US 12,312,213 B2
Universal console and pit assembly for a rail vehicle of an elevator system, rail system, and method for aligning the rail system
Erich Bütler, Ebikon (CH); Romeo Lo Jacono, Gravesano (CH); and Peter Möri, Rothenburg (CH)
Assigned to INVENTIO AG, Hergiswil (CH)
Appl. No. 17/906,752
Filed by Inventio AG, Hergiswil (CH)
PCT Filed Mar. 22, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/057265
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 20, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/191146, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20166320 (EP), filed on Mar. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0174345 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. B66B 7/02 (2006.01); B66B 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC B66B 7/027 (2013.01) [B66B 19/002 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A universal bracket for a rail system of an elevator installation, the universal bracket comprising:
a positionable and alignable main support being a structural component of the rail system and adapted to be fastened to a wall of an elevator shaft, wherein the main support has an upper chord and a lower chord aligned parallel to the upper chord;
a rail support arranged at an end region of the main support, the rail support protruding away from the wall horizontally into the elevator shaft when the main support is fastened to the wall, a mounting point for mounting a rail of the rail system arranged at an end region of the rail support facing away from the main support;
wherein when the main support is fastened to the wall and the rail is mounted at the mounting point, movable components of the elevator installation are movably guided by the rail during operation of the elevator installation;
wherein the main support has two guides that are inseparably connected to the main support to guide one plumb bob each, and wherein each of the guides is formed as a first notch on an edge of the upper chord and as a second notch on an edge of the lower chord; and
wherein the mounting point and the guides are arranged in fixed positions relative to one another.