Elevator air pressure control device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9017153
APP PUB NO 20100267322A1
SERIAL NO

12741451

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It is an object to ease discomfort feeling caused by ear fullness for passengers of an elevator. An air pressure control device 104 controls an air pressure in an elevator car 102 using an air pressure adjusting device 105 such as a blower, an air compressor, etc. In the air pressure control device 104, a departure/arrival control unit 121 largely changes the air pressure in the elevator car 102 in the first period which is a time zone at the time of departing from a departure floor (or at the time of arriving at an arrival floor), and an except departure/arrival control unit 122 slightly changes the air pressure in the elevator car 102 in the subsequent second period (or in a time period until arrival). By this 2-step air pressure control, the passenger is prompted to clear the ear in a short time T1, the ear fullness is resolved by the ear clearing, and thereafter, the passenger can ascend/descend with the elevator car 102 comfortably until arriving at the arrival floor.

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MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONTOKYO

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Iida, Masaji Tokyo, JP 9 11
Suzuki, Toshiya Tokyo, JP 147 6629
Yamamoto, Keigo Tokyo, JP 7 15

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