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Apparatus for operating an elevator

Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corp
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Filing: 1984-06-04
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Granted: 1985-11-26
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Expires: 2004-06-04
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Abstract

Abstract The present invention relates to an apparatus for operating an elevator for an assignment of a plurality of cage calls for serving a plurality of floors on the basis of the cage calls under a group supervision which has a plurality of destination buttons provided in the halls of a plurality of floors, to be operated for registering the calls in the halls and the calls for the destination from the hall; assignment means receiving a signal generated by the operation of said destination button for assigning the call in the hall and the call for the destination for any one of said plurality of cages; and registering means for registering the call of the destination floor as a cage call and differentiating the registering time of the cage call according to the running state of the plurality of cages.

Inventors

  • 👤 Yasukazu Umeda

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-30 21:27
CPC Classifications
B; B66; B66B; B66B1/00; B66B1/24; B66B1/2408; B66B1/2458; B66B2201/00; B66B2201/10; B66B2201/103; B66B2201/20; B66B2201/211

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim 171 words
An apparatus for operating a plurality of elevators for serving a plurality of floors on the basis of cage calls under group supervision comprising: (a) a plurality of destination buttons provided in the hall of each of a plurality of floors to be operated for registering the calls in the hall and the calls for the destination from the hall; (b) assignment means receiving signals generated by the operation of said destination buttons for assigning the calls in the hall for any one of said plurality of cages; (c) a plurality of destination buttons provided in each of said plurality of elevators to be operated for registering destination floors for the respective cage; and (d) registering means for registering the calls of said destination floors from both the hall buttons and the cage buttons as cage calls, the cage calls from the cage buttons being registered immediately and the cage calls from the hall buttons being registered at different registering times according to the running state of said plurality of cages.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 171 words
An apparatus for operating a plurality of elevators for serving a plurality of floors on the basis of cage calls under group supervision comprising: (a) a plurality of destination buttons provided in the hall of each of a plurality of floors to be operated for registering the calls in the hall and the calls for the destination from the hall; (b) assignment means receiving signals generated by the operation of said destination buttons for assigning the calls in the hall for any one of said plurality of cages; (c) a plurality of destination buttons provided in each of said plurality of elevators to be operated for registering destination floors for the respective cage; and (d) registering means for registering the calls of said destination floors from both the hall buttons and the cage buttons as cage calls, the cage calls from the cage buttons being registered immediately and the cage calls from the hall buttons being registered at different registering times according to the running state of said plurality of cages.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 52 words
An apparatus for operating a plurality of elevators as set forth in claim 1 wherein: said registering means registers a cage call for a cage at the assigning point in time when the cage is assigned and at the arriving point in time at a floor when the cage is not assigned.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 52 words
An apparatus for operating a plurality of elevators as set forth in claim 2 wherein said registering means cancels a registered cage call from an assigned cage when a cage not assigned to the cage call arrives before the assigned cage at the floor at which a hall button has been operated.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 33 words
An apparatus for operating a plurality of elevators as set forth in claim 2 including a gating circuit to control the feeding to said assignment means of signals generated by the hall buttons.
Claim 6
Independent Claim 135 words
An apparatus for operating a plurality of elevators for serving a plurality of floors on the basis of calls under group supervision comprising: (a) a plurality of destination buttons provided in the hall of each of a plurality of floors to be operated for registering the calls in the hall and the calls for the destination from the hall; (b) assignment means receiving signals generated by the operation of said destination buttons for assigning the calls in the hall for any one of said plurality of cages; and (c) registering means for registering the calls of said destination floors as cage calls and registering a cage call for a cage at assigning point in time when the cage is assigned and at arriving point in time at a floor when the cage is not assigned.
Claim 7
Independent Claim 135 words
An apparatus for operating a plurality of elevators for serving a plurality of floors on the basis of calls under group supervision comprising: (a) a plurality of destination buttons provided in the hall of each of a plurality of floors to be operated for registering the calls in the hall and the calls for the destination from the hall; (b) assignment means receiving signals generated by the operation of said destination buttons for assigning the calls in the hall for any one of said plurality of cages; and (c) registering means for registering the calls of said destination floors as cage calls and registering a cage call for a cage at assigning point in time when the cage is assigned and at arriving point in time at a floor when the cage is not assigned.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1988-11-25 1989-05-27 1989-11-26 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
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