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Controls for multicompartment elevators
Assignee: Otis Elevator Co
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Filing: 1970-04-21
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Granted: 1971-12-07
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Expires: 1990-04-21
Abstract
Abstract Controls for multicompartment elevator cars including, one, an arrangement operating while a car is parked and in response to the answering of a hall call for one direction of travel by one compartment to delay for at least a predetermined period the answering of a hall call for the other direction by the other compartment; two, an arrangement for preventing under certain circumstances the registration of certain car calls in each of the compartments of a car; three, an arrangement in which two separate hall call registration devices are provided at a predetermined intermediate landing for indicating desired travel in a particular direction from that landing, one for travel to odd landings in that direction and the other for travel to even landings; four, an arrangement for stopping some of a plurality of two compartment cars with their lower compartments for odd landing hall calls and the rest of the cars with their upper compartments for even landing hall calls; five, an arrangement for preventing both the registration of car calls for even landings in lower compartments stopped for odd landing hall calls and the registration of car calls for odd landings in upper compartments stopped for even landing hall calls; six, an arrangement for transferring selection at a dispatching floor from a selected car to another car in response to an indication that a passenger at that floor desires to travel to a landing which is not served by the compartment of the selected car adjacent the dispatching floor; and seven, an arrangement for transferring selection at a dispatching floor from a selected car to another car in response to the registration of a hall call at a predetermined landing which the selected car cannot answer.
Inventors
- 👤 Frederick Henry Nowak
- 👤 Henry Joseph Pasternak
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CPC Classifications
B; B66; B66B; B66B1/00; B66B1/24; B66B1/2408; B66B1/2458; B66B2201/00; B66B2201/10; B66B2201/102; B66B2201/30; B66B2201/301; B66B2201/306
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 58
Claim 1
Independent Claim
134 words
In an elevator control system for a building having a plurality of intermediate landings between two terminal landings; first hall call registration means located at one of said landings for registering hall calls indicating desired travel in a predetermined direction from said landing to a first group of landings; second hall call registration means located at said one landing for registering hall calls indicating desired travel in said predetermined direction from said landing to a second group of landings; a plurality of elevator cars each having a plurality of superimposed compartments for transporting passengers to and from said landings; and stopping means operating to stop said cars with given ones of said compartments adjacent said one landing in response to the registration of hall calls by said first and second hall call registration means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
134 words
In an elevator control system for a building having a plurality of intermediate landings between two terminal landings; first hall call registration means located at one of said landings for registering hall calls indicating desired travel in a predetermined direction from said landing to a first group of landings; second hall call registration means located at said one landing for registering hall calls indicating desired travel in said predetermined direction from said landing to a second group of landings; a plurality of elevator cars each having a plurality of superimposed compartments for transporting passengers to and from said landings; and stopping means operating to stop said cars with given ones of said compartments adjacent said one landing in response to the registration of hall calls by said first and second hall call registration means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
95 words
In an elevator control system according to claim 1, stop prevention means operating both to prevent said stopping means from stopping a first one of said cars with a predetermined one of its compartments adjacent said one landing in response to the registration of a hall call by said first hall call registration means and to prevent said stopping means from stopping a second one of said cars with a predetermined one of its compartments adjacent said one landing in response to the registration of a hall call by said second hall call registration means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
114 words
In an elevator control system according to claim 2, car call registration means for each of said cars located in each of said compartments for registering car calls for travel to said landings; said stopping means operating to stop each of said cars with a given one of its compartments adjacent a landing in response to the registration Of a car call in said respective compartment for said landing; and car call registration prevention means operable to prevent the registration of car calls for said first group of landings in said predetermined one of said compartments in said first car when said car is stopped with said predetermined compartment located adjacent said one landing.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
83 words
In an elevator control system according to claim 1, wherein said stopping means operates in response to the registration of hall calls by said first hall call registration means to stop a first one of said cars with a predetermined one of its compartments adjacent said one landing and in response to the registration of hall calls by said second hall call registration means to stop a second one of said cars with a predetermined one of its compartments adjacent said one landing.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
154 words
In an elevator control system according to claim 4, car call registration means for each of said cars located in each of said compartments for registering car calls for travel to said landings; said stopping means operating to stop each of said cars with a given one of its compartments adjacent a landing in response to the registration of a car call in said respective compartment for said landing; and car call registration prevention means operable both to prevent the registration of car calls for said second group of landings in said predetermined one of said compartments in said first car when said car is stopped with said predetermined compartment located adjacent said one landing and to prevent the registration of car calls for said first group of landings in said predetermined one of said compartments in said second car when said car is stopped with said predetermined compartment located adjacent said one landing.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
169 words
In an elevator control system for a building having a plurality of landings including two terminal landings and a plurality of intermediate landings identified as odd and even landings between said two terminal landings; hall call registration means located at said landings including odd hall call registration means located at one of said landings for registering hall calls indicating desired travel to an odd landing located in a predetermined direction from said one landing and even hall call registration means located at said one landing for registering hall calls indicating desired travel to an even landing located in said predetermined direction from said one landing; a plurality of elevator cars operable to travel in two directions between said landings, each car having an upper and a lower compartment superimposed on one another for transporting passengers to and from said landings; and stopping means operating to stop each of said cars with one of its compartments adjacent said landings in response to the registration of hall calls at said landings.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
169 words
In an elevator control system for a building having a plurality of landings including two terminal landings and a plurality of intermediate landings identified as odd and even landings between said two terminal landings; hall call registration means located at said landings including odd hall call registration means located at one of said landings for registering hall calls indicating desired travel to an odd landing located in a predetermined direction from said one landing and even hall call registration means located at said one landing for registering hall calls indicating desired travel to an even landing located in said predetermined direction from said one landing; a plurality of elevator cars operable to travel in two directions between said landings, each car having an upper and a lower compartment superimposed on one another for transporting passengers to and from said landings; and stopping means operating to stop each of said cars with one of its compartments adjacent said landings in response to the registration of hall calls at said landings.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
97 words
In an elevator control system according to claim 6, stop prevention means operating both to prevent said stopping means from stopping a first one of said cars at said one landing with its lower compartment adjacent said one landing in response to the registration of a hall call by said even hall call registration means and to prevent said stopping means from stopping a second one of said cars at said one landing with its upper compartment adjacent said one landing in response to the registration of a hall call by said odd hall call registration means.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
122 words
In an elevator control system according to claim 7, car call registration means located in both the upper and lower compartments of each of said cars for registering car calls for travel to both even and odd landings; said stopping means including individual stopping apparatus for each of said cars, each operating to stop its respective car with a given one of its compartments adjacent a landing in response to the registration of a car call in said given compartment for said landing; and car call registration prevention means operable to prevent the registration of car calls for even landings in the lower compartmenT of said first car when said car is stopped with its lower compartment located adjacent said one landing.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
57 words
In an elevator control system according to claim 8, wherein said car call registration prevention means is inoperable to prevent the registration of car calls for even landings in the lower compartment of said first car after said first car stops with its lower compartment adjacent a landing displaced from said one landing in said predetermined direction.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
77 words
In an elevator control system according to claim 6, wherein said stopping means operates in response to the registration of hall calls by said even hall call registration means to stop a first one of said cars with its upper compartment adjacent said one landing and in response to the registration of hall calls by said odd hall call registration means to stop a second one of said cars with its lower compartment adjacent said one landing.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
156 words
In an elevator control system according to claim 10, car call registration means located in both the upper and lower compartments of each of said cars for registering car calls for travel to both even and odd landings; said stopping means including individual stopping apparatus for each of said cars, each operating to stop its respective car with a given one of its compartments adjacent a landing in response to the registration of a car call in said given compartment for said landing; and car call registration prevention means operable both to prevent the registration of car calls for odd landings in the upper compartment of said first car when said car is stopped with its upper compartment located adjacent said one landing and to prevent the registration of car calls for even landings in the lower compartment of said second car when said car is stopped with its lower compartment located adjacent said one landing.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
98 words
In an elevator control system according to claim 11, wherein said car call registration prevention means is inoperable to prevent the registration of car calls for odd landings in the upper compartment of said first car after said first car stops with its upper compartment located adjacent a landing displaced from said one landing in said predetermined direction and to prevent the registration of car calls for even landings in the lower compartment of said second car after said second car stops with its lower compartment adjacent a landing displaced from said one landing in said predetermined direction.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
122 words
In an elevator control system according to claim 6, wherein said stopping means includes individual stopping apparatus for each of said cars; stop prevention means for each of said cars, certain of said stop prevention means operating to prevent the stopping apparatus associated with their respective cars from stopping said cars with their lower compartments adjacent said one landing in response to the registration of a hall call by said even hall call registration means, the remainder of said stop prevention means operating to prevent the stopping apparatus associated with their respective cars from stopping said remaining cars with their upper compartments adjacent said one landing in response to the registration of a hall call by said odd hall call registration means.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
239 words
In an elevator control system according to claim 13, car call registration means located in both the upper and lower compartments of each of said cars for registering car calls for travel to both even and odd landings; said stopping apparatus for each of said cars operating to stop its respective car with a given one of its compartments adjacent a landing in response to the registration of a car call in said given compartment for said landing; and car call registration prevention means operable both to prevent the registration of car calls for odd landings in the upper compartment of each individual car which is prevented from stopping with its upper compartment adjacent said one landing in response to the registration of a hall call by said odd hall call registration means at least until said respective car stops while traveling in said predetermined direction with its upper compartment adjacent a landing removed from said one landing in said predetermined direction and to prevent the registration of car calls for even landings in the lower compartment of each individual car which is prevented from stopping with its lower compartment adjacent said one landing in response to the registration of a hall call by said even hall call registration means at least until said respective car stops while traveling in said predetermined direction with its lower compartment adjacent a landing removed from said one landing in said predetermined direction.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
100 words
In an elevator control system according to claim 6, wherein said stopping means includes individual stopping apparatus for each of said cars; the stopping apparatus associated with certain of said cars operating in response to the registration of hall calls by said even hall call registration means to stop their respective cars with their upper compartments adjacent said one landing and the stopping apparatus associated with the remainder of said cars operating in response to the registration of hall calls by said odd hall call registration means to stop their respective cars with their lower compartments adjacent said one landing.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
223 words
In an elevator control system according to claim 15, car call registration means in both the upper and lower compartments of each of said cars for registering car calls for travel to both even and odd landings; said stopping apparatus for each of said cars operating to stop its respective car with a given one of its compartments adjacent a landing in response to the registration of a car call for said landing in said compartment; and car call registration prevention means operable both to prevent the registration of car calls for odd landings in the upper compartment of each individual car which stops at said one landing in response to the registration of a hall call by said even hall call registration means at least until said respective car stops while traveling in said predetermined direction with its upper compartment adjacent a landing removed from said one landing in said predetermined direction and to prevent the registration of car calls for even landings in the lower compartment of each individual car which stops at said one landing in response to the registration of a hall call by said odd hall call registration means at least until said respective car stops while traveling in said predetermined direction with its lower compartment adjacent a landing removed from said one landing in said predetermined direction.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
116 words
In an elevator control system according to claim 15, stop prevention means for each car, the stop prevention means associated with said certain of said cars operating to prevent the stopping apparatus associated with their respective cars from stopping said cars with their lower compartments adjacent said one landing in response to the registration of a hall call by said even hall call registration means and the stop prevention means associated with the remainder of said cars operating to prevent the stopping apparatus associated with their respective cars from stopping said cars with their upper compartments adjacent said one landing in response to the registration of a hall call by said odd hall call registration means.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
182 words
In an elevator control system according to claim 17, car call registration means in both the upper and lower compartments of each of said cars for registering car calls for travel to both even and odd landings; said stopping apparatus for each of said cars operating to stop its respective car with a given one of its compartments adjacent a landing in response to the registration of a car call for said landing in said compartment; and car call registration prevention means individual to each car, each operable both to prevent the registration of car calls for odd landings in the upper compartment of its respective car at least until said car stops while traveling in said predetermined direction with its upper compartment adjacent a landing removed from said one landing in said predetermined direction and to prevent the registration of car calls for even landings in the lower compartment of its respective car at least until said car stops while traveling in said predetermined direction with its lower compartment adjacent a landing removed from said one landing in said predetermined direction.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
154 words
In an elevator control system according to claim 18, wherein said car call prevention means of each car is individual to each compartment, said upper compartment means of each car being operable to prevent the registration of car calls for odd landings in the upper compartment of its respective car until said car stops while traveling in said predetermined direction with its upper compartment adjacent a given landing removed from said one landing in said predetermined direction in response to a hall call registered at said given landing and said lower compartment means of each car being operable to prevent the registration of car calls for even landings in the lower compartment of its respective car until said car stops while traveling in said predetermined direction with its lower compartment adjacent a given landing removed from said one landing in said predetermined direction in response to a hall call registered at said given landing.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
97 words
In an elevator control system according to claim 19, wherein each of the stopping apparatus of said certain of said cars is inoperable to stop its respective car with either of its compartments adjacent said one landing in response to the registration of a hall call by said odd hall call registration means and each of the stopping apparatus of the remainder of said cars is inoperable to stop its respective car with either of its compartments adjacent said one landing in response to the registration of a hall call by said even hall call registration means.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
275 words
In an elevator control system for a building having an upper and a lower lobby landing adjacent each other and an upper terminal landing displaced from said upper lobby landing by a plurality of intermediate landings at least some of which are identified as odd and even landings; hall call registration means located at each of said landings for registering hall calls indicating desired travel from said landings, said hall call registration means located at one of said landings including odd landing up hall call registration means for registering hall calls indicating desired travel from said one landing to higher odd landings and even landing up hall call registration means for registering hall calls indicating desired travel from said one landing to higher even landings; a plurality of elevator cars, each having two superimposed compartments one for serving primarily odd landings above said one landing and the other for serving primarily even landings above said one landing, each said car being capable of traveling up and down said building and providing service to said landings with its compartments; and call answering means individual to each car, each answering registered hall calls with the compartments of its associated car in response to the location of one of the compartments of said car adjacent a landing at which a call is registered, each call answering means of a first number of said cars answering odd landing up hall calls with the odd landing serving compartment of its associated car and each call answering means of a second number of said cars answering even landing up hall calls with the even landing serving compartment of its associated car.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
275 words
In an elevator control system for a building having an upper and a lower lobby landing adjacent each other and an upper terminal landing displaced from said upper lobby landing by a plurality of intermediate landings at least some of which are identified as odd and even landings; hall call registration means located at each of said landings for registering hall calls indicating desired travel from said landings, said hall call registration means located at one of said landings including odd landing up hall call registration means for registering hall calls indicating desired travel from said one landing to higher odd landings and even landing up hall call registration means for registering hall calls indicating desired travel from said one landing to higher even landings; a plurality of elevator cars, each having two superimposed compartments one for serving primarily odd landings above said one landing and the other for serving primarily even landings above said one landing, each said car being capable of traveling up and down said building and providing service to said landings with its compartments; and call answering means individual to each car, each answering registered hall calls with the compartments of its associated car in response to the location of one of the compartments of said car adjacent a landing at which a call is registered, each call answering means of a first number of said cars answering odd landing up hall calls with the odd landing serving compartment of its associated car and each call answering means of a second number of said cars answering even landing up hall calls with the even landing serving compartment of its associated car.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
63 words
In an elevator control system according to claim 21, wherein each of said first number of call answering means is inoperable to answer even landing up hall calls with either compartment of its associated car and each of said second number of call answering means is inoperable to answer odd landing up hall calls with either of the compartments of its associated car.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
195 words
In an elevator control system according to claim 22, car call registration means located in each of the compartments in each of the cars for registering car calls for travel to both even and odd landings; each said call answering means operating to answer a car call registered in a given one of the compartments of its associated car in response to the location of said given compartment adjacent the landing for which said car call is registered; and odd and even compartment car call registration prevention means individual to each car, each said odd compartment means being operable to prevent the registration of car calls for even landings in the odd landing serving compartment of its associated car while the respective car is traveling up until it answers a hall call with its odd compartment at a landing above said one landing and each said even compartment means being operable to prevent the registration of car calls for odd landings in the even landing serving compartment of its associated car while the respective car is traveling up until it answers a hall call with its even compartment at a landing above said one landing.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
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In an elevator control system according to claim 23, wherein said hall call registration means includes up hall call registration means at each landing from which up travel is possible in said system and down hall call registration means at each landing from which down travel is possible in said system; control means operating in the absence of registered calls which a particular one of said cars can answer to enable said car to stop movement and to remain at rest with each of its compartments adjacent a different intermediate landing at each of which an up and a down hall call registration means is located; and call answering delaying means operating in response to the answering by one of the compartments of said one car of a hall call for one direction of travel registered at the landing adjacent said one compartment and delayed for at least a predetermined period of time the answering by the other compartment of said one car of a hall call for the other direction of travel registered at the landing adjacent said other compartment.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
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In an elevator control system according to claim 21, call answering prevention means individual to each car, each said prevention means of said first number of cars operating to prevent the call answering means of its associated car from answering odd landing up hall calls with its even landing serving compartment and each said prevention means of said second number of cars operating to prevent the call answering means of its associated car from answering even landing up hall calls with its odd landing serving compartment.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
197 words
In an elevator control system according to claim 25, car call registration means located in each of the compartments in each of the cars for registering car calls for travel to said landings including both even and odd landings; each said call answering means operating to answer a car call registered in a given one of the compartments of its associated car in response to the location of said given compartment adjacent the landing for which said car call is registered; odd and even compartment car call registration prevention means individual to each car, each said odd compartment means being operable to prevent the registration of car calls for even landings in the odd landing serving compartment of its associated car while the respective car is traveling up until it answers a hall call with its odd compartment at a landing above said one landing and each said even compartment means being operable to prevent the registration of car calls for even landings in the even landing serving compartment of its associated car while the respective car is traveling up until it answers a hall call with its even compartment at a landing above said one landing.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
63 words
In an elevator control system according to claim 26, wherein each of said first number of call answering means is inOperable to answer even landing up hall calls with either compartment of its associated car and each of said second number of call answering means is inoperable to answer odd landing up hall calls with either of the compartments of its associated car.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
198 words
In an elevator control system for a building having a plurality of intermediate landings between two terminal landings; up and down hall call registration means located at said landings for indicating desired travel from said landings in each direction in which travel is possible in said system from each landing; an elevator car having a plurality of superimposed compartments, each for transporting passengers to and from said landings; hall call answering means operating to cause said car to answer a hall call registered at a landing in response to the location of a compartment adjacent said landing; control means operating in the absence of registered calls to enable said car to stop movement and to remain at rest with each of its compartments adjacent a different intermediate landing at each of which an up and a down hall call registration means is located; and answering delaying means operating in response to the answering of a hall call for one direction of travel registered at a landing adjacent one compartment and delaying for at least a predetermined period of time the answering of a hall call for the other direction of travel registered at a landing adjacent another compartment.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
198 words
In an elevator control system for a building having a plurality of intermediate landings between two terminal landings; up and down hall call registration means located at said landings for indicating desired travel from said landings in each direction in which travel is possible in said system from each landing; an elevator car having a plurality of superimposed compartments, each for transporting passengers to and from said landings; hall call answering means operating to cause said car to answer a hall call registered at a landing in response to the location of a compartment adjacent said landing; control means operating in the absence of registered calls to enable said car to stop movement and to remain at rest with each of its compartments adjacent a different intermediate landing at each of which an up and a down hall call registration means is located; and answering delaying means operating in response to the answering of a hall call for one direction of travel registered at a landing adjacent one compartment and delaying for at least a predetermined period of time the answering of a hall call for the other direction of travel registered at a landing adjacent another compartment.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
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In an elevator control system according to claim 28, wherein said hall call answering means includes call cancellation means cancelling a hall call in response to the answering of said call and said answering delaying means operates to delay said call cancellation means from operating for at least said predetermined period of time to cancel said hall call for said other direction of travel registered at said landing adjacent said other compartment.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
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In an elevator control system according to claim 29, wherein a hoistway door is provided for each landing and a compartment door is provided for each compartment, each compartment door cooperating with said hoistway doors for permitting passengers to transfer to and from its associated compartment; door control means operating in response to the operation of said hall call answering means to open both the door of the compartment located adjacent the landing at which said call is registered and the hoistway door at that landing; and said answering delaying means operates to delay said door control means from operating for at least said predetermined period to open the hoistway door at the landing adjacent said other compartment and the compartment door thereof unless a hall call is also registered at the latter landing for the same direction of travel as said answered hall call.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
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In an elevator control system according to claim 30, direction establishing means establishing a preferred direction of travel for said car in response to the registration of a hall call, said direction establishing means enabling said hall call answering means to answer a registered hall call only if the direction of travel is established corresponding to the desired direction indicated by said hall call.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
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In an elevator control system for a building having a plurality of landings, each having a hoistway door, up and down hall call registration means located at said landings for use by intending passengers in indicating desired travel from said landings in each direction in which travel is possible in said system from each of said landings; an elevator car having an upper and a lower compartment, each adapted to carry passengers to and from said landings and each having a door cooperating with said hoistway doors for permitting passengers to transfer to and from it; car control means causing said car to operate in response to registered calls and to stop operating and to remain at rest with each of its compartments located adjacent a different intermediate landing provided no call is registered to whIch it can respond; said car control means including car starting means starting said car when so at rest to travel up in response to the registration of a hall call at a landing above the location of said upper compartment and to travel down in response to the registration of a hall call at a landing below the location of said lower compartment; call answering means operating when said car is so at rest to cause said car while it remains at rest to answer a hall call indicating a desire for travel in either direction registered at either landing adjacent which one of said compartments is located; and door control means operating in response to the operation of said call answering means to open both the hoistway door at said landing and the door of the compartment located adjacent said landing.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
278 words
In an elevator control system for a building having a plurality of landings, each having a hoistway door, up and down hall call registration means located at said landings for use by intending passengers in indicating desired travel from said landings in each direction in which travel is possible in said system from each of said landings; an elevator car having an upper and a lower compartment, each adapted to carry passengers to and from said landings and each having a door cooperating with said hoistway doors for permitting passengers to transfer to and from it; car control means causing said car to operate in response to registered calls and to stop operating and to remain at rest with each of its compartments located adjacent a different intermediate landing provided no call is registered to whIch it can respond; said car control means including car starting means starting said car when so at rest to travel up in response to the registration of a hall call at a landing above the location of said upper compartment and to travel down in response to the registration of a hall call at a landing below the location of said lower compartment; call answering means operating when said car is so at rest to cause said car while it remains at rest to answer a hall call indicating a desire for travel in either direction registered at either landing adjacent which one of said compartments is located; and door control means operating in response to the operation of said call answering means to open both the hoistway door at said landing and the door of the compartment located adjacent said landing.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
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In an elevator control system according to claim 32, wherein said car control means includes direction establishing means operating to prevent said call answering means from operating in response to a registered call until a preferred direction of travel is established for said car in the direction indicated by said call.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
158 words
In an elevator control system for a building having a plurality of landings at least some of which are identified as even and odd landings; an elevator car having a plurality of superimposed compartments; said car being capable of traveling up and down said building and stopping with its compartments adjacent said landings to provide service thereto; hall call registration means at each of said landings for operation by intending passengers in registering calls for service from said landings; hall call answering means answering a hall call registered at a landing in response to the location of a compartment adjacent said landing; car call registration means for each of said compartments for operation by passengers in registering calls for travel to said landings; car call registration prevention means operable in response to each of said compartments being located adjacent a landing for preventing the operation of certain of said car call registration means in each of said compartments.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
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In an elevator control system for a building having a plurality of landings at least some of which are identified as even and odd landings; an elevator car having a plurality of superimposed compartments; said car being capable of traveling up and down said building and stopping with its compartments adjacent said landings to provide service thereto; hall call registration means at each of said landings for operation by intending passengers in registering calls for service from said landings; hall call answering means answering a hall call registered at a landing in response to the location of a compartment adjacent said landing; car call registration means for each of said compartments for operation by passengers in registering calls for travel to said landings; car call registration prevention means operable in response to each of said compartments being located adjacent a landing for preventing the operation of certain of said car call registration means in each of said compartments.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
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In an elevator control system according to claim 34, wherein said elevator car has an upper and a lower compartment, each of which includes car call registration means for registering calls for both even and odd landings and said car call registration prevention means is operable to prevent the registration of car calls for odd landings in one of said compartments and for even landings in the other of said compartments.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
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In an elevator control system according to claim 35, wherein said landings include an upper and a lower lobby landing adjacent each other and said car call registration prevention means is operable in response to said upper and lower compartments being located adjacent said upper and lower lobby landings, respectively, and until said car travels in the up direction and stops with one of its compartment adjacent a landing above the upper lobby landing.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
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In an elevator control system according to claim 36, wherein said car call registration prevention means includes separate means for the upper and the lower compartments, said upper compartment means being operable to prevent the operation of predetermined ones of said upper compartment car call registration means until said car stops with its upper compartment located adjacent a landing above the upper lobby and answers a hall call registered at said landing above; and said lower compartment means being operable to prevent the operation of predetermined ones of said lower compartment car call registration means until said car stops with its lower compartment located adjacent a landing above the upper lobby and answers a hall call registered at said landing above; both said upper and said lower compartment means being rendered inoperable when said car is prepared for travel in the down direction notwithstanding either or both compartments did not answer a hall call or calls above said upper lobBy.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
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In an elevator control system according to claim 20, selection means operating in response to one of said certain of said cars and one of the remainder of said cars both with one of their compartments located adjacent one of said terminal landings and selecting one of said cars as the next to leave said terminal landing; and selection transfer means operable to transfer selection from said selected car to the other upon the registration of a hall call at said one landing for which the stopping apparatus of the selected car is inoperable to stop its respective car.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
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In an elevator control system according to claim 22, control means operating to cause one of said first number of cars and one of said second number of cars to park each with its compartments located adjacent said upper and lower lobby landings; selection means selecting one of the cars parked at said lobby landings as the next to leave; and selection transfer means releasing the selection of a selected car and causing the selection of the other car upon the registration of the odd or the even landing up hall call which the call answering means of the selected car is inoperable to answer.
Claim 46
Dependent Claim
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In an elevator control system according to claim 27, control means operating to cause one of said first number of cars and one of said second number of cars to park each with its compartments located adjacent said upper and lower lobby landings; selection means selecting one of the cars parked at said lobby landings as the next to leave; and selection transfer means releasing the selection of a selected car and causing the selection of the other car upon the registration of the odd or the even landing up hall call which the call answering means of the selected car is inoperable to answer.
Claim 47
Dependent Claim
136 words
In an elevator control system according to claim 2, selection means selecting said first or said second car as the next to leave one of said terminal landings upon each having one of its compartments located adjacent thereto; hall call registration means at said one terminal landing for registering hall calls indicating desired travel from said terminal landing toward said one landing; circuit means operating in response to the registration of a hall call at said one terminal landing and indicating desired travel to said one landing; and selection transfer means operable to transfer selection from the selected car to the other of said first or second cars upon the operation of said circuit means when the compartment of the selected car which is adjacent said terminal landing is prevented from stopping at said one landing.
Claim 48
Dependent Claim
131 words
In an elevator control system according to claim 2, selection means selecting said first or said second car as the next to leave one of said terminal landings upon each having one of its compartments adjacent thereto; hall call registration means for registering hall calls indicating desired travel from said terminal landing toward said one landing; car call registration means in each compartment of each of said first and second cars for registering car calls for travel to said intermediate landings; and selection transfer means operable to transfer selection from the selected to the other of said first or second cars upon the registration of a hall call at said terminal landing and the absence of a registered car call in either compartment of said selected car for a predetermined period.
Claim 49
Dependent Claim
149 words
In an elevator control system according to claim 17, selection means operating in response to one of said certain of said cars and one of the remainder of said cars both with one of their compartments located adjacent one of said terminal landings and selecting one of said cars as the next to leave said terminal landing; hall call registration means at said one terminal landing for registering hall calls indicating desired travel from said terminal landing toward said one landing; circuit means operating in response to the registration of a hall call at said one terminal landing and indicating desirEd travel to said one landing; and selection transfer means operable to transfer selection from the selected car to the other upon the operation of said circuit means when the compartment of the selected car which is adjacent said terminal landing is prevented from stopping at said one landing.
Claim 50
Dependent Claim
233 words
In an elevator control system according to claim 17, selection means operating in response to one of said certain of said cars and one of the remainder of said cars both with one of their compartments located adjacent one of said terminal landings and selecting one of said cars as the next to leave said terminal landing; hall call registration means at said one terminal landing for registering hall calls indicating desired travel from said terminal landing toward said one landing; call answering means individual to each car, each answering hall calls with the compartments of its associated car in response to the location of one of the compartments of said car adjacent a landing at which a call is registered; car call registration means located in each of the compartments in each of the cars for registering car calls for travel to said landings; car call responsive means operating in the absence of the registration of a car call in either compartment of said selected car to prevent the answering of a hall call at said terminal landing when the compartment of the selected car located adjacent said terminal landing is prevented from stopping at said one landing; and selection transfer means operating to transfer selection from the selected car to the other in response to the continued registration of an unanswered hall call at said terminal landing for a predetermined period.
Claim 51
Dependent Claim
232 words
In an elevator control system according to claim 26, control means operating to cause one of said first number of cars and one of said second number of cars to park each with its compartments located adjacent the upper and lower lobby landings; selection means selecting one of the cars parked at the lobby landings as the next to leave; each said even compartment car call registration prevention means of said first number of cars operating to prevent the registration of a car call for said one landing in its respective compartment while its associated car is parked; each said odd compartment car call registration prevention means of said second number of cars operating to prevent the registration of a car call for said one landing in its respective compartment while its associated car is parked; car call responsive means operating in the absence of the registration of a car call in either compartment of the selected car to prevent the answering of a hall call at a particular lobby landing when a car call for said one landing is prevented from being registered in the compartment of the selected car located adjacent said particular lobby landing; and selection transfer means operating to transfer selection from the selected car to the other in response to the continued registration of an unanswered hall call at said particular lobby landing for a predetermined period.
Claim 52
Dependent Claim
187 words
In an elevator control system for a building having a plurality of landings including a first group of landings and a second group of landings; first hall call registration means located at one of said landings for registering hall calls indicating desired travel in a predetermined direction from said landing to one of said first group of landings; second hall call registration means located at said one landing for registering hall calls indicating desired travel in said predetermined direction from said landing to one of said second group of landings; a plurality of elevator cars each of which is capable of serving each of said landings; and stopping means operating to stop said cars selectively at said one landing in response to the registration of hall calls by said first and second hall call registration means, whereby certain of said cars stop at said one landing in response to the registration of hall calls by said first hall call regiStration means and the rest of said cars stop at said one landing in response to the registration of hall calls by said second hall call registration means.
Claim 53
Dependent Claim
187 words
In an elevator control system for a building having a plurality of landings including a first group of landings and a second group of landings; first hall call registration means located at one of said landings for registering hall calls indicating desired travel in a predetermined direction from said landing to one of said first group of landings; second hall call registration means located at said one landing for registering hall calls indicating desired travel in said predetermined direction from said landing to one of said second group of landings; a plurality of elevator cars each of which is capable of serving each of said landings; and stopping means operating to stop said cars selectively at said one landing in response to the registration of hall calls by said first and second hall call registration means, whereby certain of said cars stop at said one landing in response to the registration of hall calls by said first hall call regiStration means and the rest of said cars stop at said one landing in response to the registration of hall calls by said second hall call registration means.
Claim 54
Dependent Claim
58 words
In an elevator control system according to claim 46, wherein said stopping means are incapable of stopping said certain of said cars in response to the registration of hall calls by said second hall call registration means and said rest of said cars in response to the registration of hall calls by said first hall call registration means.
Claim 55
Dependent Claim
127 words
In an elevator control system according to claim 47, car call registration means located in each of said cars for registering car calls for travel to said landings; said stopping means operating to stop each of said cars at a landing in response to the registration of a car call in that car for that landing; and car call registration prevention means operable both to prevent the registration of car calls for said second group of landings in each of said certain of said cars when the respective car is stopped at said one landing and to prevent the registration of car calls for said first group of landings in each of said rest of said cars when the respective car is stopped at said one landing.
Claim 56
Dependent Claim
92 words
In an elevator control system according to claim 47, wherein each of said cars has an upper and a lower compartment for transporting passengers to and from said landings and said stopping means stops said certain of said cars with their upper compartments adjacent said one landing in response to the registration of hall calls by said first hall call registration means and stops said rest of said cars with their lower compartments adjacent said one landing in response to the registration of hall calls by said second hall call registration means.
Claim 57
Dependent Claim
157 words
In an elevator control system according to claim 16, for a building having an upper and a lower lobby landing adjacent each other and so separated as to enable the upper and the lower compartments of each car, respectively, to serve said lobby landings simultaneously, wherein said car call registration prevention means operates to prevent the registration of a car call for said one landing both in the lower compartments of said certain cars while said compartments are adjacent said lower lobby and in the upper compartments of the remainder of said cars while said upper compartments are adjacent said upper lobby and including insufficient lobby car circuitry which operates to cause one of said certain cars to travel to the lobbies if none of said certain cars is located thereat and to cause one of said remainder of said cars to travel to the lobbies if none of said remainder of said cars is located thereat.
Claim 58
Dependent Claim
72 words
In a control system according to claim 50, excessive lobby car circuitry operating in response to the location at said lobbies of a number of said cars in excess of one of said certain cars and one of said remainder of said cars and causing the excess of said cars to leave said lobbies until only one of said certain cars and one of said remainder of said cars is located thereat.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1974-12-06 | 1975-06-07 | 1975-12-07 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1978-12-06 | 1979-06-07 | 1979-12-07 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1982-12-06 | 1983-06-07 | 1983-12-07 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |