Safety monitoring device for monitoring safety-related states in a passenger conveyor system and method for operating same

    公开(公告)号:US11618648B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-04

    申请号:US16760481

    申请日:2018-10-05

    申请人: Inventio AG

    发明人: Eric Birrer

    摘要: A safety monitoring device monitoring safety-related states in a passenger conveyor system has first and second double contact relays each controlled by a control voltage to switch first and second normally open contacts and a feedback contact synchronously between an open and closed relay states. First and second controllers each determine properties of the system correlated with safety-related states and in dependence generate the control voltages. The controllers and two double contact relays form first and second safety monitoring switch arrangements for monitoring first and second safety-related states and correspondingly switch first and second switching states within a safety monitoring chain of the system. The first arrangement includes the first contact of the first connected in series with the first contact of the second relay. The second arrangement includes the second contact of the first relay connected in parallel with the second contact of the second relay.

    AUXILIARY BRAKE FOR PASSENGER CONVEYORS

    公开(公告)号:US20230038617A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-09

    申请号:US17790153

    申请日:2020-04-10

    发明人: Takanori YOKOI

    IPC分类号: B66B29/00 F16D63/00

    摘要: There is provided an auxiliary brake of a passenger conveyor that can be easily released. The auxiliary brake of the passenger conveyor includes: a braking wheel comprising a groove on one side face, the groove being depressed in a direction of a rotation axis and having a face parallel to the rotation axis on one end, and the braking wheel being provided so as to rotate synchronously with a main axis of a sprocket of the passenger conveyor; and a pole having a shape of a rod and provided being movable in the direction of the rotation axis of the braking wheel, the pole being displaced between a first position of coming into contact with any face of the groove and a second position of not coming into contact with any face of the groove.

    METHOD OF RENEWING PASSENGER CONVEYOR

    公开(公告)号:US20220194745A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-23

    申请号:US17606458

    申请日:2019-08-06

    发明人: Yukiyasu NAGAO

    IPC分类号: B66B25/00 B66B23/00 B66B29/00

    摘要: There is provided a method of renewing a passenger conveyor that is capable of preventing the passenger conveyor from being unavailable for a long time period when the passenger conveyor is renewed in a stepped manner. The method of renewing a passenger conveyor includes a safety device update process of updating an existing safety device to a new safety device in the passenger conveyor, and a drive machine and control panel update process of, after the safety device update process, updating an existing drive machine of the passenger conveyor to a new drive machine and updating an existing control panel of the passenger conveyor to a new control panel.

    MONITORING SYSTEMS FOR PASSENGER CONVEYORS

    公开(公告)号:US20210276833A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-09

    申请号:US16953223

    申请日:2020-11-19

    摘要: A monitoring system for a passenger conveyor including: at least one acceleration sensor provided on a movable component of the passenger conveyor, wherein the moveable component moves in a closed loop path (P) when the passenger conveyor is in use; a fault detection sensor associated with the or each acceleration sensor and configured to provide data indicative of a fault in the moveable. The monitoring system includes a controller configured to: receive data from the or each acceleration sensor; monitor a gravity vector (V) of the or each acceleration sensor; determine a direction of travel of the or each acceleration sensor; determine a current location of the or each acceleration sensor based on the monitored gravity vector (V) and the determined direction of travel; detect a fault from the data received from the or each fault detection sensor; identify a location of the detected fault.

    Chain defect monitoring in a people conveyor

    公开(公告)号:US10954104B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-23

    申请号:US16411812

    申请日:2019-05-14

    发明人: Chan-Jong Park

    摘要: A people conveyor (1) comprises a band (12) of conveyance elements (13) connected to and driven by at least one drive chain (15, 27) comprising a plurality of chain links (34, 36). The people conveyor (1) further comprises at least one inductive sensor (40, 41) arranged laterally next to the at least one drive chain (15, 27) and configured for monitoring the chain links (34, 36) passing by the at least one inductive sensor (40, 41).