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

Claim 10:
11. A method of monitoring an elevator tension member, the method comprising:
situating a two-dimensional laser profile scanner in a position to scan at least a portion of at least one elevator tension member that is in view of a profile scanning laser line emitted by the two-dimensional laser profile scanner, wherein the portion of the at least one elevator tension member has a surface facing the two-dimensional laser profile scanner, and wherein the profile scanning laser line scans the surface;
detecting a surface profile of the surface of the at least one elevator tension member that faces the two-dimensional laser profile scanner with a profile scanning laser line emitted by the two-dimensional laser profile scanner to provide a detected surface profile of the surface facing the two-dimensional laser profile scanner;
determining whether the detected surface profile includes any anomalies; and
reporting an indication of at least one portion of the elevator tension member that includes an anomaly.