Abstract: The invention concerns a compact drive device, especially for the translation of elevator booth doors, the speed reducer and motor unit used and the support lintel for the doors of the equipped elevator booth. The compact drive device of elevator booth doors, of the type with translation of the doors (1) with the aid of a belt (3) driven in the doors upper support lintel (5) joined to said doors (1), is characterised in that it includes a flat d.c. electric motor (19) associated with a speed reducer placed adjacent to the motor (19), and a drive pulley (7) of relatively large diameter and adapted to cover at least one portion of the width of the reducer so as to reduce the width of the unit constituted by the back-geared motor (19) and the pulley (7), this back-geared motor (19) and pulley (7) unit being fixed to said upper lintel (5) inside the latter.

Abstract: An elevator system includes an elevator cab having doors that are movable between open and closed positions. A rail is mounted to the cab. At least one roller defines an axis of rotation and is mounted for movement along the rail. The roller is operably connected to the doors to move the doors between open and closed positions. A motor assembly is mounted for movement with the roller along the rail and has an output for providing a rotational driving force to the roller. In one embodiment, the motor drives a planetary drive assembly which drives the roller along the rail and in another embodiment the motor drives a worm gear assembly which drives the roller. Alternatively, a tree-axis torque motor generates a magnetic field that is non-perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the roller, which causes the roller to be driven along the rail.