(19)
(11) EP 1 541 515 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
28.10.2009 Bulletin 2009/44

(43) Date of publication A2:
15.06.2005 Bulletin 2005/24

(21) Application number: 04106293.6

(22) Date of filing: 03.12.2004
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B66B 3/00(2006.01)
 B66B 1/06(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA HR LV MK YU

(30) Priority: 08.12.2003 EP 03405876

(71) Applicant: Inventio AG
6052 Hergiswil (CH)

(72) Inventor:
  • Lopes dos Santos, Murilo
    04669-900, Sao Paulo (BR)

(74) Representative: Gaussmann, Andreas et al
Inventio AG Seestrasse 55 Postfach
6052 Hergiswil
6052 Hergiswil (CH)

   


(54) Elevator with an all optical control apparatus


(57) Elevator with an all optical control apparatus (10) comprising a control unit (11) with a light source (16), a photodetector (15), an optical feeding fiber (13), and an optical feedback fiber (14). The light source (16) is coupled to the optical feeding fiber (13) and the optical feedback fiber (14) is coupled to the photodetector (15). The all optical control apparatus (10) further comprises a member (12) that can be manually actuated. The member (12) comprises a fiber input (12.1) and a fiber output (12.2), said fiber input (12.1) being optically coupled to said optical feeding fiber (13) and said fiber output (12.2) being optically coupled to said optical feedback fiber (14). The member (12), when actuated, influences a light path (12.3) between said fiber input (12.1) and said fiber output (12.2) in a manner that is detectable at the photodetector (15).







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