Patent Application
20240310865
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The disclosure relates to bezel device and more particularly pertains to a new bezel device for inhibiting an emergency call button in an elevator from being inadvertently engaged. The device includes a bezel that is installed around the emergency call button in the elevator. The bezel has a depth that is sufficient to facilitate the bezel to extend outwardly beyond an exposed surface of the emergency call button. In this way the bezel inhibits the emergency call button from being inadvertently engaged.
The prior art relates to bezel devices including a lockout device for a push button which is pivotally positioned on the push button. The prior art discloses an alarm activation device that includes a compressible dome that is positioned over an alarm button. The prior art discloses a push button device that includes a push button and a bezel surrounding the push button.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising an emergency call button that is integrated into a control panel of an elevator. In this way the emergency call button can be engaged by a user in the event of an emergency. A bezel is provided and the bezel is positioned around the emergency call button. The bezel has a depth that is greater than a thickness of the emergency call button such that the bezel extends outwardly beyond the emergency call button. In this way the bezel inhibits the user from inadvertently engaging the emergency call button by bumping against the emergency call button.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
A bezel 26 is provided which is positioned around the emergency call button 12. The bezel 26 has a depth that is greater than a thickness of the emergency call button 12 such that the bezel 26 extends outwardly beyond the emergency call button 12. In this way the bezel 26 inhibits the user 18 from inadvertently engaging the emergency call button 12 by bumping against the emergency call button 12. Thus, the bezel 26 reduces the occurrence of false calls to emergency responders that can occur with emergency call buttons in elevators that are inadvertently engaged.
The bezel 26 comprises a bezel panel 28 that has a front surface 30 and a back surface 32; the bezel panel 28 has an opening 34 extending through the front surface 30 and the back surface 32 and the opening 34 is centrally positioned on the bezel panel 28. The back surface 32 of the bezel panel 28 is positioned against the forward surface 20 of the mounting panel 22 associated with the emergency call button 12 such that the bezel panel 28 is positioned between the mounting panel 22 and a back side of the control panel 14. Furthermore, the emergency call button 12 extends through the opening 34 in the bezel panel 28.
The bezel 26 includes an annular ring 36 which has a rear edge 38 and a forward edge 40. The rear edge 38 is bonded to the front surface 30 of the bezel panel 28 having the annular ring 36 surrounding the opening 34 in the bezel panel 28 such that the annular ring 36 surrounds the emergency call button 12. A distance between the rear edge 38 and the forward edge 40 is greater than a thickness of the emergency call button 12 such that the forward edge 40 is spaced outwardly beyond an exposed surface 42 of the emergency call button 12. The distance between the rear edge 38 and the forward edge 40 is sufficient to facilitate the forward edge 40 to be spaced at least 6.0 mm beyond the exposed surface 42 of the emergency call button 12. As is most clearly shown in
In use, the control panel 14 is removed from the elevator 16, the existing bezel 26 on the emergency call button 12 is removed and the bezel 26 described in the preceding disclosure is positioned on the mounting panel 22 associated with the emergency call button 12 such that the annular ring 36 surrounds the emergency call button 12. The control panel 14 is replaced such that the bezel 26 is positioned between the mounting panel 22 and the control panel 14 thereby securing the bezel 26 in place. In this way the annular ring 36 extends outwardly beyond the exposed surface 42 of the emergency call button 12 to inhibit the user 18 from inadvertently engaging the emergency call button 12. The bezel 26 described in the preceding disclosure can be installed during the manufacturing process of the elevator 16 such that the bezel 26 described in the preceding disclosure is a factory installed component of the elevator 16.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
