ZONALLY OPERATED ELEVATOR INSTALLATION AND METHOD FOR CONTROL THEREOF

• Main Authors: MIROSLAV KOSTKA, KURT STEINMANN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 31.01.2008
• Subjects: ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS; HAULING; HOISTING; LIFTING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A ZONALLY OPERATED ELEVATOR INSTALLATION, WHEREIN ON A CHANGEOVER FLOOR (S4) CHANGING BETWEEN ZONES (Z0, Z1) IS MADE POSSIBLE, AND WHEREIN WITH A DELIVERING ELEVATOR GROUP (GR1, GR2) AND A COLLECTING ELEVATOR GROUP (GR2, GR1) TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM THE CHANGEOVER FLOOR (S4) IS REALIZED, AND WHEREIN A TRIP DESTINATION IS ENTERED VIA A DESTINATION-CALL CONTROL (ZEG) BY EACH PASSENGER TO BE TRANSPORTED. AN ELEVATOR INSTALLATION FOR ZONAL OPERATION IN BUILDINGS WITH SEVERAL ELEVATORS (A-F), WHEREIN EACH ELEVATOR GROUP CONTAINS AT LEAST ONE DESTINATION-CALL INPUT DEVICE (ZEG) FOR REGISTERING THE DESTINATION OF A PASSENGER. EACH ELEVATOR IS ASSIGNED TO AN ELEVATOR GROUP (GR1; GR2), THE BUILDING IS DIVIDED INTO ZONES (Z0, Z1), AND A CHANGEOVER FLOOR (S4) FOR CHANGING BETWEEN THE ELEVATOR GROUPS (GR1, GR2) IS ARRANGED BETWEEN THE ZONES. THE DELIVERING ELEVATOR GROUP (GR1; GR2) AND THE COLLECTING ELEVATOR GROUP (GR2: GR1) ARE COMBINED INTO A MULTI-GROUP WHICH IS CONTROLLED BY A MULTI-GROUP CONTROL (1). USING THE TRIP-DESTINATION ENTRIES AND A STATISTICS UNIT, THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS WHO WILL CHANGE FROM THE ELEVATOR GROUP (GR1, GR2) ON THE CHANGEOVER FLOOR (S4) IS DETERMINED BY THE MULTI-GROUP CONTROL (1). THE ELEVATOR GROUPS (GR1, GR2) ARE CONTROLLED BY THE MULTI-GROUP CONTROL (1) DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF CHANGING PASSENGERS.