Patent ID: 6786305
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: B66B,Y10S

Abstract:
A double-deck elevator comprising:a car support frame; a winch for vertically moving the car support frame; a first car supported on the car support frame and provided with a door; a second car supported on the car support frame and provided with a door; a car space adjusting device mounted on the car support frame and capable of adjusting a space between the first and the second car according to a floor height difference between two adjacent floors, to which the first and the second cars are to be landed; and an emergency operation controller that monitors a condition of the car space adjusting device and, when the car space adjusting device is unable to operate normally, operates the winch in order to move the car support frame vertically such that the first car and the second car are located at positions corresponding to a first floor and a second floor, to which the first and the second cars are able to be landed, respectively, and opens and closes the doors of the first and the second cars, according to at least one predetermined operating procedure.