摘要 |
A stairlift for conveying a load along a staircase rail, comprising a rail, a carriage carried by the rail and moveable along the rail, a carriage drive to drive the carriage along the rail, a load carrier support supporting a load carrier, such as a chair or wheelchair platform, which load carrier support is rotatably connected to the carriage to rotate about a horizontal axis, a rotation device to rotate the load carrier support relative to the carriage about the horizontal axis, and a control unit to control the rotation device such that the load carrier support is positioned in a desired orientation relative to a horizontal plane, and wherein the rotation device comprises at least one motor and a first rotator, at least one motor is operatively connected to the load carrier support via the first rotator to cause rotation of the load carrier support relative to the carriage about the horizontal axis. |