US 11,873,190 B2
System for conveying passengers, method for optimizing the operation of a system for conveying passengers
Philippe Henneau, Zürich (CH); Amos Schaub, Wettingen (CH); and Kurt Heinz, Buchs (CH)
Assigned to INVENTIO AG, Hergiswil (CH)
Appl. No. 17/250,524
Filed by Inventio AG, Hergiswil (CH)
PCT Filed Sep. 18, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/075044
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 1, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/058349, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 18195259 (EP), filed on Sep. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0300721 A1, Sep. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. B66B 1/30 (2006.01); B66B 5/00 (2006.01); B66B 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC B66B 1/302 (2013.01) [B66B 5/0037 (2013.01); B66B 25/003 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for conveying passengers, the system including a passenger conveyance installation being one of an elevator, an escalator and a moving walkway in a building, and the system including a first control device for controlling the passenger conveyance installation, the system comprising:
a main energy supply in the building for supplying the passenger conveyance installation with electrical energy;
a main switch for disconnecting the passenger conveyance installation from the main energy supply, wherein the main switch is arranged in the building and has an input side and an output side, wherein the input side is connected to the main energy supply and the output side is connected to the passenger conveyance installation;
a measuring device having a sensor for measuring an electrical parameter;
a converter having a direct current side and an alternating current side;
an energy store electrically connected to the direct current side of the converter;
a second control device for controlling the converter, wherein the second control device is different from the first control device; and
wherein the sensor is at least one of electrically and electromagnetically connected to the main energy supply at the input side of the main switch and the alternating current side of the converter is electrically connected to the main energy supply.