Patent ID: 11932515
Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. An elevator tension member monitor, comprising:
a two-dimensional laser profile scanner configured to scan a portion of an elevator tension member that is in view of a profile scanning laser line emitted by the two-dimensional laser profile scanner, wherein
the elevator tension member has a surface facing the two-dimensional laser profile scanner,
the profile scanning laser line is configured to scan a surface profile of the surface of the elevator tension member facing the two-dimensional laser profile scanner, and
the two-dimensional laser profile scanner provides an output corresponding to the surface profile of the surface of the elevator tension member facing the two-dimensional laser profile scanner; and

a processor that receives the output from the two-dimensional laser profile scanner and determines whether there are any anomalies in the surface profile of the elevator tension member, the processor reporting any determined anomaly in the surface profile of the elevator tension member.