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Title:
HORIZONTAL ELEVATOR-TYPE SHUTTLE SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH1081232
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To prevent small articles from being dropped on a track when a passenger gets on and off a vehicle through an entrance.

A horizontal elevator-type shuttle system is provided with a vehicle 1 on which an entrance 10 is provided, a blower provided on the vehicle 1 and for forcibly feeding air, an air pad 5 provided on the vehicle 1 and for injecting air toward a track by being expanded after air is forcibly fed from the blower, a tip part 14 of a sill provided on the entrance 10, and a projecting end 15 formed into the approximately same shape as the tip part 14, positioned below the tip part 14, and provided on the track side end of a platform 12 of a station. When forcible feeding of air from the blower to the air pad 5 is stopped, the air pad 5 is deflated and the vehicle 1 is sunk, and the tip part 14 is brought into close contact with the projecting end 15 of the platform 12.


Inventors:
URATA MASAZUMI
TSUBAKI SHIGERU
Application Number:
JP22575396A
Publication Date:
March 31, 1998
Filing Date:
August 28, 1996
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
OTIS ELEVATOR CO
International Classes:
B61B13/08; B61F3/00; (IPC1-7): B61B13/08; B61F3/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Fujiya Shiga (1 person outside)