US 12,459,785 B2
Elevator system
Martin Madera, Neuhausen (DE); Ionel Stanica, Bucharest (RO); Mike Obert, Gernsbach (DE); Martin Krieg, Gaggenau (DE); and Sebastian Griesardt, Bietigheim (DE)
Assigned to TK Elevator Innovation and Operations GmbH, Essen (DE)
Appl. No. 17/250,641
Filed by TK Elevator Innovation and Operations GmbH, Essen (DE)
PCT Filed Aug. 8, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/071313
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 15, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/035388, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102018213760.9 (DE), filed on Aug. 15, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0171319 A1, Jun. 10, 2021
Int. Cl. B66B 9/00 (2006.01); B66B 7/02 (2006.01)
CPC B66B 9/003 (2013.01) [B66B 7/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An elevator system, comprising:
a first elevator shaft and a second elevator shaft;
a first vertical guide rail disposed in the first elevator shaft;
a second vertical guide rail disposed in the second elevator shaft;
a plurality of elevator cars movable within the first and second elevator shafts along the respective vertical guide rails;
a repositioning assembly in communication with said first elevator shaft and said second elevator shaft, the repositioning assembly comprising:
a repositioning track extending between the first elevator shaft and the second elevator shaft, and
a repositioning carrier that is movable in a repositioning direction along the repositioning track, and configured to transfer the plurality of elevator cars from a first repositioning position in the first elevator shaft to a second repositioning position in the second elevator shaft; and
an adjusting assembly configured to adjust a position of at least one of the first or second repositioning positions in a direction at least transversely to the repositioning direction,
wherein the repositioning carrier is configured to receive each elevator car in the first repositioning position, move with the elevator car from the first repositioning position to the second repositioning position, and release the elevator car again in the second repositioning position.