Patent ID: 7921970
Filing Date: 2011-04-12
Classification: B66B

Abstract:
1. A sealing device for an elevator door, comprising: a doorway member provided for a gate of an elevator; a door provided adjacent to the doorway member and opening or closing with respect to the doorway member; a movable member provided horizontally in the doorway member and movably in a vertical direction and urged elastically upwards by an urging unit; a push-down mechanism configured to push the movable member downwards against the urging unit just before the door is closed while the door is moved in a closing direction; and a sealing mechanism configured to maintain a non-contact state with respect to the door while the door is moving, and to seal a gap between the door and the doorway member when the sealing mechanism is brought into contact with both an upper portion of the door and the doorway member as the movable member is pushed down by the push-down mechanism, the sealing mechanism includes a belt seal member provided horizontally in the doorway member and made of an elastic member, a lower edge of the seal member is fixed to the doorway member; and the seal member is bent to come into contact with the upper portion of the door to seal the gap between the door and the doorway member being urged by the movable member when the movable member is pushed down by the push-down mechanism.