Abstract: A pulse generator is coupled to a car drive motor directly coupled to a sheave, over which a rope suspending an elevator car is passed, and the position of the car is calculated through the counting of pulses produced from the pulse generator. First and second car position detectors for detecting respective first and second car positions are provided within a hatchway, and the number of pulses produced during a period from the actuation of the first car position detector till the actuation of the second car position detector is detected. A count value for calculating the car position is corrected according to the difference between the detected pulse number and a reference pulse number corresponding to the distance between the first and second car position detectors, thereby effecting the compensation for the wear of the sheave and rope to improve the precision of the car position detection.

Abstract: DL- .alpha.-phenylglycine can be combined with benzene-sulfonic acid, p-ethylbenzenesulfonic acid or m-xylenesulfonic acid to give the salt. The salt of the racemate may be more soluble in a sulfuric acid solution than the salt of the optically active isomer by suitably choosing the concentration of the sulfuric acid solution, and then the optical resolution by fractional crystallization is carried out. The D- or L- .alpha.-phenylglycine sulfonate is easily liberated of the sulfonic acid portion to give optically active D- or L- .alpha.-phenylglycine.