(19)
(11) EP 0 765 836 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
04.06.1997 Bulletin 1997/23

(43) Date of publication A2:
02.04.1997 Bulletin 1997/14

(21) Application number: 96307153.5

(22) Date of filing: 30.09.1996
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6B66B 1/34
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE ES IT

(30) Priority: 29.09.1995 US 536727

(71) Applicant: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
Farmington, CT 06032 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Jaehn, Andreas
    13357 Berlin (DE)
  • Toutaoui, Mustapha
    13407 Berlin (DE)

(74) Representative: Tomlinson, Kerry John et al
Frank B. Dehn & Co., European Patent Attorneys, 179 Queen Victoria Street
London EC4V 4EL
London EC4V 4EL (GB)

   


(54) Elevator position apparatus


(57) An elevator position apparatus (11) configured for a plurality of types of elevator systems includes an encoded medium (28) disposed in an elevator hoistway, a group of sensor modules (31) and a universal reader (44) having a group of apertures configured for each elevator system of the plurality of types of elevator systems. The group of sensor modules (31) correspond to an elevator system of the plurality of types of elevator systems such that the group of sensor modules (31) provide sensor signals to the elevator system in response to said encoded medium (28). The group of apertures have a subgroup of apertures for receiving the group of sensor modules corresponding to the elevator system. The group of apertures is configured for receiving other groups of sensor modules such that the elevator position apparatus is configured for each of the plurality of types of elevator systems.







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