Patent ID: 9701516
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: B66B

Claim:
1. An elevator, comprising: an elevator car configured to move in an elevator hoistway; floor landings; and a protective arrangement comprising a protective wall connected to a bottom part of the elevator car, wherein the protective wall can be displaced between a vertical operating position and a retracted position rotated from the vertical operating position, wherein the protective wall forms a wall extending downwards from a bottom edge of a floor landing side of the elevator car in the vertical operating position, wherein the protective arrangement further comprises a lock for preventing the protective wall in the vertical operating position from rotating out of the vertical operating position, wherein the lock comprises at least one movable elongated locking member linearly movable in the direction of the elevator hoistway, which is arranged to be moved between a locking position and a retracted position, wherein in the locking position, the lock prevents the protective wall in the vertical operating position from rotating out of the vertical operating position towards the retracted position, and wherein in the retracted position, the lock allows rotation of the protective wall out of the vertical operating position into the retracted position.