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
  • B66B11/02—Cages, i.e. cars
  • B66B11/0226—Constructional features, e.g. walls assembly, decorative panels, comfort equipment, thermal or sound insulation
  • B66B11/0253—Fixation of wall panels
• • 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
  • B66B11/02—Cages, i.e. cars
• • 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
  • Y10T29/00—Metal working
  • Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
  • Y10T29/49826—Assembling or joining

Definitions

• the invention relates to a device for connecting panels of an elevator car, wherein the panels are connected to one another at the end by means of at least one connecting element.
• Patent EP 0 997 424 B1 discloses a system for connecting wall lamellae of an elevator car. One arranged on a first wall plate
• Connecting device consists of a holding element and a clamping element.
• a Verriegelungsöffhung On a second wall plate a Verriegelungsöffhung is provided which have two circular areas with larger diameters and between the circular areas a rectangular area with a smaller width than the larger diameter.
• the holding element is firmly connected by means of a rivet connection with the first wall plate, wherein a rivet head presses the cylindrical holding element against the first wall plate.
• Clamping element comprises the cylindrical support member and is slidable in the direction of the rivet axis, on the one hand the first wall plate and on the other hand a shoulder of the
• Holding element limit the sliding path.
• a spring element is provided, which presses the clamping element against the first wall plate.
• the second wall lamella is slipped over the clamping element at a circular area of the locking opening and then moved along the first wall lamella until the rectangular area of the locking opening at the conical end of the clamping element pushes the clamping element against the spring force of the spring element against the shoulder of the clamping element Holding element presses.
• the invention as characterized in claim 1 solves the problem, a
• each wall panel of an elevator car On the front side of each wall panel is a Verriegelungsöffhung in the form of a vertically extending slot provided, which has a tapered region at one end.
• the slot In the case of the first wall panel, the slot is narrower or tapered at the lower end, while at the second wall panel the slot is narrower or tapered at the upper end.
• a connector is insertable into the slot of the first wall panel and movable down the slot in the tapered area.
• the first wall panel In the tapered region of the slot, the first wall panel extends into a tapered region of the connecting element, wherein a first spring of the connecting element extends to the first
• Wall panel pushes and releasably connects the connecting element with the first wall panel.
• the second wall panel is slipped over the connecting element at its slot and moved downwards along the connecting element.
• the tapered region of the slot of the second wall panel extends into the tapered region of the connecting element and up to the first spring of the first connecting element.
• a second spring of the connecting element presses on the second wall panel and connects it to the connecting element and the first wall panel.
• Wall panels with deviations in the sheet thickness caused by manufacturing tolerances can be connected to the above-mentioned connecting element.
• the first and second spring compensate for the deviations and guarantee a firm connection between the wall panels. If a wall panel having a larger sheet thickness is used, in the tapered portion of the slot, for example, the sheet will be thinned by embossing to allow the wall panels to fit in the tapered portion and under the springs of the connector.
• the position of the connecting element in the vertical direction is predetermined by the lower end of the tapered portion of the slot of the first wall panel.
• the connecting element is at the lower end of the tapered region and is so precisely positioned on the first wall panel.
• the position of the second wall panel in the vertical direction is predetermined by the upper end of the connecting element.
• the second wall panel abuts the upper end of the connecting element and is thus positioned precisely relative to the connecting element.
• the second wall panel is still movable counter to its sliding direction for fine positioning.
• FIG. 1 shows an elevator car 1 consisting of a floor frame with bottom 3, walls 4 forming wall panels 5, a ceiling 6 and a cabin entrance 7. Not shown are the entrance doors and the bottom frame 2 supporting support frame.
• 2 shows a first wall panel 5.1 and a second wall panel 5.2 of the elevator car 1.
• the first wall panel 5.1 has a first fold 5.11, which forms a first end face 5.12.
• the second wall panel 5.2 has a second turn 5.21, which forms a second end face 5.22.
• the wall panels 5.1, 5.2 are connected at their narrow side SCH with the bottom frame 2 and along the panel height H at least once at the end faces 5.12, 5.22 with each other.
• a designated A section is explained in more detail in Figures 3 to 5.
• FIG. 3 shows a horizontal section along the line B-B of FIG. 2.
• the first turn 5.11 of the first wall panel 5.1 forms the first end face 5.12 of the first wall panel 5.1.
• the second turn 5.21 of the second wall panel 5.2 forms the second end face 5.22 of the second
• Wall panels 5.2 The first wall panel 5.1 is connected by means of a connecting element 8 with the second wall panel 5.2, wherein the first fold 5.11 and the second fold 5.21 lie on each other.
• the frontally interconnected wall panels 5.1, 5.2 form on a passenger side 9 of the elevator car 1 a flat surface, wherein the two transom 5.11, 5.21 and the connecting element 8 are arranged on an outer side 10 of the elevator car 1.
• a connecting element 8 is integrally formed and is made for example of plastic by means of an injection molding process. Details of the one-piece connecting element 8 are shown in Fig. 5. The basic mode of operation of the connecting element 8 is explained in FIG. 4 and FIG. 6 to FIG. 9 on the basis of a multi-part connecting element 8.
• Fig. 4 shows the detail A of Fig. 2, wherein the wall panels 5.1, 5.2 connecting, multi-piece connecting element 8 is cut in the vertical direction, wherein the
• Connecting element 8 consists of a connecting body, a spring element and a screw.
• the connecting element 8 consists of a foot 8.1 and a top 8.2. Foot 8.1 and upper part 8.2 form an integral connecting body, wherein the foot 8.1 has a directed against the upper part stamp 8.11.
• a first spring element 8.3 and a second spring element 8.4 form a one-piece spring body 8.5, which is pressed centrally by means of the punch 8.11 and by means of a screw 8.6 against the upper part 8.2.
• the spring body 8.5 is made for example of a spring steel sheet.
• the first spring element 8.3 is supported on
• the foot 8.1 serves as an abutment and is supported on the other side of the 5.11.
• the second spring element 8.4 is supported at the top 8.2 and on the one side of the second umb 5.21. The other side of the second turn 5.21 presses on one side of the first turn 5.11.
• FIG. 5 and 5a show an alternative embodiment of a one-piece connecting element 8 for connecting the first wall panel 5.1 to the second wall panel 5.2.
• the connecting element 8 of Fig. 5, 5 a made of a casting and is made for example of plastic by means of an injection molding process.
• the one-piece connecting element 8 has a low weight and is as
• Spring element 8.4 form the spring body 8.5, which is part of the upper part 8.2 and performs the same function as the spring body 8.5 of FIG. 4th
• FIG. 6 to 9 show the assembly of the multi-piece connecting element 8 for connecting the first wall panel 5.1 with the second wall panel 5.2.
• the assembly of the one-piece connecting element 8 is substantially identical to the assembly of the multi-piece connecting element eighth
• the first wall panel 5.1 shows the first wall panel 5.1 with a first slot 11 on the first turn 5.1.
• the first slot 11 has a wide area 11.1 and a narrow or tapered area 1.2.
• the narrow slot 1 1.2 is directed downwards.
• Connecting element 8 is less wide than the wide range 1 1.1 of the first slot 1 1 and wider than the narrow portion 1 1.2 of the first slot 1 1.
• a first arrow PI symbolizes the movement for tool-free mounting of the connecting element 8 on the first turn 5.1 1 of the first Wall panels 5.1.
• the connecting element 8 is handled purely manually during assembly, wherein the upper part 8.2 of the connecting element 8 serves as a mounting handle, which is held for example by means of thumb and forefinger.
• Connecting element 8 is introduced to a tapered portion 8.7 of the upper part 8.2 with a horizontal movement in the wide range 1 1.1 of the slot. Thereafter, the connecting element 8 at the tapered portion 8.7 of the upper part 8.2 with a vertical
• Fig. 7 shows how the second turn 5.21 of the second wall panel 5.2 on the
• Connecting element 8 is slipped.
• a second slot 12 is provided with a wide area 12.1 and a narrow or a tapered area 12.2, the narrow area 12.2 of the second slot 12 being directed upwards.
• a second arrow P2 symbolizes the movement for putting the second turn 5.12 over the connecting element 8.
• FIG. 8 shows the second fold 5.21 put over the connecting element 8.
• the first flap 5.11 and the second flap 5.21 are now close together.
• a third arrow P3 symbolizes the movement for connecting the second turn 5.21 with the
• the narrow portion 12.2 of the second slot 12 slides over the tapered portion 8.7 of the upper 8.2 to the upper end of the narrow portion 12.2 of the second slot 12 at a second stop 8.13 of the tapered portion 8.7 of the connecting element eighth pending.
• the narrow region 12.2 of the second slot 12 extends to the front of the first spring element 8.3 as shown in Figures 4 and 5.
• the second spring element 8.4 is supported on the upper part 8.2 and on the one side of the second Umbugs 5.21.
• the other side of the second turn 5.21 presses on one side of the first turn 5.11.
• FIG. 9 shows the finished connection between the first turn 5.11 and the second turn 5.21.
• the connecting element 8 is neither visible nor accessible from the passenger side 9. For cabin passengers there is no outgoing from the connector
• FIG. 10 shows how the first slot 11 and the second slot 12 in the ready-made compound according to FIG. 9 are superimposed.
• the slots 11, 12 are shown pushed apart along the lines LI, L2.
• FIG. 10 shows a first contact surface AI or a first contact zone of the first spring element 8.3 on the first turn 5.11 and a second contact surface A2 or a second contact zone of the second spring element 8.4 on the second turn 5.21.
• the first spring element 8.3 extends through the wide region 12.1 of the second slot 12 and presses on the first contact surface AI on the first fold 5.11.
• the second spring element 8.4 presses on the second support surface A2 on the second turn 5.21.
• the first slot 11 and the second slot 12 are dimensioned.
• the mass can change depending on the load and the sheet thickness of the wall panels 5.1, 5.2.
• the upper part 8.2 of the connecting element 8 is a few tenths of a mm narrower than bl 1 or b21.
• the tapered area 8.7 of Link element 8 is a few tenths of a millimeter narrower than b 12 and b22, respectively.
• the tapered portion 8.7 extends from the first stop 8.12 to the second stop 8.13 and corresponds to about 112.
• the spring body 8.5 is designed for a certain material thickness of the wall panels 5.1, 5.2.
• a certain spring body 8.5 fits wall panels 5.1, 5.2 with a specific sheet thickness, for example 1.25 mm. Too small a sheet thickness or too large a sheet thickness
• Figures 1 1 and 12 show how a wall panel is connected to a too large wall thickness.
• the second wall panel 5.2 has a wall thickness that is too large by the thickness D1. So that the second spring element 8.4 works correctly despite the excessive wall thickness of the second loop 5.21, the second turn 5.21 is made thinner about the narrow area 12.2 of the second slot 12 by the thickness D 1, for example by embossing, forging or milling, and then has a thickness of D2.
• the edited fold area is labeled UB.
• Fig. 12 shows the thicknesses D 1, D 2 and is a section along the line C-C of Fig. 1 1.
• connection for wall panels can also be used for ceiling panels or

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