This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201922103765.9, filed Nov. 29, 2019, and all the benefits accruing therefrom under 35 U.S.C. § 119, the contents of which in its entirety are herein incorporated by reference.
The utility model relates to the technical field of elevators, and particularly to an elevator guiding device and an elevator system comprising the elevator guiding device.
Elevators have received wide application in modern society and can bring great convenience to people's work and daily life. Although various types of elevator devices, apparatuses or systems have already been provided in the prior art to meet people's various different application needs, these existing elevator products still have some drawbacks and shortcomings in aspects such as structural configuration, installation and use, work performance, manufacturing cost, safety and reliability. For example, for existing elevator guiding devices that provide guidance for elevator cars, further structural improvements and optimizations can be made.
In view of the foregoing, the utility model provides an elevator guiding device and an elevator system including the elevator guiding device, so as to resolve or at least alleviate one or more of the problems described above as well as problems of other aspects existing in the prior art.
Firstly, according to a first aspect of the utility model, an elevator guiding device is provided, which is configured to be installed on an elevator car and includes: a biased member; and a guiding and contacting member connected to the biased member and arranged to contact an elevator guiding rail when the elevator car is running in an unbalanced loaded state along the elevator guiding rail and cause the biased member to be biased, for guiding a running trajectory of the elevator car; wherein the elevator guiding device further comprises a connection member connected to the biased member and having an elastic member and a stop member, the elastic member is arranged to provide a pre-tightening force between the biased member and the connection member and provide a resistance force when the biased member is biased, and the stop member is arranged to stop the biased member when the biased member is biased to a preset position.
In the elevator guiding device according to the utility model, optionally, the elastic member and the stop member are a spring and an annular sleeve sleeved over the connection member respectively, and the end of the annular sleeve facing the biasing part is spaced apart from the biased member by a preset distance.
In the elevator guiding device according to the utility model, optionally, the spring is a coil spring, and an outer diameter of the annular sleeve is smaller than an inner diameter of the coil spring.
In the elevator guiding device according to the utility model, optionally, the stop member is a protrusion provided along a circumferential direction on at least a part of an outer surface of the connection member, and the protrusion is configured not to interfere with the elastic member and the end of the protrusion facing the biased member is spaced apart from the biased member by a preset distance.
In the elevator guiding device according to the utility model, optionally, the connection member is a bolt with a nut installed at an end, and the respective ends of the elastic member and the stop member facing the nut both abut against the nut.
In the elevator guiding device according to the utility model, optionally, the biased member is installed on the top, side and/or bottom of the elevator car.
In the elevator guiding device according to the utility model, optionally, the elevator guiding device further includes a bracket installed on the top, side and/or bottom of the elevator car, and the biased member is installed on the bracket.
In the elevator guiding device according to the utility model, optionally, the connection member and the elastic member are made of a metal material, and the stop member is made of an elastic material.
In the elevator guiding device according to the utility model, optionally, the biased member has a first end, and a second end fixed relative to the elevator car, the guiding and contacting member is a roller rotatably installed on the biased member and located between the first end and the second end, the biased member is arranged to be pivotable around a fixed point of the second end on the elevator car after the roller contacts the elevator guiding rail, and the connection member is installed at the first end of the biased member.
In addition, according to a second aspect of the utility model, an elevator system is also provided, which includes: an elevator guiding rail; an elevator car running along the elevator guiding rail; and one or more elevator guiding devices as described in any one of the above, which are installed on the elevator car.
From the following detailed description combined with the accompanying drawings, the principles, features, characteristics and advantages of various technical solutions according to the utility model will be clearly understood. For example, the elevator guiding device according to the utility model has a compact structure and is easy to install, manufacture and maintain. The use of the utility model can effectively reduce the number of components in the elevator guiding device, optimize spatial layout of the system, and reduce product costs, while providing good work performance and providing sufficient guarantee for the safe and reliable operation of the elevator.
The technical solutions of the utility model will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. However, it should be understood that these drawings are designed merely for the purpose of explanation and only intended to conceptually illustrate the structural configurations described herein, and are not required to be drawn to scale.
First, it should be noted that the structural components, arrangements, characteristics, advantages and the like of the elevator guiding device and the elevator system comprising the elevator guiding device according to the utility model will be described below by way of example. However, all the descriptions should not be understood as limiting the utility model in any way. Herein, the technical term “connect (or connected, etc.)” covers situations where a component is directly connected to another component and/or indirectly connected to another component.
In addition, for any single technical feature described or implied in the embodiments mentioned herein or any single technical feature shown or implied in individual drawings, the utility model still allows for any combination or deletion of these technical features (or equivalents thereof) without any technical obstacle. Therefore, it should be considered that these more embodiments according to the utility model are also within the scope of the description of this document. In addition, for the sake of brevity, general items already known to those skilled in the art will not be repeated herein.
Specifically, the biased member 1 is arranged to have a first end 11 and a second end 12. For example, the second end 12 may be fixed to an elevator car 200 by any feasible connection means 7 such as a connection member 7 (such as bolts, screws, pins, etc.), welding and the like. For example, the second end 12 may be fixed to a suitable position such as a crosshead on the top of the elevator car 200, so that the second end 12 of the biased member 1 can be fixed relative to the elevator car 200. In addition, the guiding and contacting member 2 in the form of a roller may be installed between the first end 11 and the second end 12 of the biased member 1. For example, the guiding and contacting member 2 may be installed to the biased member 1 by connection means such as a connection member 8 (such as bolts, screws, pins, etc.), welding and the like.
Reference is made to
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With continued reference to
As far as the stop member 5 is concerned, as an example, when the elevator car 200 has a relatively serious unbalanced load condition when for example running along the elevator guiding rail 300, a relatively large force F will be generated between the guiding and contacting member 2 of the elevator guiding device 100 and the elevator guiding rail 300 at this point, which will cause the biased member 1 to produce a larger pivoting angle when biased. Once the above-mentioned pivoting angle is too large, it is very easy to cause obvious swaying of the elevator car 200, or even turning over, which will bring very unfavorable safety risks to personal safety, equipment, and property. In this case, through the stop member 5 provided on the connection member 3, the biased member 1 can be stopped once it reaches a preset position, thereby restricting the further movement of the biased member 1, and therefore effectively realizing safety protection and other functions. It can be understood that the above-mentioned preset position may be flexibly set and adjusted according to various different requirements in practical applications, and more descriptions will be given below in conjunction with specific structural examples.
As an example, in an optional situation, the above-mentioned elastic member 4 may be easily realized in many types of spring forms such as coil springs and disc springs. For example, a coil spring that meets actual application requirements can be directly sleeved over the connection member 3 so as to be used as the elastic member 4. After the elastic member 4 has been assembled to the connection member 3, it can provide a pre-tightening force between the biased member 1 and the connection member 3. Generally, the elastic member 4 may be made of any suitable metal material, such as steel, stainless steel, metal alloy and the like, so as to provide working performances that meet specific application requirements, such as sufficient strength, rigidity and/or corrosion resistance.
With combined reference to
F1=F2*(R1/R1) (1)
d1=d2/(R2/R1) (2)
K_eq=K_spring*(d2/d1)2 (3).
From the above, it can be known that when R2≥R1, the actual equivalent stiffness K_eq of the elastic member 4 will be a multiple of its own initial stiffness K_spring, which means that when the connection member 3 with the elastic member 4 is arranged in the above manner, the stiffness of the elastic member 4 can be effectively amplified, thereby providing a more optimized solution. For example, an elastic member with a relatively small stiffness can be selected under the premise of meeting application requirements, which is more advantageous for promoting the formation of a highly compact spatial layout. Regarding the above very advantageous optional arrangement of the connection member 3 with the elastic member 4, it has been adopted in the embodiment shown in
In addition, for the above-mentioned stop member 5, it can optionally be in the form of an annular sleeve, which is sleeved over the connection member 3. As shown in
As another example, the stop member 5 is also allowed to be directly arranged on the outer surface of the connection member 3 for example by means of casting, machining, welding and the like in the utility model. For example, a protrusion may be formed on at least a part of the outer surface of the connection member 3 along the circumferential direction thereof, and the function of the stop member 5 described above is realized by such a protrusion. Similarly, the above-mentioned protrusion on the connection member 3 will be configured not to interfere with the elastic member 4, and its end facing the biased member 1 may also be arranged to be at a preset distance S from the biased member 1. In the above optional situations, the stop member 5 can be made of a metal material, and the metal material may be the same as or different from the metal material used in the connection member 3.
In practical applications, the connection member 3 can be designed and manufactured separately according to the needs. Of course, a bolt may also be used directly, and one or more nuts 6 may be installed at the end of the bolt to install the elastic member 4 and the stop member 5 on the connection member 3. The respective ends of the elastic member 4 and the stop member 5 may both abut against the nuts 6, which is exemplarily shown in
It should be noted that in different applications, the elevator guiding device according to the utility model may be installed on the top, side and/or bottom of the elevator car. For example, the biased member 1 in the elevator guiding device 100 may be directly installed on the top (for example, it is installed to the crosshead or other parts at the top), side (for example, it is installed to a side frame, etc.) and/or bottom (for example, it is installed to a bottom frame, etc.) of the elevator car 200; alternatively, the elevator guiding device 100 may also be provided with a bracket for installation on the top, side and/or bottom of the elevator car 200, and the biased member 1 is installed to the bracket.
It should be noted that the utility model was described exemplarily only through the embodiment of the elevator guiding device in
In view of the fact that the elevator guiding device according to the utility model has the above-mentioned technical advantages which are obviously superior to the prior art, it is very suitable to be applied to an elevator system so as to overcome the drawbacks and shortcomings existing in the prior art including those described above.
In another technical solution according to the utility model, an elevator system is provided, in which one or more elevator guiding devices designed and provided according to the utility model may be equipped. For example, they can be arranged at any suitable position such as the top, side and/or bottom of the elevator car in the elevator system, so that when the elevator car is running in an unbalanced loaded state along the elevator guiding rail, the elevator guiding device can be used to timely and reliably take corresponding measures to prevent the elevator car from swaying, turning over, etc., so as to effectively improve the comfort and safety of taking the elevator.
The elevator guiding device and the elevator system comprising the elevator guiding device according to the utility model have been elaborated above in detail by way of example only. These examples are merely used to illustrate the principles and embodiments of the utility model, rather than limiting the utility model. Various modifications and improvements can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the utility model. Therefore, all equivalent technical solutions should fall within the scope of the utility model and be defined by the claims of the utility model.
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201922103765.9 | Nov 2019 | CN | national |