摘要 |
<p>A stairlift for conveying a load along a staircase rail (3), comprising a rail, a carriage (5) carried by the rail and moveable along the rail, a carriage drive (41) to drive the carriage along the rail, a load carrier support supporting a load carrier(4), such as a chair or wheelchair platform, which load carrier support (33) is rotatably connected to the carriage to rotate about a horizontal axis (27), a rotation device(26) to rotate the load carrier support relative to the carriage about the horizontal axis, and a control unit (39) 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 (31,32) 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.</p> |