Patent ID: 9717933
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: A62B,B66F,E06C

Claim:
1. A rescue elevator system, comprising a rescue ladder having rails on a top side thereof and an elevator comprising a chassis and an elevator cage, configured to accommodate passengers, fixedly mounted on the chassis, the chassis configured to run on the rails up to an end position at a first end of the rescue ladder, the rescue elevator system further comprising an elevator drive comprising a rope and a roller over which the rope is guided to a suspension point of the elevator, wherein the roller is disposed below the rails at or near said first end of the rescue ladder, wherein the suspension point is arranged far enough from a leading end of the elevator that, when the chassis is at the end position, sections of the rope running to and from the roller form an angle smaller than 45°, the leading end being an end of the elevator facing the first end of the rescue ladder, the rescue elevator system further comprising a passage ladder mounted between the rails at a hinge axis perpendicular to an extension direction of the rails, the passage ladder extending towards said first end of the rescue ladder and being pivotable between a flat position in which the passage ladder lies on top of the rope while being substantially parallel to a plane of the rails and an inclined position in which the passage ladder lies on top of the rope while being inclined downwardly towards a bottom side of the rescue ladder opposite to said top side of the rescue ladder, wherein said hinge axis is mounted on the chassis of the elevator.