Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
  • B66B—ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS
  • B66B11/00—Main component parts of lifts in, or associated with, buildings or other structures
  • B66B11/04—Driving gear ; Details thereof, e.g. seals
  • B66B11/043—Driving gear ; Details thereof, e.g. seals actuated by rotating motor; Details, e.g. ventilation
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
  • B66B—ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS
  • B66B5/00—Applications of checking, fault-correcting, or safety devices in elevators
  • B66B5/02—Applications of checking, fault-correcting, or safety devices in elevators responsive to abnormal operating conditions
  • B66B5/027—Applications of checking, fault-correcting, or safety devices in elevators responsive to abnormal operating conditions to permit passengers to leave an elevator car in case of failure, e.g. moving the car to a reference floor or unlocking the door
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
  • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
  • Y10T74/00—Machine element or mechanism
  • Y10T74/18—Mechanical movements
  • Y10T74/1836—Rotary to rotary

Definitions

• the present invention relates to electric motors and more particularly to motors equipped with an auxiliary drive system for rotating the rotor in the absence of electrical power to the motor.
• Such auxiliary drive systems are particularly useful for elevator cab drive motors, allowing the cab to be moved in the event of power failure, while the cab is stopped between two stages.
• the invention relates more particularly, but not exclusively, to motors equipped with a brake for lack of current.
• the auxiliary drive system must allow the rotor drive while maintaining the safety of passengers in the cabin and the operator in charge of the emergency operation of the elevator.
• US 6,889,959 discloses an auxiliary drive system comprising a wheel and a worm, adapted to be coupled to the engine when necessary. Such a system is not intended to be left permanently coupled to the engine.
• FR 1 603 143 and GB 2020 926 disclose auxiliary drive systems powered by an emergency electric motor.
• CH 307742 and GB 629 561 disclose auxiliary drive systems comprising a steering wheel, a gearwheel and a worm which may or may not be coupled to the gearwheel.
• the worm drive can be operated manually and the coupling between the worm and the toothed wheel can be irreversible.
• the gear wheel rotates with the rotor driving the cable drive pulley.
• the system disclosed in this British patent is relatively bulky, being external to the drive motor of the pulley and requires the construction and installation of bearings specific to the worm. In some elevator configurations, the installation of such bearings may be impossible or difficult because of the space available.
• Patent CH 307742 discloses a worm which is permanently housed inside a housing containing a mechanism for multiplying the rotation of the driving wheel for rotating the worm, this mechanism being complex and relatively bulky.
• the invention relates to a new engine equipped with an auxiliary drive system which is both reliable, robust, relatively inexpensive to manufacture, and which operates satisfactorily in terms of safety.
• Such an engine can be characterized, according to one aspect of the invention, in that it comprises: a toothed wheel rotating permanently with the rotor,
• a worm movable between a disengaged position and an engaged position where the rotation of the screw drives the gear irreversibly.
• an engine equipped with an auxiliary drive system comprising: a housing, a toothed wheel which is constantly rotating during normal operation of the engine with the rotor inside the housing a worm can be brought into an engaged position where the screw meshes with the toothed wheel and where the rotation of the screw irreversibly drives the gearwheel and can be removed from this position, in order to allow the normal operation of the gear motor, a drive member for manually rotating the worm, the drive member rotating about the same axis of rotation as the worm and causing it to rotate in direct drive.
• the worm can be movable inside the housing between the engaged position and a disengaged position.
• the worm may, in some embodiments of the invention, be fully extractable from the housing to allow normal operation of the engine.
• the worm can be secured to the drive member when it is brought into the engaged position.
• the motor may comprise a plate integral with the worm, this plate being able to be fixed on the housing to immobilize the worm axially while allowing its rotation relative to the housing.
• the plate can be fixed by bolting on the housing.
• the worm can carry a bearing guiding the screw in its rotation relative to the housing.
• the motor may comprise a sleeve attached to the housing, wherein the screw engages at an end opposite the drive member.
• the casing may include two monolithic foundry amounts with the rest of the casing, these amounts being traversed by the screw, the threaded portion of the screw extending between the uprights.
• the screw may have an enlarged cylindrical portion between the threaded portion and the drive member, this enlarged portion being radially supported against a bore of one of the amounts of the housing.
• the socket can be supported in a bore of the other amount.
• the two bores of the two uprights are preferably of the same diameter.
• the socket can be mounted indifferently on one side or the other of the motor, so as to have the drive member on the side that is suitable for the implementation of the motor.
• the drive member may advantageously be mounted to the right or left of the engine.
• the housing may have two opposite openings, to allow the mounting of the screw by one or other of the openings. These openings may be symmetrical with respect to a median plane of the housing.
• the opening of the housing opposite to the insertion opening of the screw can receive the bushing above, for compensation of the diameter of the screw.
• the motor may include a locking lever of the screw in the disengaged position and in the engaged position.
• the rotor can drive, without reduction, an elevator cable drive pulley.
• the brake can be unlocked if necessary without fear of undesirable movement of the cabin under the effect of its weight for example.
• the rotation of the worm, once coupled to the toothed wheel, can also be performed with the brake maintained in braking configuration, for example in the case of an individual elevator.
• the motor may include a brake for lack of power.
• the motor may comprise a safety system prohibiting the release of the brake in the absence of coupling of the screw and the toothed wheel. Releasing the brake may be necessary for collective lifts, for example.
• the worm can be attached to any manual drive, for example a crank or a steering wheel.
• the passage of the worm between the engaged position and the disengaged position can be effected by axial displacement of the screw.
• the security system may comprise a brake locking member, configured to prevent the release of the brake in the absence of coupling of the worm and the gear.
• the worm comprises a groove and the brake locking member can be positioned opposite this groove when the worm is coupled with the toothed wheel, the groove allowing the recoil of the brake locking member during the release maneuver of the brake and allowing the release of the brake.
• the auxiliary drive system may comprise a locking lever of the worm either in the disengaged position or in the engaged position.
• the drive system may comprise a safety lock configured to immobilize the locking lever of the worm in the locked position, the actuation of this lock allowing the passage of the locking lever in the unlocked position, which allows a movement of the worm between its engaged and disengaged positions.
• the safety lock can be configured to act, when unlocked, that is to say when it allows the movement of the auger locking lever, on the brake locking member so as to prevent unblocking brake.
• the safety latch can be held in the unlocked position by the locking lever, as long as it is not in a locking position of the worm.
• the safety lock when locked, no longer acts on the brake locking member, and the brake locking member can move if the worm allows it.
• the security lock can be manually operated.
• the auger lock lever may have a fork engaging the auger when the lock lever is in the lock position and the auger is in one of the engaged or disengaged positions.
• the lock lever When the worm is not in one of the engaged or disengaged positions, the lock lever can be prevented from taking its locking position.
• the worm has a first groove in which the fork engages when the worm is disengaged and a second groove in which the fork engages when the worm is engaged, the first throat allowing the release of the brake locking member to allow the release of the brake.
• the locking lever can be rotatable in a first direction to move from the locked position to the unlocked position and may comprise an actuating arm of the brake, the arm being articulated on the locking lever and pivotable in a second direction opposite to the first.
• the brake actuating arm may be arranged with respect to the locking lever so as to allow the user having grasped a handle located at the end of the arm, to rotate the locking lever when moved in the first meaning above.
• a control cable transmission system can be mounted between the brake and the locking lever, so that the rotation of the arm acts on the brake to unlock it, when such an unlocking is allowed, that is, that is to say especially when the worm is in the engaged position.
• the drive system may include a drive lever of a movable armature of the brake, which drive lever is actuated by the above cable when the arm is rotated relative to the auger lock lever. .
• the driving lever can be configured such that its pivoting causes the moving armature to move in the direction of unlocking the brake.
• the aforementioned locking member may be arranged to act on the drive lever to oppose its movement leading to the release of the brake.
• the motor can drive an elevator car, the drive being effected for example in a direct manner, without reduction gear rotation speed of the rotor.
• the drive pulley driving the elevator cab and counterweight cables can be attached to the motor shaft.
• the invention further relates to a drive method of a motor as defined above, comprising the steps of: acting on the worm to mate with the gearwheel, drive the worm in rotation to drive the motor.
• the worm can in particular be driven manually in rotation.
• the worm can be rotated against the braking action of the brake.
• the worm can be rotated with the brake released.
• the worm can be dismountable.
• FIG. 1 schematically represents, in perspective, an example of a motor produced in accordance with the invention, in a normal operating configuration, after the power supply has been cut off,
• FIG. 2 is an axial section, schematic and partial, of the motor of FIG. 1,
• FIG. 3 is a view similar to FIG. 1 of the engine, after release of the safety lock,
• FIG. 4 is an axial section of the motor in the configuration of FIG. 3,
• Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 1, after unlocking the worm
• FIG. 6 is an axial section of FIG. 5;
• FIG. 7 is a view similar to FIG. 1, after coupling of the worm gear with the toothed wheel,
• FIG. 8 is an axial section of FIG. 7,
• FIG. 9 is a view similar to FIG. 1, after locking of the worm in the engaged position,
• FIG. 10 is an axial section of FIG. 9, FIG. 11 illustrates the manual release of the brake
• FIG. 12 is an axial section of FIG. 11,
• FIG. 13 is a view similar to FIG. 1, showing the engine at the end of the manual maneuver,
• FIG. 14 is an axial section of FIG. 13,
• FIG. 15 illustrates the release of the safety lock, allowing the movement of the locking lever
• FIG. 16 is an axial section of FIG. 15,
• FIG. 18 is an axial section of FIG. 17,
• FIG. 19 is a view similar to FIG. 1, after disengagement of the worm,
• FIG. 20 is an axial section of FIG. 19
• FIG. 21 is a view similar to FIG. 1, illustrating the locking of the worm. worm,
• FIG. 22 is an axial section of FIG.
• FIG. 23 is a side view of the engine
• FIG. 24 is a cross section along XXIV-XXIV of FIG. 23,
• FIG. 25 is a longitudinal section along XXV-XXV of FIG. 23, and
• FIG. 26 is an axial section along XXVI-XXVI of FIG. 25,
• FIG. 27 shows in perspective an alternative embodiment of the motor
• FIG. 28 is a side view of the engine of FIG. 27,
• FIG. 29 is a longitudinal section along XXIX-XXIX of FIG. 28,
• FIG. 30 is a cross-section along XXX-XXX of FIG. 29,
• FIG. 31 is an axial section along line XXXI-XXXI of FIG. 30,
• FIG. 32 is a schematic longitudinal section of an engine according to an alternative embodiment of the invention.
• Figure 33 is a cross section, schematic, according to XXXIII-XXXIII of Figure 32.
• the engine 1 shown in the figures comprises a housing 2 and a rotor 3 rotating relative to the housing 2 about an axis of rotation X.
• the rotor 3 rotates inside the stator but the rotor could be outside the stator.
• the rotor 3 is for example permanent magnets and the stator 2 may be concentrated winding or distributed.
• the engine 1 is permanently equipped with an integrated auxiliary drive system, comprising a gear 5 continuously rotating with the rotor 3 and a worm 6 that can be manually driven in rotation by a crank 8 about an axis.
• Y rotation which is for example oriented perpendicular to the axis X.
• the motor 1 also comprises a brake 10 lack of current, that is to say taking a braking configuration in the absence of power supply.
• Such a brake 10 conventionally comprises at least one electromagnet 11, a movable armature 51, able to move in translation against the action of at least one elastic return member, under the effect of the magnetic field produced by the electromagnet 11.
• the movable armature 51 can be applied against a braking surface or when the electromagnet 11 is not powered, under the effect of the elastic return member, so as to block and / or brake the rotor 3 .
• the worm 6 can take a disengaged configuration, shown in Figure 2, in which it does not mesh with the toothed wheel 5, and an engaged configuration, shown in Figure 8, wherein its thread 14 meshes with the wheel toothed 5.
• the threading 14 and the toothing of the toothed wheel 5 are arranged in such a way that the transmission of the movement is irreversible, that is to say that the rotation of the toothed wheel does not cause the rotation of the worm 6 while that the rotation of the latter is accompanied by the rotation of the toothed wheel 5.
• the worm 6 can move from the engaged position to the disengaged position by a displacement along the Y axis, the screw 6 being guided in this movement both by a bore 16 of the housing in which is engaged its end 18 opposite the crank 8, and a bore 20 of the housing, this bore 20 being in contact with a portion 22 of the screw 6 adjacent to the crank 8.
• the engine 1 comprises a lever 24 for locking the screw 6 in the disengaged position, shown in FIG. 2, and in the engaged position, represented in FIG.
• the locking lever 24 is hinged in the example illustrated on the housing about an axis Z parallel to the axis Y, and has a fork 30 at its end, arranged to engage either in a first groove 32 of the worm 6 when the latter is in the engaged position, as shown in Figure 8, or in a second groove 35 when the screw 6 is in the disengaged position, as shown in Figure 2.
• a safety lock 40 makes it possible to immobilize the locking lever 24 in a locking position of the worm where the fork 30 is engaged in one or other of the grooves 32 and 35.
• the safety latch 40 can be moved manually by the user, in the example under consideration, by means of a safety lever 42.
• the displacement of the safety lock 40 is effected in the example illustrated in translation parallel to the axis Z, against the return action of a spring 43, in a housing 44 of the housing.
• the safety latch 40 comprises a relief 46, for example a stud, which can engage in a corresponding relief 48, for example a hole, of the locking lever 24 when the latter is in the locking position.
• the locking lever 24 is thus held by the safety lock 40 in the locking position and can only be unlocked after a prior action on the safety lever 42 to move the safety lock 40 back into its housing and disengage the nipple 46 of the hole 48.
• the engine comprises a drive lever 60 which is movable relative to a cylinder head 65 between an inactive position where this drive lever 60 does not prevent the moving armature 51 from being in the braking position, as illustrated in FIG. FIG. 2, and an active position in which the movable armature 51 is moved away from the braking surface, as illustrated in FIG. 12.
• the drive lever 60 is articulated on the brake about an axis W, for example by means of a portion 62 of semi-annular shape, and comprises tabs 63 configured to press the movable armature 51 when the lever of drive is rotated.
• the locking lever 24 carries an arm 75 articulated on the lever 24 about an axis K parallel to the axis Z, this arm 75 being provided at one end with a handle 78 and at the other end having a stud 79 for fastening a core 80 of a cable of control (also called Bowden ® cable), the other end of the core 80 of this control cable being connected to the drive lever 60, for example to the portion 62 on the side of the tabs 63 and between them.
• a cable of control also called Bowden ® cable
• the sheath 82 of the control cable is attached at one end to the lock lever 24 and at the other end to the housing 2 of the motor.
• a locking member 50 is provided to prevent movement of the drive lever 60 when the worm 6 is not in the engaged position.
• the locking member 50 has an end 90 which can come axially in abutment against a surface 95 of the worm 6, so that its recoil is prevented.
• the locking member 50 is biased in the opposite direction to the worm 6 by a spring 96 and can bear against a lug 63 of the driving lever 60.
• the housing 100 receiving the locking member 50 communicates with the housing 44 receiving the safety lock 40, so that the safety lock 40 can move back in the housing 100 and prevent the recoil of the locking member 50 when the pin 46 is disengaged from the hole 48, as illustrated in FIG. 4.
• the end 90 of the locking member 50 can engage in the groove 35 when it is positioned in the extension of the locking member 50, once the worm 6 arrives in clutch configuration with the toothed wheel 5, as shown in Figure 8.
• the locking member 50 opposes any movement of the drive lever 60 when attempting to maneuver the arm 75 upwards.
• the brake takes a blocking configuration.
• the operator begins by acting on the safety lever to disengage the safety lock 40 of the locking lever 24, as shown in Figures 3 and 4.
• the recoil of the safety latch 40 has the effect of preventing the recoil of the locking member 50.
• the user can then, as illustrated in FIGS. 5 and 6, actuate the locking lever 24 downwards, thanks to the handle 78, so as to disengage the fork 30 from the groove 35.
• the displacement of the arm 75 makes it possible to release the brake and the operator can then, while actuating the arm 75, turn the screw 6 by means of the crank 8, in order to drive the rotor in rotation and to move for example the cab of lift to the nearest floor to free the passengers.
• the user can return the motor to its normal operating configuration by releasing the arm 75 to lock the brake again, as illustrated in FIGS. 13 and 14, then acting on the safety lever 42 to move the security latch 40 and allow downward rotation of the lock lever 24, as shown in FIGS. 15 to 18.
• the screw 6 can be moved to its disengaged position, the brake being prevented from being released by the safety lock 40 engaged in the housing 100 of the locking member 50.
• the recoil of the locking member 50 is prevented by the screw 6 when the latter is brought into its disengaged position, as illustrated in FIGS. 19 and 20.
• the locking lever 24 can be returned to its locking position of the screw 6, the fork 30 coming into engagement in the groove 35, which allows the safety lock 40 to take its place, as shown in FIGS. and 22.
• the auxiliary drive system does not comprise brake release means but simply allows movement of the worm between the engaged and disengaged positions.
• a locking lever 24 of the screw 6 is provided, without a security system as described above, comprising the fork 30.
• the drive of the worm is manual but it could be carried out in variants of implementation by a small electric motor powered by a battery backup.
• the release of the brake could be performed not by a manual action but by a servomechanism powered by such a battery backup.
• the unlocking of the brake could still be performed electrically by supplying the brake.
• the worm can be brought from the disengaged position to the engaged position by a movement other than a movement along a Y axis, for example by a more complex movement where the screw would be moved with a movement having a component perpendicular to its axis longitudinal.
• the motor shown in Figures 32 and 33 differs from what has been described above with reference to Figures 1 to 31 in that the worm can be completely detached from the engine during normal operation thereof.
• the worm is set up in an engaged position shown in Figure 33 when the rotor must be driven manually.
• An elevator wire drive pulley 9 is attached to the motor shaft.
• the housing 2 houses a toothed wheel rotating with the rotor shaft, like the examples described above.
• the casing is made with two uprights 201 and 202 that can be cast from the rest of the casing, between which the threaded portion 14 of the screw 6 extends when the latter is in its engaged position.
• the casing receives a sleeve 203 which defines the housing in which the end of the screw 6 opposite the drive member 8 is received.
• This socket 203 comprises, for example, a flange 204 at one end which bears against a shoulder 205 of the housing.
• the flange 204 can be held in abutment against the shoulder 205 by a closure plate 206 which is for example bolted to the housing.
• the bushing 203 bears radially, in the example considered, in a bore 208 of the upright 201.
• the other upright 202 has a bore 210 against which a radially supported portion 215 of the screw can be supported, extending between the threaded portion 14 and the driving member 8.
• the drive member 8 is in the example in the form of a flywheel which rotates about the same axis of rotation Y as the screw 6.
• the opening of the casing located on the side of the drive member 8 has a stepped portion 220 which can accommodate a ball bearing 225 to guide the screw 6 in rotation relative to the housing.
• the screw 6 can be immobilized axially relative to the housing 6 by a plate 226 which is for example bolted to the housing with the use of wing nuts 230 to facilitate the assembly and disassembly of the plate 226.
• the bearing 225 allows the plate 226 to axially immobilize the screw 6 without braking it in rotation.
• the sleeve 203 may be positioned in a variant on the side of the stepped portion 220, the housing 2 being symmetrical with respect to a median plane with respect to the uprights 201 and 202 and the openings receiving the plates 206 and 226.
• the assembly of the screw 6 can thus be made from one side or the other.
• the user introduces the screw 6 into the housing so as to engage its end 230 in the sleeve 203 and bolt the plate 226 on the housing .
• the user may have to turn the screw 6 during its implementation due to the meshing of the threaded portion 14 of the toothed wheel.
• the user can turn the rotor without unlocking the brake and move the cab. Once the desired movement is obtained, the screw 6 can be extracted from the housing to allow the normal operation of the engine.
• the invention is particularly suitable for driving a motor rotor connected to an elevator car, but can be applied to other devices, for example a winch or a turret.

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