Abstract: A method for operating an elevator system including at least one elevator car for conveying people from a starting stop to a destination stop, wherein a route for conveying the people from the starting stop to the destination stop is determined. In this case, different elevator components of the elevator system are actuated in order to move the at least one elevator car along the determined route, as a result of which actions of these elevator components are triggered. Specific elevator components are selected from amongst these elevator components of the elevator system, and the actions of the selected elevator components are simulated by means of a reproduction apparatus located in the at least one elevator car. The disclosure further relates to an elevator system which is designed for executing a method of this kind.

Abstract: An elevator system may include at least two elevator cars that are movable along a common rail section on a wall. The common rail section may comprise a plurality of rail segments arranged consecutively along a direction of travel of the elevator cars. Furthermore, the rail section may comprise at least one first rotary segment. A first rail segment of the plurality of rail segments may be arranged adjacent to the first rotary segment. The first rail segment may be fixed to the wall via a first fixed bearing such that the first rail segment is fixed in all three directions in space with respect to the wall. The first fixed bearing may be positioned at an end of the first rail segment that faces the first rotary segment.

Abstract: A method for determining a stator current vector for starting a synchronous machine of a drive of a passenger transportation apparatus having a rotor and a stator with a stator winding may involve imposing different stator current vectors with different stator current vector directions on the stator winding over the course of a plurality of current application operations, determining from the different stator current vectors a minimum stator current vector with a minimum stator current vector direction at which a minimum driving torque acting on the rotor is generated in the synchronous machine, determining a starting stator current vector with a starting stator current vector direction from the minimum stator current vector, and imposing the starting stator current vector on the stator winding for starting the synchronous machine.

Abstract: An elevator car may comprise a sliding carriage for moving an elevator car along guide rails of an elevator installation designed as part of a linear motor, a receiving means disposed on the sliding carriage, and a load space with a load space floor that is supported by the receiving means. The load space may be vibration-related decoupled by way of one or more damping elements from the sliding carriage. The elevator car may also comprise a controllable actuating element disposed on the elevator car such that when activated the controllable actuating element enables a relative movement of the load space floor to the sliding carriage.

Abstract: A step chain for driving steps of an escalator may include link plates, chain pins, chain bushes, and buffer rollers that are connected to one another to form chain links, which can be moved in relation to one another. The step chain may also include running rollers disposed outside the chain links. The buffer rollers may each be designed in the form of a multi-component part that comprises at least one inner, dimensionally stable sliding component, by way of which the buffer rollers can be arranged in a rotatable manner, respectively, on the chain bushes, and an outer, damping component that is designed to be more elastically deformable than the sliding component. The step chain may be utilized in a person-conveyor device, such as an escalator or a moving walkway, for example.

Abstract: An elevator may include a brake apparatus such as a safety apparatus or a service brake, for example. The brake apparatus may be designed to generate a stepped braking force for braking an elevator car of the elevator. A plurality of brake cylinder assemblies may be configured so as to supply different braking forces. The brake cylinder assemblies may in some cases include a piston, a spring, and a brake pad. Moreover, a valve assembly may be utilized by one or more of the brake cylinder assemblies. Additional features of the brake apparatus may involve a compressor, a pressure accumulator, a pressure regulating valve.

Abstract: An elevator system having a car which can be moved along an elevator shaft in a direction of travel. The elevator shaft includes a busbar that extends in the direction of the direction of travel. The car comprises a current collector that can be moved between a first position and a second position along a compression direction. In the first position, the current collector is in engagement with the busbar such that there is an electrical connection between the busbar and the current collector. In the second position, the current collector is disengaged from the busbar, such that the electrical connection between the busbar and the current collector is separated.

Abstract: An example elevator system may include at least one elevator cage that is displaceable in an elevator shaft, a connection means that has a first elevator cage-side end and a second end, and a suspension disposed on the elevator cage. The connection means may include, for instance, a balance chain or belt. The first end of the connection means may be fastened to the suspension on the elevator cage. Further, the example elevator system may include a support unit that exerts a force on the suspension that counteracts a force acting on the suspension due to a mass of the connection means. The support unit may include a rope, a deflection roller, and a counterweight, wherein the rope is fastened to the counterweight and the suspension and is guided over the deflection roller.

Abstract: A person-conveying device that connects a first story of a building to a second story of the building may include a supporting framework with a carrier element and an adaptive vibration-damping system. The carrier element allows the person-conveying device to be connected to the building via the adaptive vibration-damping system. A method for reducing the transmission of vibrations from the building to the person-conveying device that is connected to the building may involve the adaptive vibration damping system. Vibration data may be detected outside the person-conveying device, and the detected vibration data may be evaluated. Vibration damping of the vibration-damping system may then be adapted based on the evaluated vibration data.

Abstract: A braking device may be utilized by an elevator system that has a cabin that is movable within an elevator shaft. The braking device may comprise an actuator and a brake. The actuator may be configured to provide an actuating force for the brake as needed. The braking device may include a force measuring assembly for generating a load state value of the cabin. The force measuring assembly may be mechanically coupled to the actuator such that the actuating force is dependent on the load state value. The actuator may be configured such that the greater the load state value the greater the actuating force.

Abstract: An elevator system may include at least two elevator shafts and at least one elevator car. A vertically extending rail may be disposed in each elevator shaft, and the elevator car may travel along the vertically extending rail. Each rail may be formed with a rotatable segment such that the rotatable segments can be aligned relative to one another in a transfer plane. Thereafter, the elevator car may travel between the elevator shafts along the segments. In some cases, the vertically extending rail may form part of a linear drive that causes the elevator car to move without the use of cables.

Abstract: A transporting apparatus such as an escalator or a moving walkway may include a truss. A first support angle may be disposed at a first end of the truss, and a second support angle may be disposed at a second end of the truss. The first support angle may be fitted on a building via a fixed bearing. The first support angle may have a hole, and a first fixing element fastened on the building may pass through the hole. The second support angle may be fitted on the building via a floating bearing. The second support angle may have a slot, and a second fixing element fastened on the building may pass through the slot.

Abstract: An elevator system may include at least two elevator shafts along with an elevator car with a cab and a chassis device. The cab may be mounted rotatably about a horizontal rotational axis relative to the chassis device. A vertically extending rail, along which the elevator car is movable, may be disposed in each elevator shaft. Each of the rails may include a rotatable segment such that the rotatable segments are alignable with respect to one another so that the elevator car is movable along the segments between the elevator shafts. A first device may lock the cab relative to the chassis device, and a second device may hold the cab relative to the elevator shafts.

Abstract: An elevator with a brake device may be configured to provide a variable brake force, from a minimum brake force up to a maximum brake force (Vmax). The brake device may include a first energy store that provides the maximum brake force and a second energy store that provides an adjustable counterforce. The adjustable counterforce may be directed in an opposed manner with respect to the maximum brake force provided from the first energy store. Further, the variable brake force may amount to a difference between the maximum brake force and the adjustable counterforce. In some cases, the first energy store may comprise a compression spring for providing the maximum brake force.

Abstract: An elevator system, including at least one first guide rail, which is oriented in a first, in particular vertical, direction, at least one second guide rail, which is oriented in a second, in particular horizontal, direction, a plurality of rotatable rail segments, wherein at least one thereof is transferable between an orientation in the first direction and an orientation in the second direction, at least one elevator cab, which is transportable along the guide rails and which, via the rotatable rail segments, is transferable between the different guide rails, at least one third guide rail, which is oriented in a third, in particular horizontal, direction, and wherein at least one of the rotatable rail segments is transferable between an orientation in the first or second direction into an orientation in the third direction.

Abstract: An elevator braking system comprises a wedge having a brake pad attachment section. The brake pad attachment section has a recessed brake pad receiving portion and a recessed side plate receiving portion. The system includes a brake pad having a notch. The brake pad is configured to be received within the recessed brake pad receiving portion. The system comprises a side plate having a fastener receiving portion and an overhanging portion that is perpendicular to the fastener receiving portion. The overhanging portion mates with the notch when the side plate is secured to the recessed side plate receiving portion.

Abstract: An example elevator system may include a shaft in which at least one elevator car can be vertically displaced. The elevator car may be coupled to a counterweight via a cable arrangement wherein the cable arrangement has at least one cable portion. Horizontal deflection of the cable portion can be limited by at least one limiting member. In some examples, the at least one limiting member may be configured as a limiting roller that is mounted laterally alongside the cable portion such that it can be rotated about an axis of rotation and can be made to rotate by a controllable rotary drive that depends on a speed and a movement direction of the cable portion.

Abstract: Conveyors and people movers, such as escalators and moving walkways, for instance, may include a support member belt comprised of a plurality of support members guided on rails. The support members may be, for example, steps of an escalator or pallets of a moving walkway. Each support member may be secured to a pair of drag rollers that travels along the rails. Further, each support member may include a roller spindle that is held rotationally conjointly in or on a body of the support member. Between the roller spindle and the body of the support member, there may be a plug-in connection by way of which the roller spindle is maintained against an undercut under bias of a latching device.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for generating and configuring content of an elevator destination dispatch kiosk. The kiosk includes a display. The method includes creating a kiosk database having kiosk data. The kiosk data outlines a plurality of destination floors associated with the elevator destination dispatch kiosk. The method comprises the step of using a computing structure remote from the elevator destination dispatch kiosk to automatically: (a) access the kiosk data in the kiosk database, and (b) generate a floor button layout. The method includes the step of communicating the floor button layout from the computing structure to the elevator destination dispatch kiosk to cause the floor button layout to be published on the display. An interface of the computing structure allows the floor button layout to be previewed before the floor button layout is communicated from the computing structure to the elevator destination dispatch kiosk.

Abstract: An elevator control system for an elevator system, including a display device, at least one processor in communication with the display device and the elevator system, the at least one processor programmed or configured to render, on the display device, a graphical destination interface with a plurality of visual representations of destinations within the building, receive a user selection of a selected destination from the plurality of destinations, determine a plurality of selectable options for elevator call requests based on the selected destination, render the plurality of selectable options for elevator call requests on the graphical destination interface or a second graphical call request interface, receive a user selection of a selected option from the plurality of selectable options for elevator call requests, and control movement of an elevator car in the elevator system based on the selected destination and the selected option.