Abstract: A running system for an elevator comprises a car, running rails, and a driving mechanism, the car is moved on the running rails by means of the driving mechanism, and the running system does not comprise a traction part. In a multi-car elevator running system; the running system is provided with a plurality of cars and at least two set of running rails, and each set of running rails can be used for the movement of the cars; the running system is further provided with at least one switching mechanism and driving mechanism, the car is moved on the running rails by means of the driving mechanism, different running rails are connected by means of the switching mechanism, and the car is switched to the different running rails by means of the switching mechanism.

Abstract: An elevator cabin seal for an elevator is described. The elevator cabin seal includes a plate having a plate interior surface, a seal member, and a plurality of adjustment members. The seal member has a seal member interior surface and a seal member top surface contiguous with the seal member interior surface. The seal member top surface is coupled to the plate interior surface. Each adjustment member of the plurality of adjustment members is coupled to the plate interior surface and contacts the seal member interior surface to exert an adjustable force against the seal member interior surface.

Abstract: An elevator guide rail installation bracket and installation method thereof, a positioning tooling, a bracket adjustment tooling, and an elevator system. The elevator guide rail installation bracket includes a guide rail bracket having a guide rail installation surface and a first adjustment surface that form a bend, a fixed guide rail installation position is provided on the guide rail installation surface; and a hoistway bracket having a hoistway installation surface and a second adjustment surface that form a bend; the first adjustment surface is adjustably connected to the second adjustment surface to adjust the relative position between the guide rail installation surface and the hoistway installation surface.

Abstract: A safety brake system for use in a conveyance system is provided. The safety brake system includes a guide rail and a conveyance component moveable along the guide rail. The safety brake system comprises: a safety brake moveable between a non-braking position where the safety brake is not in engagement with the guide rail and a braking position where the safety brake is engaged with the guide rail; a linkage mechanism; and an actuator for the safety brake. The actuator is configured to be mounted to the conveyance component. The actuator comprises an electromagnet switchable between a first state and a second state; and an actuation component configured to move relative to the electromagnet from a first position when the electromagnet is in the first state to a second position when the electromagnet is in the second state.

Abstract: The invention relates to an overspeed governor for a lifting gear comprising a sheave driven by a overspeed governor cable and a brake for braking the sheave, wherein the brake comprises at least one eccentric piece, mounted on the sheave in a pivoting manner, wherein the eccentric piece is mounted on a first centrifugal weight in a pivoting manner and mounted on a second centrifugal weight in a pivoting manner, wherein, in the event of a displacement of the first and second centrifugal weights due to centrifugal force, the first and the second centrifugal weights pivot the eccentric piece, the brake comprising a reset unit having a spring system which pulls the centrifugal weights in the direction of the undeflected position thereof, wherein the spring system has a first spring constant up to a switching speed, the spring system has a second spring constant from the electric switching speed of the sheave and the second spring constant is greater than the first spring constant.

Abstract: A yoke assembly for suspending an elevator car or a counterweight in a shaft of an elevator has a yoke adapted to be mechanically coupled to the elevator car or the counterweight. The yoke has a height with respect to a height axis and a length with respect to a longitudinal axis orthogonal to the height axis; a pulley for suspending the yoke, wherein the pulley has a diameter equal to or less than the height of the yoke and is attached to the yoke so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation whose position with respect to the height axis is such that the pulley does not protrude beyond the yoke in either direction of the height axis; wherein, when the yoke is suspended in the shaft, the height axis is a vertical axis and the axis of rotation is a horizontal axis.

Abstract: An elevator system includes an elevator car movable in an elevator shaft, a suspension means extending in the elevator shaft, a drive machine associated with the suspension means and a controllable coupling device arranged on the elevator car. The suspension means has a coupling element that the coupling device can be coupled to and uncoupled from, as a result of which a drive connection between the elevator car and the suspension means can be established and released. The elevator system has a guide system guiding the coupling element during a movement in the elevator shaft. The guide system has a guide that is stationary relative to the elevator shaft and a runner that is connected to the coupling element via a connection and is guided along the guide. The connection between the coupling element and the runner enables a relative movement between the runner and coupling element.

Abstract: Embodiments of an elevator mounting assembly are provided. The elevator mounting assembly includes an elevator wall panel that is coupled to an elevator car wall by a hanger, specifically a side mount hanger. The hanger includes a lower wall that is spaced laterally apart from the elevator wall panel. At least a portion of the lower wall is in lateral alignment with the elevator wall panel. An intermediate wall extends from the lower wall in a direction toward the elevator car wall. Further, an upper wall extends from the intermediate wall, such that the upper wall is positioned nearer than the lower wall to the elevator car wall. The upper wall is coupled to the elevator car wall at a location above the elevator wall panel. Additionally, an elevator ceiling panel is coupled to the lower wall. In specific embodiments, the upper wall includes a plurality of wall mounting channels.

Abstract: An elevator car (2, 2?), includes a first safety brake (8, 8?), including a first electronic safety actuator (512, 612), the first safety brake (8, 8?) positioned on a first side of the elevator car (2, 2?) at a first height (20, 20?); and a second safety brake (10, 10?), including a second electronic safety actuator (512, 612), the second safety brake (10, 10?) positioned on a second side of the elevator car (2, 2?) at a second height (22, 22?); the first height is different to the second height.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of aerial work machines, in particular to a scissor aerial work platform and a scissor lifting assembly thereof. The scissor lifting assembly includes a scissor frame, a lifting mechanism and a weighing mechanism. A rotary connecting rod transversely penetrates through the scissor frame, and can rotate around its central axis; the lifting mechanism includes a drive base and a push rod extending out of the drive base; a lower end of the drive base is rotationally connected with the scissor frame, and a rotary sleeve is fixed to an extending-out top end of the push rod and fixed to a periphery of the rotary connecting rod in a sleeving manner; and the weighing mechanism is arranged on the rotary sleeve and the rotary connecting rod, and can measure a bearing capacity of the rotary connecting rod.

Abstract: A governor assembly and an elevator. The governor assembly includes: a body equipping with a trigger wheel and a guide wheel, the trigger wheel and the guide wheel being arranged to be rotatable relative to the body; a guide member extending around the trigger wheel and the guide wheel in sequence; and wherein the cross section of the guide member has a first dimension in the direction facing the trigger wheel or the guide wheel, and has a second dimension in the radial direction of the trigger wheel or the guide wheel, and wherein the first dimension is larger than the second dimension.

Abstract: A modular elevator assembly and a guide rail. The modular elevator assembly includes: a bottom module; a top module; at least one intermediate module being configured to be removably stacked between the bottom module and the top module; and wherein each of the bottom module, the top module and the intermediate module includes a plurality of guide rails, and the cross section of the guide rail includes: a first section extending along a length direction of the guide rail; a second section extending in parallel to the first section and being attached to the first section; and a transition portion connecting between the first section and the second section and being configured to provide a cross-sectional profile that transits between the first section and the second section; and wherein the guide rail further includes a connection structure, the connection structure is configured to connect the guide rails.

Abstract: A novel elevator door interlock assembly configured for use in an elevator having a swing door is provided. The elevator door interlock further configured to enable use of the elevator and disable use of the elevator. The novel elevator door interlock including a mounting plate configured for attachment to a surface of a swing door frame. An interlock module is attached to the mounting plate and configured to facilitate locking and unlocking of the swing door. A latch bracket is attached to the swing door and configured for insertion into a cavity formed within the interlock module. The combination of the mounting plate and the interlock module have a maximum thickness of 0.75 inches.

Abstract: An elevator car door control system includes a clutch and an interlock assembly. The clutch may include a stationary base and a slidable base movably attached to the stationary base. The stationary base may be adapted for attachment to a car door of an elevator car. The interlock assembly may include a locking arm operatively connected to the slidable base of the clutch and moveable from a locked position preventing translation relative to the elevator car to an unlocked position. When the car door is in a closed position, a door opening sequence may commence causing the slidable base to move relative to the car door, but the car door will only open if the slidable base presses against an object, such as a roller on a hoistway door, in which case the locking arm of the interlock assembly moves from the locked to the unlocked position.

Abstract: The portable transport apparatus is a mechanical structure. The portable transport apparatus forms a ramp. The portable transport apparatus is a portable structure. The portable transport apparatus is a temporary structure. The portable transport apparatus transports cargo between a first horizontal surface and a second horizontal surface. By unaligned is meant that the elevation of the first horizontal surface is different from the elevation of the second horizontal surface. The portable transport apparatus is an electrically powered device. The portable transport apparatus converts electrical energy into mechanical energy used to change the elevation of the cargo between the first horizontal surface and the second horizontal surface.

Abstract: An illustrative example elevator door interlock includes at least one coupling roller supported on a base. A lock is configured to move relative to the base and the at least one coupling roller between a locking position and an unlocked position. An unlocking roller supported on the lock is situated to be moved by a vane of an elevator door coupler to move the lock into the unlocked position prior to the vane contacting the coupling roller. The elevator door interlock is compatible with a clamping type elevator door coupler and an expanding type elevator door coupler. The coupling roller is situated to be received between two vanes of the clamping type elevator door coupler or received against one of two vanes of the expanding type elevator door coupler.

Abstract: An illustrative example embodiment of an elevator governor includes a rotatable governor mechanism, a tension sheave, and a tension frame associated with the tension sheave. The tension frame has a mass configured to bias the tension frame and the tension sheave under an influence of gravity. A damper is configured to resist vertical movement of the tension frame relative to a fixed surface in a first condition and to allow vertical movement of the tension frame relative to the fixed surface in a second, different condition.

Abstract: A knockdown, portable lift is relatively compact and lightweight for transport and use where there is no existing means for lifting a load between a lower surface and an upper surface or where the existing means cannot be used. Components of the lift are stored in a base portion of the lift and are assembled on site for forming a lift frame extending between the upper and lower surfaces. A platform and drive assembly are supported on the lift frame and are driven together up and down tracks on each side of the lift frame using a rotary drive, such as a hand crank or electric motor, to power the drive assembly. The drive assembly is operable by a person on or off the platform from either the upper or lower surface or traversing stairs over which the platform is moving. The drive assembly incorporates a unique overspeed braking system and a unique clutch arrangement.

Abstract: An elevator door interlock assembly and an elevator system. The elevator door interlock assembly includes: a first base plate on which a common rotating shaft is arranged; a first hanging wheel, which is pivotally connected to the first base plate through the common rotating shaft and guides the first base plate to reciprocate in an opening and closing direction of an elevator door; and a first lock arm, a middle part of which is pivotally connected to the first base plate through the common rotating shaft, so as to rotate between a locked position and a released position when the elevator door is closed.

Abstract: An electronic actuator for an elevator safety brake system, the actuator having: an electromagnet assembly; and a first magnet assembly configured for being retracted from engagement with a rail depending on an energized state of the electromagnet assembly, the first magnet assembly including: blocks spaced apart from each other, respectively defining block bodies, and elongated block legs respectively extending aft from the block bodies; and a first magnet is disposed between the block bodies; wherein the electromagnet assembly includes: a core that defines: a core body extending between core ends that are spaced apart from each other; and core stub legs respectively extending forward from the core ends that are positioned adjacent to the elongated block legs when the first magnet assembly is retracted; and a coil winding wound about bobbins that are placed over the core body, the elongated block legs are longer than the core stub legs.