Elevator – industrial lift truck – or stationary lift for vehicle – With barrier for regulating access to load support – Includes motor or motor driven linkage for shifting barrier
Patent
1998-08-05
2000-07-04
Olszewski, Robert P.
Elevator, industrial lift truck, or stationary lift for vehicle
With barrier for regulating access to load support
Includes motor or motor driven linkage for shifting barrier
187334, 49425, 1601961, 16 96R, 16 87R, B66B 1306
Patent
active
060824999
ABSTRACT:
A flexible door assembly includes an upper guide track comprising an elongate bar including at least two generally planar support surfaces. The upper guide track is mounted in the elevator cab, or outside the cab in the hoistway, above the door opening, defining a non-linear pathway. A plurality of door sections each having a door panel, and a carriage assembly including a carriage frame and at least two wheels each supported by, and in rolling contact with, one of the at least two support surfaces on the guide track, a hinge pin supported by the carriage, a door panel pivotally connected to the hinge pin, and wherein the carriage, the hinge pin, and the door panel pivot about the same vertical axis defined by the longitudinal axis of the hinge pin when a door assembly has moved through a bend in the upper guide track.
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McAllister Steven B.
Olszewski Robert P.
Vertisys International, Inc.
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