Abstract: A braking apparatus, that brakes and measures load changes in an elevator car, includes a brake, a brake holding arrangement holding the brake on the car, a load measuring device measuring a force acting on a force transmission element and a load measuring device holding arrangement holding the load measuring device on the car. The brake can be displaced relative to the car in a force direction generated by the brake and the load measuring device is held on the car fixed relative to the car in the force direction. The force transmission element is operatively connected to the brake to measure a force acting between the brake and the load measuring device due to a relative displacement of the brake relative to the load measuring device. A connecting piece arrangement connects the load measuring device holding arrangement and the brake holding arrangement in an elastically deformable manner.

Abstract: An assembly device for carrying out assembly steps on a wall and a method for arranging a magazine component on a magazine housing device include a mobile assembly frame, a mechatronic installation component, the magazine housing device, magazine components and a securing device. The magazine housing device houses the magazine components with assembly means housed therein. The securing device, in a securing state, establishes a connection between the magazine components and the assembly frame to secure the magazine components against displacement relative to the assembly frame. The magazine components each have a first coupling element and the securing device has a second coupling element. The first coupling element and the second coupling element are arranged such that the securing device can be detachably coupled to the magazine components by the two coupling elements.

Abstract: An arrangement includes a first component having a first groove and a second groove. The arrangement further includes a second component and a fluid transfer ring fixed to the second component. The fluid transfer ring engages with a first wall and a second wall in the first groove such that the fluid transfer ring and the first groove form a first cavity. The first component and the second component are rotatable relative to each other. The fluid transfer ring further engages with a third wall in the second groove such that the fluid transfer ring and the second groove form a second cavity.

Abstract: An elevator air filtration system having an elevator car, an outdoor intake HEPA air filtration system that creates HEPA filtered air at a desired temperature, humidity and quantity of filtered outdoor air, and a retractable hose system that delivers the HEPA filtered air to the elevator car.

Abstract: A pump system for supplying lubricant to components of a wind turbine comprises: a pump for pumping lubricant through a fluid circuit of the wind turbine; a drive means for driving the pump; and, a gearbox arrangement arranged to couple the drive means to the pump. The gearbox arrangement comprises a rotatable input shaft configured to be driven by the drive means and a rotatable output shaft configured to drive the pump. The input shaft is rotatable in a first direction of rotation and a second direction of rotation when driven by the drive means. The output shaft is rotatable in the first direction of rotation, and the speed of rotation of the output shaft is determined by an operational mode of the gearbox arrangement. In a first mode of operation, when the input shaft rotates in the first direction of rotation at a first speed of rotation, the gearbox arrangement is configured to drive the output shaft to rotate also in the first direction of rotation at the first speed of rotation.

Abstract: A staircase mobility system is disclosed. The system includes a docking assembly that is configured to dock or undock with a dockable seat assembly. The docking assembly includes support rods configured to engage or disengage with the dockable seat assembly when docked or undocked, respectively. Further, the docking assembly includes dock connecters are disposed along the support rods. The dock connecters are configured to communicatively connect or disconnect with the dockable seat assembly when docked or undocked, respectively. Further, the system includes a drive assembly coupled to the docking assembly. The drive assembly includes a motor that is configured to drive the docking assembly along a guide rail in a forward or reverse direction, and to operate the docking assembly to dock or undock with the dockable seat assembly.

Abstract: The present invention provides an oil guide device including a body part, an oil flow path extending from one surface of the body part and coupled to an inner diameter portion of a pinion shaft, a first guide configured to allow oil scattering in an automatic transmission to be introduced into an inner diameter portion of the oil flow path, the first guide being disposed on the other surface of the body part and configured to surround the inner diameter portion of the oil flow path, and a second guide extending from an outer diameter portion of the other surface of the body part and configured to surround the first guide, the second guide being configured to guide the remaining oil, which is not directed toward the first guide, to a desired component.

Abstract: A method for replacing parts of an elevator door assembly including installing a hanger mount in an opening of the elevator door hanger, positioning a roller assembly on one side of the elevator door hanger, the roller assembly being configured to receive an engaging member, positioning a leveling cam on another side of the elevator door hanger, the leveling cam configured for sliding contact with a bearing surface of the hanger mount and having a first surface, a second surface, an opening between the first surface and the second surface, and a third surface for contacting the bearing surface, and inserting the engaging member through an opening of the hanger mount and the opening of the leveling cam, and securing the engaging member within the roller assembly.

Abstract: A lubrication system is provided for a turbine engine. A lubricant source includes a source outlet. Feed circuits are fluidly coupled with the source outlet in parallel. The feed circuits include a first feed circuit and a second feed circuit. The second feed circuit includes a pump with a pump inlet and a pump outlet. A bypass circuit is fluidly coupled with the pump inlet and the pump outlet. A bleed circuit is fluidly coupled with the first feed circuit. A flow regulator is configured to regulate flow through the bypass circuit during a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation. The flow regulator is configured to close the bleed circuit during the second mode of operation. A sensor system is configured to monitor fluid flow directed to the first feed circuit and/or the second feed circuit.

Abstract: A top extensible section and an operating method thereof, an elevator car assembly, and an elevator system. The top extensible section is installed above a top plate of the elevator car when in use. The top extensible section includes a top wall and a plurality of side walls, and has an unfolded state and a folded state; in the unfolded state, the top wall and the plurality of side walls of the top extensible section define an expansion space which communicates with an inner space of the elevator car to provide an additional top space; and in the folded state, the top wall of the top extensible section is lowered to be substantially flush with the top plate of the elevator car, and the plurality of side walls are folded to provide an operating space on the plurality of side walls.

Abstract: A method of resetting a braking device includes moving an elevator car upward, sliding a support member coupled to the braking device relative to the elevator car, and moving a brake wedge of the braking device along a sloped slide path.

Abstract: A rack for a stairway guide suitable for providing good grip in curves comprises a bendable strip body, said bendable strip body comprising a first main side and a second main side, the first main side being provided with a series of equidistant engagement elements, each element being chosen from i) a hole, and ii) a protrusion. Both longitudinal sides are provided with a series of indentations. Being bendable, a stairway guide can be manufactured easily by bending the rack in the desired shape defined by the stairway guide.

Abstract: System and method for automated multi-valve/point lubrication through use of regulated transfer of lubricant at predetermined time intervals. In some embodiments, a system control panel is used to toggle airflow into a lubricant pump to regulate lubricant transfer to a plurality of lubrication points.

Abstract: An elevator car is provided and includes a body, an acoustic response device and a local or remote system configured to control an operation of the acoustic response device whereby an acoustic integrity check to determine a condition of the body is executable by the local or remote system.

Abstract: An aligning device is used for aligning a guide rail of an elevator system. The guide rail is held on a shaft wall of an elevator shaft and is displaceable in at least two horizontal directions, oriented crosswise with respect to each other, before a final fixation. The aligning device has a detection device that is configured to detect, in an automated manner, a position deviation of the guide rail from a nominal position, and has a hammer mill that is configured to hammer the guide rail in an automated manner depending on the detected position deviation by exerting pulse-like strikes in one of the horizontal directions toward the nominal position.

Abstract: An illustrative example embodiment of an elevator sheave wear monitoring device includes at least one detector situated to detect a position of elevator roping that is indicative of a condition of a sheave that the roping at least partially wraps around, the at least one detector providing an output corresponding to the detected position of the elevator roping and indicating an amount of wear of the sheave that exceeds at least one threshold.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a lubrication system comprising: a pump having an inlet in fluid communication with a lubricant source and an outlet; a cooler having an inlet in fluid communication with the outlet of the pump and an outlet; a lubrication filter having an inlet in fluid communication with the outlet of the cooler and an outlet; a first delivery path in fluid communication with the outlet of the lubrication filter, the first delivery path being configured to deliver cooled, filtered lubricant to a bearing system of an engine; and a second delivery path in fluid communication with the outlet of the pump, the second delivery path being configured to deliver uncooled, unfiltered lubricant to piston cooling nozzles of the engine.

Abstract: A suspension member for suspending and/or driving an elevator car of an elevator system includes a plurality of tension members extending along a length of the suspension member including a plurality of fibers extending along the length of the suspension member bonded into a polymer matrix. A jacket substantially retains the plurality of tension members. The suspension member is configured to be deformed at a suspension member end to allow for installation of the suspension member end into a termination assembly of the elevator system. A method of installing a suspension member of an elevator system into a termination assembly includes deforming a suspension member end and reforming it to a selected shape, inserting the suspension member end into the termination assembly and curing and/or hardening it, and applying a load thereto or to the socket or the wedge to secure the suspension member end in the termination assembly.

Abstract: An exemplary passive oil system includes a reservoir housing configured in operation to rotate around a rotational axis, the reservoir housing defining a reservoir between a top wall, a bottom wall, innermost side, and an outer sidewall; and an outlet positioned adjacent the outer sidewall to discharge a lubrication fluid contained in the reservoir in response to the reservoir housing rotating around the rotational axis.

Abstract: Apparatus for transporting a load from a first to a second level includes means for maintaining the load carrier in a predetermined rotational position. The means includes a motor to rotate the load carrier relative to the frame. The apparatus includes an emergency rotation blocking arrangement having a first braking member rigidly connected to the frame or load carrier, a second braking member rigidly connected to the other of the frame and load carrier, a third braking member between the first and second braking members, and a movable retaining member which holds the third braking member and is movable relative to the second braking member. In braking mode the retaining member moves relative to the second braking member to move the third braking member to engage the primary and secondary braking surface and block rotation of the second braking member in a tangential direction relative to the first braking member.