US 12,330,918 B2
Split unit with reduced headroom assembly for a pneumatic vacuum elevator
Killakathu Ramanathan Babu, Chennai (IN)
Assigned to Killakathu Ramanathan Babu, (IN)
Appl. No. 18/577,299
Filed by Killakathu Ramanathan Babu, Chennai (IN)
PCT Filed Jul. 11, 2022, PCT No. PCT/IB2022/056378
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 8, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/002298, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 26, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 202141032977 (IN), filed on Jul. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0359949 A1, Oct. 31, 2024
Int. Cl. B66B 9/04 (2006.01)
CPC B66B 9/04 (2013.01) 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly 10 for a pneumatic elevator, wherein assembly 10 comprises:
a top cylinder 20 of one or more vertically stacked elevator cylinder 30, wherein the top cylinder 20 comprises:
a control panel box 40 mounted to a chamber unit 50, wherein the chamber unit 50 is inbuilt with a split top plate assembly 60, wherein the chamber unit 50 is operatively coupled to an outer surface of the top cylinder 20 toward a wall 70 of a building, wherein the split top plate assembly 60 comprises:
a split top plate 75 operatively coupled to a top portion of the elevator cylinder 30;
a plurality of support tube 80 operatively coupled to an upper surface of the split top plate 75; and
an air chamber is operatively coupled to a vacuum chamber, wherein the air chamber is configured for air flow between the vacuum chamber and the air chamber, wherein the air chamber comprises:
a top frame 100 of a first pre-defined shape placed along a side frame 110 of a second pre-defined shape into the split top plate 75 to create the air chamber for flowing of compressed air; and
a vertical plate 120 operatively coupled with vacuum chamber to fix the control panel box 40 to the chamber unit 50.