US 11,981,537 B2
Self-climbing elevator arrangement for use during the construction of a building
Otto Lanz, Helsinki (FI); Matti Rasanen, Helsinki (FI); Markku Haapaniemi, Helsinki (FI); Jukka Turpeinen, Helsinki (FI); Anssi Venho, Helsinki (FI); Janne Laine, Helsinki (FI); Janne Mikkonen, Helsinki (FI); Aki Haikonen, Helsinki (FI); Jari Osterman, Helsinki (FI); Jori Hagg, Helsinki (FI); Jorma Mustalahti, Helsinki (FI); and Petri Kere, Helsinki (FI)
Assigned to Kone Corporation, Helsinki (FI)
Filed by Kone Corporation, Helsinki (FI)
Filed on Mar. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/692,549.
Application 17/692,549 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2020/080385, filed on Oct. 29, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19206456 (EP), filed on Oct. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0194744 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. B66B 19/00 (2006.01); B66B 9/00 (2006.01); B66B 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B66B 19/00 (2013.01) [B66B 9/00 (2013.01); B66B 11/0045 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A self-climbing elevator arrangement for use during construction of a building, the self-climbing elevator arrangement comprising:
a self-climbing installation platform including,
two decks including an upper deck and a lower deck, the lower deck being below the upper deck, and each respective deck among the two decks including,
a first guide for supporting the respective deck movably on guide rails, and
a first lock for locking and unlocking the respective deck to the guide rails or to a guide rail fixer,
a lift for moving the two decks along the guide rails in relation to each other, and
at least one power source configured to provide power to the lift, the self-climbing installation platform being configured to climb stepwise along the guide rails by alternatingly performing,
a first operation including locking the first lock of the lower deck while lifting the upper deck with the lift, and
a second operation including locking the first lock of the upper deck while lifting the lower deck with the lift;
a machine room deck below the self-climbing installation platform, the machine room deck being suspended from the self-climbing installation platform, and the machine room deck including,
a second guide for supporting the machine room deck movably on the guide rails, and
a second lock for locking and unlocking the machine room deck to the guide rails or to the guide rail fixer; and
an elevator car positioned below the machine room deck, the elevator car being suspended with hoisting ropes from a traction sheave on the machine room deck, and the elevator car including,
a third guide for supporting the elevator car movably on the guide rails, and
a third lock for locking the elevator car to the guide rails or to the guide rail fixer.