Abstract: A shipping and handling system for a fork lift truck that has a cab and rails extending vertically above the cab. A first bracket is secured to the back of the rails and a second bracket is secured to the back of the cab. One bracket is provided with wheel while the other is provided with legs so that the truck is able to rest on the brackets when it is tipped over upon its back. A special adaptor is provided that allows a second fork lift truck to hitch onto the unwheeled bracket and lift the bracket off the support surface whereupon the first truck can be easily maneuvered from place to place.

Abstract: Method and system for installing the guide rails (1, 2), such as the car guide rails and/or counterweight guide rails, in an elevator shaft (3). The guide rails are installed by assembly in phases starting from the bottom (4) of the elevator shaft by placing one on top of the other guide rail sections (51, 52; 61, 62; 71, 72 . . . ) that are shorter than the whole length of the guide rail and by aligning the guide rail sections perpendicularly by means of the laser beam produced by a direction laser (8). The direction laser (8) is moved upwards along with progressive assembly of the guide rail. As assembly progresses the direction laser (8) is supported in the proximity of the top end of the topmost vertically aligned guide rail section at the time for aligning the next guide rail section to be installed in the vertical direction. These phases are repeated until the entire guide rail is assembled.

Abstract: A device (50) facilitates installing elevator guide rails (30) within a hoistway (22) after at least a few doorways (40) have been installed. A selected doorway member (42) provides a guide or reference for positioning the guide rails (30). The device (50) includes a first portion (52) adapted to be selectively positioned relative to the selected doorway member (42) and a second portion (54) that holds corresponding sections of the guide rails (30) in a desired position and alignment relative to the selected doorway member (42).

Abstract: In an elevator car which comprises a car-platform (1) with several platform-sections (2, 3, 4), a front and a back platform-section (3, 4) are arranged on a central platform-section (2). The platform-sections have fastening points (2.1, 3.1, 4.1) arranged in parallel vertical planes at which these platform-sections are joined to each other by means of fastening elements. As additional stiffening of the car-platform, rigid platform-edge sections (8) are fastened to the upper surfaces of all platform-sections. Subsystems of the elevator car can be pre-installed in the platform-sections. In a method of installing an elevator, the car-platform (1; 21) is made ready at the factory in at least two platform-sections (2, 3, 4) which are separate from each other and, on assembly at the installation site, the platform-sections (2, 3, 4) of the car-platform (1) which are delivered separated from each other are joined to each other by means of fastening elements.

Abstract: A device and method for installing guide rails in an elevator shaft includes a common support to line up the guide rails as an assembly. At least one coupling element per guide rail is provided in order to fasten the guide rails to the support. The common support is designed so that the guide rails can be fastened one after the other to the common support.

Abstract: In an elevator, a drive device, a traction sheave, and a weight-side stop portion are arranged above one of a pair of left and right cage-side guide rails, and a cage-side stop portion and speed governor are arranged above the other cage-side guide rail. A wide workspace is realized in the middle of the floor of the machinery chamber, since the control panel is arranged along the middle of the inside wall surface of the front face of the machinery chamber. Furthermore, provision of an additional supporting beam mounted in the building is unnecessary, since the machine beam can extend fully in the forwards/rearwards direction in the interior of the machinery chamber.

Abstract: A method of constructing an elevator installation having a support plate with a drive unit in a first installation position, an elevator car and a counterweight and in which the drive unit is connected by a support cable with the elevator car and the counterweight. A cross member has a chain hoist and is mounted above a second installation position, the chain hoist being connected with the support plate by a chain, the support plate being released from the first installation position, raised by the chain hoist from the first installation position to the second installation position and finally is mounted in the second installation. An elevator installation has at least one recess, which serves for mounting the support plate, formed in a shaft wall.

Abstract: A method and a device for attaching an elevator guide rail to a substrate via a floating mount. The floating mount includes at least one of a base support, a side support, and a backside support. Each of the supports has a moveable part, a stop and a flexible element floatingly supporting the moveable part. Deforming forces cause the guide rail and the moveable part to move in a deforming direction deforming the flexible element until the deforming force exceeds a predetermined limit whereupon the stop limits further movement of the guide rail.

Abstract: An elevator installation includes a car and with a counterweight in an elevator shaft, the car and the counterweight being guided by two guide rails. The elevator shaft is bounded by shaft walls and shaft doors, which define a cross-section of the elevator installation. The invention the cross-section of the elevator installation is constructed in such a manner that it substantially corresponds with a sum of the cross-sectional area of the car, the cross-sectional area of the counterweight and the safety areas between the car and the wall, the counterweight and the wall, as well as the counterweight and the car. The cross-sectional area of the car is accordingly maximized and a transport area available for transport of persons or goods is correspondingly enlarged.

Abstract: A sound-damping and/or vibration-damping fastening element for elevator guide rails includes an anchor rail connected by a damping medium with a support rail. The anchor rail supports the elevator guide rail and is partially embedded in the damping medium. The anchor rail extends parallel to the longitudinal extent of the support rail and the anchor rail and the support rail are spaced apart by at least one slot filled by the damping medium.

Abstract: The invention comprises a support structure for an elevator system comprising a pit channel module having a first leg and a second leg connected at a corner, a header module having three sides forming a triangle which is disposed in a horizontal plane above the pit channel module, and pairs of car guide rails and counterweight guide rails extending vertically from the pit channel module to the header module. Vertical forces generated within the system are transferred from the rails through the pit channel module and into a foundation so that at least substantially no vertical load forces are imparted on the building structure which the system serves.

Abstract: Inserts (10 or 10A) for mounting rails (302) for rollers (301) on a cab in a shaft (300) of an elevator are described. Also, insert 10A is particularly useful for mounting flooring in the elevator shaft (300). The insert can be used as a support for a hoist or winch (310).

Abstract: An assembly arrangement for a lift construction supports the lift drive at the upper end of both a support column and lift cage and counterweight guide rails, allowing the lift drive load to be transferred to the floor of the lift by each of the supporting members. The support of the lift drive upon the rails may be accomplished through setting screws that allow the load applied to the rails to be adjusted.

Abstract: Elevator, preferably an elevator without machine room, comprising at least an elevator car (101) moving along guide rails (1), a counterweight (102) moving along guide rails (2) and an elevator motor (106) driving them, wherein the guide rails are fixed in place by means of guide fixing brackets (112). The width of the guide fixing bracket (112) in the vicinity of the car guide rails (1) is substantially equal to the width of the car guide rail plus the thickness of the rail clips in the guide fixing bracket.

Abstract: A guide rail arrangement for avoiding the costly and time-consuming aligning of the guide rails for a counterweight and an elevator car includes guide rails fastened to a mounting bracket connected with the shaft wall at the door side. The guide rails of two counterweights are held by double claws that are fastened to the mounting bracket by only one screw.

Abstract: A procedure and an apparatus for plumbing and installing the shaft equipment for an elevator uses a plumbing jig. The plumbing jig is mounted in the upper part of the elevator shaft from the top floor, plumb lines are attached to the plumbing jig from the top floor and, using the plumb lines attached to the plumbing jig, the shaft equipment is positioned, whereupon the shaft equipment is fixed in place. The apparatus includes supporting elements that can be fixed to the elevator shaft, a plumbing jig that can be attached to the supporting elements and mounted substantially from the top floor, and plumb lines that can be suspended from the plumbing jig and extend into the elevator shaft below the plumbing jig.

Abstract: An elevator pit assembly for mounting and supporting car and counterweight rails, preferably in a tri-rail configuration, has first and second plates joinable in alternative right-angle configurations. The first plate accommodates a rail assembly having car and counterweight rails and a spaced lone counterweight rail, while the second plate accommodates a lone car rail. The plates may be bolted together through flanges.

Abstract: A lift guide joint system for joining two guides having a joint-bridge plate connected to each side of the two guides is disclosed. The joint-bridge plate has a central body placed on an upper surface of the wings of the two guides. An upper flap of the joint-bridge plate extends along the blade-head portion of the guides and a lower flap of the joint-bridge extends along the wing portion of the guides. The central body is screwed to the wing portions so that the upper flap presses against the blade-head in order to align the two guides.

Abstract: Equipment for determining a position of an elevator car movable along a guide flange of a guide rail in an elevator installation with a code carrier extending in a travel direction along a length of the guide rail in a groove includes a mount attached to the elevator car, a code reading sensor system attached to the mount, and a plurality of guide rollers rotatably attached to the mount and rolling on the guide flange to maintain the code reading sensor system at a predetermined spacing from the code carrier along two axes.

Abstract: A sound-damping and/or vibration-damping fastening element for elevator guide rails includes an anchor rail connected by a damping medium with a support rail. The anchor rail supports the elevator guide rail and is partially embedded in the damping medium. The anchor rail extends parallel to the longitudinal extent of the support rail and the anchor rail and the support rail are spaced apart by at least one slot filled by the damping medium.

Abstract: An apparatus for quickly, easily and adjustably connecting elevator car and counterweight guide rail support brackets to the walls of an elevator hoistway and also to either vertically or horizontally extend structural beams that are disposed within the elevator hoistway. Installation of the apparatus requires no welding operations to be performed in order to connect the brackets to the walls or to the beams. The apparatus uniquely includes cooperating support and connector brackets each of which has a plurality of strategically arranged, indexable connector holes that permit the necessary degree of adjustment of the brackets to properly position the guide rails within the hoistway.

Abstract: A method and a device for attaching an elevator guide rail to a substrate via a floating mount. The floating mount includes at least one of a base support, a side support, and a backside support. Each of the supports has a moveable part, a stop and a flexible element floatingly supporting the moveable part. Deforming forces cause the guide rail and the moveable part to move in a deforming direction deforming the flexible element until the deforming force exceeds a predetermined limit whereupon the stop limits further movement of the guide rail.

Abstract: An assembly arrangement for a lift construction supports the lift drive at the upper end of both a support column and lift cage and counterweight guide rails, allowing the lift drive load to be transferred to the floor of the lift by each of the supporting members. The support of the lift drive upon the rails may be accomplished through setting screws that allow the load applied to the rails to be adjusted.

Abstract: An elevator pit assembly for mounting and supporting car and counterweight rails, preferably in a tri-rail configuration, has first and second plates joinable in alternative right-angle configurations. The first plate accommodates a rail assembly having car and counterweight rails and a spaced lone counterweight rail, while the second plate accommodates a lone car rail. The plates may be bolted together through flanges.

Abstract: An improved method for mounting elevator rails within a hoistway includes the initial step of securing support brackets to a pair of rails. The brackets, rails, a machine for driving a cab and a dead end hitch are then mounted within the hoistway. A cab may then be moved vertically within the hoistway and additional support brackets are placed at vertically spaced locations. The connection of the brackets and rails provides support to dissipate the loads which are transferred into the rail in such systems wherein the machine or the dead end hitch is fixed to a rail. Once the rails have been adequately supported by additional brackets, the brackets which are secured to the rails are removed from the rail. The brackets provide support, but are no longer fixed to the rails.

Abstract: An apparatus for quickly, easily and adjustably connecting elevator car and counterweight guide rail support brackets to the walls of an elevator hoistway and also to either vertically or horizontally extend structural beams that are disposed within the elevator hoistway. Installation of the apparatus requires no welding operations to be performed in order to connect the brackets to the walls or to the beams. The apparatus uniquely includes cooperating support and connector brackets each of which has a plurality of strategically arranged, indexable connector holes that permit the necessary degree of adjustment of the brackets to properly position the guide rails within the hoistway.

Abstract: An elevator component mounting system includes one or more bracket-beam type structures that spans the vertical distance between successive floor slabs to provide a support bracket for elevator components in the absence of a vertical wall spanning the floor slabs. The bracket-beam structure is suitable for mounting dead-end rope hitches, elevator machines and other components.

Abstract: A guide rail arrangement for avoiding the costly and time-consuming aligning of the guide rails for a counterweight and an elevator car includes guide rails fastened to a mounting bracket connected with the shaft wall at the door side. The guide rails of two counterweights are held by double claws that are fastened to the mounting bracket by only one screw.

Abstract: An integrally poured concrete rail guidance system enables the elimination of traditional metal rails by pouring the concrete rail at the same time as the hoistway is poured. Time and expense is avoided in the construction and the concrete rails are durable.

Abstract: A carrying track for a building, which includes a building including a plurality of floors, a track extending from a lower floor of the building to a floor above the lower floor, the track structurally forming part of the floors and part of an outside surface of the building, wherein the track includes two vertical halves with a gap formed between, the gap being exposed to the outside surface of the building and extending inwards from the outside surface.

Abstract: An elevator system includes a mounting device that facilitates more readily installing guide rails within a hoistway and supporting the elevator cab and counterweight on the same rails. A plurality of mounting devices are used along the length of the hoistway. Each mounting device includes a first mounting bracket that preferably is secured directly to a selected wall within the hoistway. A second mounting bracket is secured to the first mounting bracket. The position of the second mounting bracket relative to the first is selectively adjusted. The second mounting bracket includes support portions for supporting the guide rails within the hoistway. The support portions on the second bracket have a fixed distance between them to facilitate maintaining an accurate distance between the guide rails throughout the hoistway.

Abstract: A structural system for elevator assemblies includes a horizontal compression member positioned near the top of the elevator hoistway for reacting to inwardly directed tension loads and moment forces applied to the hoistway wall and connection components resulting from the elevator vertical load. The horizontal compression member includes a rigid member positioned in a compression state between mounting structures for elevator ropes and elevator machine components such that the compression member reacts and counters inwardly directed horizontal forces and resultant moment forces caused by a centralized, downward vertical load.

Abstract: A procedure and an apparatus for plumbing and installing the shaft equipment for an elevator uses a plumbing jig. The plumbing jig is mounted in the upper part of the elevator shaft from the top floor, plumb lines are attached to the plumbing jig from the top floor and, using the plumb lines attached to the plumbing jig, the shaft equipment is positioned, whereupon the shaft equipment is fixed in place. The apparatus includes supporting elements that can be fixed to the elevator shaft, a plumbing jig that can be attached to the supporting elements and mounted substantially from the top floor, and plumb lines that can be suspended from the plumbing jig and extend into the elevator shaft below the plumbing jig.

Abstract: An elevator machine mounting system for use in a machineroom-less elevator system includes a two-piece frame that is anchored to an elevator hoistway. The first frame piece is permanently anchored to the hoistway wall. The frame is anchored at the top of the hoistway and at the floor slab of the top landing. The first frame piece includes top counterweight rail brackets and a portion of the rail bracket for the car and counterweight at the top landing level. The first frame piece also includes a counterweight dead-end hitch and a controller/drive mounting. The second frame piece is fitted to the first frame piece after the elevator machine is mounted to the second frame piece. The second frame piece is adjustable postwise with respect to the first frame and then bolted thereto.

Abstract: In a rope supporting apparatus for an elevator, a column-like body along a guide rail provided within a hoist way is mounted on the guide rail through support bodies located at upper and lower ends of the guide rail. A rope end fixing member to which an end of a rope is fixed is fastened to the column-like body. The column-like body has a higher bending strength than the guide rail. Since the support bodies at both upper and lower ends of the column-like body are disposed with a sufficient distance between them, a pivoting reactive force, which is a load generated in the support bodies in a direction perpendicular to a center axis of the rail, becomes small, and any bending moment applied to the guide rail by the pivoting reactive force is smaller than the bending moment applied to the column-like body.

Abstract: A lifting device for transporting items of personal property between floors of a building is provided which includes an a vertically adjustable outer frame, a pair of vertically adjustable spaced apart guide rails attached to the outer frame, a lift container having guide members positioned thereon to guide the lift container along said guide rails and to allow the lift container to move vertically along said guide rails, and a drive mechanism including a motorized drive pulley, a plurality of idler pulleys and drive belt. The drive belt is connected at one end to a top wall of said lifting container and is connected at an opposite end to the bottom wall of said lifting container.

Abstract: A procedure and an apparatus for plumbing and installing the shaft equipment for an elevator uses a plumbing jig (22). The plumbing jig (22) is mounted in the upper part of the elevator shaft from the top floor (11), plumb lines (43) are attached to the plumbing jig from the top floor (11) and, using the plumb lines (43) attached to the plumbing jig (22), the shaft equipment (28) is positioned, whereupon the shaft equipment (28) is fixed in place. The apparatus includes supporting elements (41) that can be fixed to the elevator shaft, a plumbing jig (22) that can be attached to the supporting elements (41) and mounted substantially from the top floor (11), and plumb lines (43) that can be suspended from the plumbing jig (22) and extend into the elevator shaft (2) below the plumbing jig.

Abstract: An elevator component mounting system includes one or more bracket-beam type structures that spans the vertical distance between successive floor slabs to provide a support bracket for elevator components in the absence of a vertical wall spanning the floor slabs. The bracket-beam structure is suitable for mounting dead-end rope hitches, elevator machines and other components.

Abstract: An integrally poured concrete rail guidance system enables the elimination of traditional metal rails by pouring the concrete rail at the same time as the hoistway is poured. Time and expense is avoided in the construction and the concrete rails are durable.

Abstract: Apparatus for mounting T-shaped sections of a guide rail network of an elevator system within a hoistway. Spaced apart horizontal brackets are attached to a wall of the hoistway and the base of a guide rail section is seated against two spaced apart brackets. Threaded fasteners are mounted in each bracket on either side of the base and a quick acting connector is threaded onto each fastener. Each connector includes a locking arm that can be moved over the base of the rail section and brought into contact therewith as it is rotated about the fastener. A lever arm is attached to each locking arm which provides sufficient mechanical advantage to force the rail section into locking contact with the brackets.

Abstract: An elevator including a movable unit configured to ascend and descend in an elevator shaft, a guide rail installed on the elevator shaft via a plurality of rail support members and configured to guide the movable unit, a cable configured to hang the movable unit, and a driving unit mounted on the guide rail and configured to move the movable unit up and down by driving the cable. At least two securing members fixes one of the rail support members is fixed to a wall of the shaft by securing members separated from each other by an interval in the vertical direction.

Abstract: An elevator system includes a hoistway that extends upwardly from a pit area to an upper hoistway area. A support plate extends across a lateral width of the hoistway and is mounted between a machine base and a guide rail assembly. A hoist tool is mounted within the hoistway near the upper hoistway area for lifting the machine base and rail assembly upwardly through the hoistway from the pit area to the top of the hoistway. The hoist tool supports a first set of pulleys and the support plate supports a second set of pulleys. A cable is threaded through the first and second sets of pulleys and is connected to a hoist machine for lifting the machine base and guide rail assembly to an installation position in the upper hoistway area via the hoist tool and pulley system.

Abstract: An elevator system includes a mounting device that facilitates more readily installing guide rails within a hoistway and supporting the elevator cab and counterweight on the same rails. A plurality of mounting devices are used along the length of the hoistway. Each mounting device includes a first mounting bracket that preferably is secured directly to a selected wall within the hoistway. A second mounting bracket is secured to the first mounting bracket. The position of the second mounting bracket relative to the first is selectively adjusted. The second mounting bracket includes support portions for supporting the guide rails within the hoistway. The support portions on the second bracket have a fixed distance between them to facilitate maintaining an accurate distance between the guide rails throughout the hoistway.

Abstract: An elevator including a movable unit configured to ascend and descend in an elevator shaft, a guide rail installed on the elevator shaft via a plurality of rail support members and configured to guide the movable unit, a cable configured to hang the movable unit, and a driving unit mounted on the guide rail and configured to move the movable unit up and down by driving the cable. At least two securing members fixes one of the rail support members is fixed to a wall of the shaft by securing members separated from each other by an interval in the vertical direction.

Abstract: A rail clip that is generally symmetrical about a central axis. The clip has an L-shaped base section having a horizontal leg that is securable to a support member upon which the rail rest and a vertical leg that extends upwardly from the base adjacent to the rail. An arm extends outwardly over the rail from the vertical leg of the base section and an elongated beam is mounted in the distal end of the arm that extends outwardly to either side of the arm so that beams run longitudinally along the rail. A contact pad is carried on both ends of the beam which normally rest in holding contact against the rail. As the rail is displaced upwardly in reference to the arm, second contact points are established to progressively stiffen the clip.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for installing elevator car and counterweight guide rails within an elevator hoistway of a building that requires no welding operations to be performed in order to connect the brackets together. The connector brackets of the invention include cooperating support and connector brackets each having a plurality of strategically arranged, indexable connector holes that permit the necessary degree of adjustment of the brackets to properly position the guide rails within the hoistway. Specially configured connector bolts are provided which impart substantial structural integrity to the interconnected bracket and positively preclude shifting of the interconnected brackets even as a result of projected seismic loading.

Abstract: Elevator guide rails are installed in the hoistway by jacking them up along the hoistway walls from the hoistway pit. A pair of jack assemblies are positioned adjacent to the side walls of the hoistway to which the rails are to be secured. Each jack assembly includes two jacks, one atop the other, and the two assemblies are connected together by an I-beam which extends across the hoistway. The lower jack in each assembly includes a rail gripper which allows the rails to move upwardly in the hoistway, but not downwardly. The upper jack includes a rail gripper which grips the rails as the jack is raised, and releases the rails as the jack is lowered.

Abstract: The invention relates to a procedure for fixing the guide rails (3) of an elevator car (4) and/or counterweight, in which procedure the guide rails (3) of the elevator car and counterweight are fixed to the wall (12) of the elevator shaft or to an intermediate member laid across the elevator shaft. The car guide rails (4) and counterweight guide rails (3) are locked at a desired distance from the wall by fixing elements (11) used to fix the counterweight guide rails (3).

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for installing and balancing an elevator car is disclosed. The method for installing and balancing an elevator car situated in a hoistway where cables attach to the car, is characterized by the following steps: providing an adjustable connector attached to the elevator car having two degrees of adjustable motion; positioning the connector to a desired location underneath the car, connecting the cables to the adjustable connector, and balancing the elevator car with an adjustable weight which is also attached to the underside of the elevator car. The apparatus for installing and balancing an elevator car having cables attached to its underside includes: (1) an adjustable connector attached to the elevator car having two degrees of adjustable motion; and, (2) an adjustable weight which attaches to the underside of the elevator car and is used to balance the car.

Abstract: A pre-assembled elevator shaft door assembly is installed in a shaft door opening equipped with a dowel plate, a carrier bracket and a pair of fastening plates. A protruding threshold carrier plate is mounted on the underside of the shaft door assembly and includes recesses which detent with a cut-out in the door carrier bracket. A pair of locking bar mechanisms are mounted at the upper corners of the door assembly for engaging locking bar pockets on the fastening plates to retain the shaft door assembly. Laterally extendable covering brackets on the door assembly are engaged by tongues on the fastening plates to bridge over the vertical air gaps. During the entire assembly time, the shaft door opening is secured by a movable barrier against the falling-in of persons.