Patent ID: 9540214
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: B66B

Claim:
1. A drainage system in an elevator installation having an elevator car movable in an elevator shaft, the elevator car having an upper edge extending generally parallel to a first horizontal direction, comprising: a drainage panel arranged on the upper edge of the elevator car at at least one angle of inclination relative to the first horizontal direction, the drainage panel covering an entire roof of the elevator car, wherein drainage surfaces of the drainage panel are bounded by connecting panels arranged generally perpendicular to the first horizontal direction; and the drainage panel being inclined in relation to the first horizontal direction, wherein extinguishing water which falls onto the elevator car is directed from the drainage panel to the upper edge and is drained off along a vertical side of the elevator car adjoining the upper edge toward a shaft wall of the elevator shaft in which shaft doors are arranged, the drainage panel being configured to keep the extinguishing water away from at least one other vertical side of the elevator car.