HOLDER FOR AN ELEVATOR DOOR PROTECTION ELEMENT

摘要

An elevator door protection assembly (26) includes a holder device (30) that holds at least one door protection element (42) such as an emitter or a receiver in a desired alignment. The holder device (30) has a housing (32) that establishes a recess (34) within which the door protection element (42) is at least partially received. An example recess (34) includes a deformable surface (36) that deforms to accommodate irregularities, for example, in an exterior surface of the door protection element (42). The deformable surface (36) allows for automatically aligning the door protection element (42) into a desired position even when surface irregularities on that element exist in a disclosed example, the; deformable surface (36) also serves as a baffle to limit stray radiation. A disclosed example includes a plurality of extensions (38) that are flexible and accommodate the door protection element. A disclosed example supports door protection elements to establish a two-dimensional field of vision and a three-dimension field of vision.