ONE PRECEDING CONTACT ON SAID BANK TO A LOAD DISPATCH CONTROL.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
224 words
A COUNTING SYSTEM COMPRISING AN ELEVATOR CAR HAVING AN ENTRACEWAY, A PAIR OF PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS MOUNTED ON SAID CAR ADJACENT SAID ENTRANCEWAY, RADIANT ENERGY SOURCE MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID CAR ADJACENT THE SIDE OF SAID ENTRANCEWAY OPPOSITE FROM SAID PHOTOCELLS WHEREBY RADIANT ENERGY TRAVERSES SAID ENTRANCEWAY AND IMPINGES ON EACH OF SAID PHOTOCELLS, SAID CELLS BEING IN SIDE BY SIDE RELATION WHEREBY PERSONS ENTERING AND LEAVING SAID CAR, SUCCESSIVELY INTERCEPT THE RADIANT ENERGY TO EACH OF SAID PHOTOCELLS, A THIRD PHOTOCELL ADJACENT SAID ENTRANCEWAY, RADIANT ENERGY TRAVERSING SAID ENTRACEWAY AND IMPINGING ON SAID THIRD PHOTOCELL, A BI-DIRECTIONAL STEPPER SWITCH FOR INDICATING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN SAID CAR, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO AN OVERLAP IN THE INTERCEPTION OF RADIANT ENERGY TO BOTH OF SAID PHOTOCELLS FOR ENABLING SAID COUNTER, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE REESTABLISHMENT OF ENERGY TO THE PHOTOCELL WHOSE ENERGY WAS FIRST INTERCEPTED FOR CORRESPONDINGLY ACTUATING SAID COUNTER IN THE APPROPRIATE DIRECTION, AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE REESTABLISHMENT OF RADIANT ENERGY TO THE OTHER OF SAID PHOTOCELLS FOR DEACTIVATING SAID ENABLING MEANS, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO INTERRUPTION OF RADIANT ENERGY TO SAID THIRD PHOTOCELL FOR GATING SAID STEPPER SWITCH, MEANS FOR COUPLING AT LEAST ONE CONTACT ON ONE BANK OF SAID STEPPER SWITCH TO A LOAD BYPASS CONTROL, AND MEANS FOR COUPLING AT LEAST ONE PRECEDING CONTACT ON SAID BANK TO A LOAD DISPATCH CONTROL.
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