Abstract: A door suspension assembly includes a ferromagnetic flat plate horizontally extending from a support rail adapted to be attached to a door frame above a doorway or entrance portal. Two supporting blocks each have an opening in which a cylindrical bearing with an axial hole is located. The supporting blocks are attached to a door panel. Connectors extend downwardly from the flat plate and support a tube that extends through the holes in the bearings. A magnet array is supported by an upper plate attached to upper ends of the supporting blocks with a small magnetic gap between the magnet array and the flat plate such that the magnet array generates a magnetic force lifting the supporting blocks and the door panel. A primary of a linear motor is attached to the upper plate between the supporting blocks and cooperates with a secondary located in the interior of the tube to move the door panel relative to the flat plate.

Abstract: A door panel includes a surface board facing a hoistway, a back board facing a hoistway, and a reinforcing member for reinforcing the surface board and the back board. The back board is connected to the surface board or the reinforcing member by a connecting member which is capable of losing the force of constraint against the surface board or the reinforcing member on high temperature conditions during a fire. This connecting member prevents the door panel of the elevator hall door from being deformed during a building fire, and prevents the elevator hall door from falling, thus preventing smoke and flame from entering the hoistway.

Abstract: This invention relates to a cost saving way of solving a difficult problem in the structure and installation and leveling of an elevator sill. This invention provides ease of installing from the hallway without the use of a moving elevator platform. The structure consists of a sill, a cradle for the sill and a pair of end brackets for supporting the cradle. The pair of spaced L-shaped end brackets are provided for attachment to the hall floor. A vertically adjustable sill cradle is supported at its end portions by the brackets and a horizontally and vertically adjustable sill is mounted on the sill cradle. The elevator door sill cradle is adjustable vertically by means of fasteners that are moveable in vertical slots in the end brackets and is horizontally adjustable on the cradle by means of fasteners that are moveable in horizontal slots provided in the cradle.

Abstract: A swivel joint apparatus for supplying utilities to a rotating building rotatable about a central axis has an inner, fixed spindle for securing to a fixed base of the building to extend co-axially with a central axis of rotation of the building, and an outer casing rotatably mounted on the spindle for securing to the rotatable part of the building. The spindle has a series of spaced annular flanges defining a series of annular chambers and at least one ring seal mounted on the peripheral edge of each flange for rotatable sealing engagement with the outer casing so that the casing forms an outer wall of each of the annular chambers. A lower end wall of the spindle has a plurality of ports for connection to fixed utility lines in the base for fluid supply to and from the building, each port connected through the spindle to a respective annular chamber.

Abstract: A horizontal door system is used in conjunction with an interfloor vertical transport system that penetrates an opening in a floor. The vertical transport system has vertical elements that define a fixed horizontal cross-section within the opening, and the door system includes a leading edge profile having a configuration matching the fixed horizontal cross-section of the vertical transport system. The door system is particularly suitable as a fire door system to seal upper and lower fire zones.

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 elevator shaft door frame has posts of a basic configuration that can be combined with cladding profile members of different shape and size. The posts include a plate-like profile member with two U-shaped corrugations and a plate fastened to the profile member and covering the open rear side of the corrugations. A decorative cladding profile member is fastened to the post and has one U-shaped profile member abutting and fastened to the plate and another U-shaped profile member abutting and fastened to the one U-shaped profile member.

Abstract: Elevator landing door structure, comprising a door sill (1, 5) fixed to the lower edge of a landing door opening, an overhead supporter (2, 9) and at least one door panel (3) movably mounted on the overhead supporter. Furthermore, the door structure comprises vertical frames (4, 6) fixed to the door sill (1, 5) on either side of the door opening, the overhead supporter being attached to said vertical frames. The vertical frames (4, 6) are fastened by their upper parts via junctures that are rigid in the horizontal plane but capable of yielding in the vertical direction.

Abstract: A door suspension assembly includes a ferromagnetic flat plate horizontally extending from a support rail adapted to be attached to a door frame above a doorway or entrance portal. Two supporting blocks each have an opening in which a cylindrical bearing with an axial hole is located. The supporting blocks are attached to a door panel. Connectors extend downwardly from the flat plate and support a tube that extends through the holes in the bearings. A magnet array is supported by an upper plate attached to upper ends of the supporting blocks with a small magnetic gap between the magnet array and the flat plate such that the magnet array generates a magnetic force lifting the supporting blocks and the door panel. A primary of a linear motor is attached to the upper plate between the supporting blocks and cooperates with a secondary located in the interior of the tube to move the door panel relative to the flat plate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and structure for decorating the interior of elevator cab walls by even unskilled personnel, without wastage of time, and of sufficient modularity so as to be adaptable for retrofitting on existing elevator cab walls and accommodating existing constraints of space, dimension and weight. In a preferred embodiment, a plurality of horizontal and vertical members are joined together to form an advantageous lattice frame structure for supporting decorative panels. The horizontal members incorporate downward facing elongated hanger slots for removable engagement with upwardly facing elongated finger members that are affixed to the interior wall surface of the elevator cab. Swing arrester members are affixed to the cab wall and are engagable with the vertical member to inhibit lateral motion of the lattice frame structure. The lattice frame is made of lightweight extruded aluminum members of the same cross section.

Abstract: An environmental detection system is particularly suited for elevator hoistways and other locations where access is difficult or restricted. The inventive system comprises a fire rated access cage which is disposed within the hoistway in a desired location, and is securely attached to an associated access panel, which is fire protection rated and positioned to extend through a wall defining the hoistway. An environmental sensing device, such as a smoke detector or heat sensor, is secured within the cage so that it is disposed within the hoistway, and can freely detect any smoke or excessive heat present in the hoistway because of a large number of apertures in the walls of the cage. The resultant system, thus, is constructed so that authorized personnel can access the environmental sensing unit conveniently through the access panel door from an adjacent hallway or room to test or maintain it, without shutting down the associated elevator or compromising the effectiveness of the unit.

Abstract: To provide sufficient clearance for an entrance part of an elevator hall facing a non-seismic isolation building portion, the partition wall on the entrance side may be removed and an expansion floor provided between the non-seismic isolation building portion entrance and the elevator shaft landing. A movable wall is provided between partition members located on the right and left sides of the elevator shaft. The expansion floor can move in the front and back directions with the partition members on the right and left sides as a guide. Furthermore, the wall moves with the elevator shaft independently in the right and left directions and follows the non-seismic isolation building movement.

Abstract: An emergency stairwell for a building having multiple floors comprising: at least one landing associated with each the floor, each landing increasing in width in at least one horizontal direction from an uppermost landing of an upper floor to a lowermost landing of a lower floor; and at least one set of stairs extending between adjacent pairs of landings.

Abstract: An elevator installation with hoistway doors has door panels that can be laterally displaced beyond the width of the hoistway, and/or they can be at least partially displaced into the hoistway wall resulting in an elevator installation with improved utilization of building space, which also requires less effort to install. The door frame of the hoistway door assembly is transformed into a flat, wide hoistway wall module with integral hoistway doors such that building space hitherto required in the hoistway by the hoistway wall is reduced. The hoistway wall module is either inserted between the landing floors, or else several such hoistway wall modules are fitted together vertically and form a largely freestanding modular hoistway wall which forms between the elevator installation and the building an interface which is either self-supporting or supported individually on each floor.

Abstract: Fireproofing arrangement for an elevator landing door includes a skin plate facing toward the landing and a steel section reinforcement laid in the vertical direction of the door and attached to the skin plate. The surface of the steel section reinforcement on the side facing toward the shaft is provided with a layer of paint which becomes foamy when exposed to heat.

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 hoistway for a multi-storied building which, to create a vertical travel path for an elevator installation, extends through at least one story floor and has at least one hoistway frame which bounds a hoistway penetration aperture in the story floor is to be post-constructionally created in an existing multi-storied building with little building effort and inexpensive means in that the hoistway penetration aperture can be covered by means of a load-bearing floor structure. In this way, and especially in one-family houses, the volume of the elevator hoistway can be used for non-elevator-specific purposes, e.g. as residential space, until the point in time when an elevator is subsequently installed. The hoistway frame itself serves as an interface between the building and elevator fastenings which may be provided for the transmission of forces.

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: A hoist tool for lifting a machine assembly in an elevator to an installation position is mounted to a machine beam which also supports the machine assembly. The hoist tool is thus mounted in a location where it does not require any additional axial space. Preferably, the hoist tool is mounted to one lateral side of the machine assembly, and within an axial extension of the machine assembly downwardly from the machine beam into the hoistway.

Abstract: A door suspension assembly includes a ferromagnetic flat plate horizontally extending from a support rail adapted to be attached to a door frame above a doorway or entrance portal. Two supporting blocks each have an opening in which a cylindrical bearing with an axial hole is located. The supporting blocks are attached to a door panel. Connectors extend downwardly from the flat plate and support a tube that extends through the holes in the bearings. A magnet array is supported by an upper plate attached to upper ends of the supporting blocks with a small magnetic gap between the magnet array and the flat plate such that the magnet array generates a magnetic force lifting the supporting blocks and the door panel. A primary of a linear motor is attached to the upper plate between the supporting blocks and cooperates with a secondary located in the interior of the tube to move the door panel relative to the flat plate.

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: The invention relates to a procedure and an apparatus for the installation of an elevator. According to the invention, at least one suspension element is fixed to the upper part of the elevator shaft, to which element is fitted a suspension device used to support shaft equipment during installation. The suspension device is mounted on the suspension element using a mounting tool from the top floor landing.

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 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: A horizontal door system is used in conjunction with an interfloor vertical transport system that penetrates an opening in a floor. The vertical transport system has vertical elements that define a fixed horizontal cross-section within the opening, and the door system includes a leading edge profile having a configuration matching the fixed horizontal cross-section of the vertical transport system. The door system is particularly suitable as a fire door system to seal upper and lower fire zones.

Abstract: An elevator system includes door frame assemblies that are prewired with the plurality of wires needed to make connections between various components in the elevator system. A door frame assembly preferably includes a plurality of wires bundled within a jacket or sheath that are supported within the door frame assembly. An extension portion of the wires extends outward and away from the door frame assembly. One end of each wire is connected with a single connector portion while the opposite ends are connected with a single socket portion. The connector portion of one door frame assembly is conveniently coupled with the socket portion of an adjacent door frame assembly to complete the necessary connections along the elevator system hoistway.

Abstract: The invention relates to a procedure and an apparatus for the installation of an elevator. According to the invention, at least one suspension element (16,17) is fixed to the upper part of the elevator shaft, to which element is fitted a suspension device (24) used to support shaft equipment during installation. The suspension device (24) is mounted on the suspension element (16,17) using a mounting tool (22) from the top floor landing (11).

Abstract: An elevator hoistway for a multi-storied building which, to create a vertical travel path for an elevator installation, extends through at least one story floor and has at least one hoistway frame which bounds a hoistway penetration aperture in the story floor is to be post-constructionally created in an existing multi-storied building with little building effort and inexpensive means in that the hoistway penetration aperture can be covered by means of a load-bearing floor structure. In this way, and especially in one-family houses, the volume of the elevator hoistway can be used for non-elevator-specific purposes, e.g. as residential space, until the point in time when an elevator is subsequently installed. The hoistway frame itself serves as an interface between the building and elevator fastenings which may be provided for the transmission of forces.

Abstract: The threshold includes a shaped support plate of steel or the like with a sinuous profile which forms at least one longitudinal, substantially U-shaped loop between two raised portions. A profiled cover element of aluminum or the like is located on the plate and forms at least one guide for guiding the running of a door panel. This guide penetrates into the corresponding loop of the support plate. The threshold further includes fixing devices for anchoring it in the zone connecting the landing and the lift shaft or well.

Abstract: A storage structure including a plurality of storage spaces disposed helically about a cylindrical shaft and including a lifting vehicle which is guided in the shaft so that it winds about the vertical axis of the shaft in a screw-like manner. Provided on the lifting vehicle is at least one consumer. A stowage unit is provided on the lifting vehicle or in the region of the floor of the shaft. A supply line for connecting the consumer to a supply unit is received within the stowage unit. The stowage unit is open at the top and defines a cavity which may include a winding spindle. The cavity and the winding spindle are disposed about the vertical axis of the shaft so that the supply line can be received as the lifting vehicle rotates. The outer periphery of the cavity corresponds substantially to the pitch of the helix defining the motion of the lifting vehicle.

Abstract: The sliding door assembly for an elevator and a method for replacing an existing swinging elevator door with a sliding elevator door. The swinging door assembly is removed and is replaced in situ with a sliding elevator door assembly. A portion of the wall adjacent to the elevator door is removed, permitting the sliding door to slide into the part of the wall which has been removed. The part of the wall which has been removed and in which the sliding door fits is covered by a stationary panel. In another embodiment, there are two sliding doors that slide behind the side stationary panel. A left sliding entrance door and a right sliding entrance door are in separate planes so that one of the doors can slide behind the other.

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 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.

Abstract: A hollow shaft wall with horizontal studs held between corner posts and an intermediate vertical wall support post, which intermediate post has a central reinforcement channel, the reinforcement channel has a bottom and two side walls, the channel is filled with strips of gypsum board, and the two side walls have metal channels affixed thereto providing oppositely opening grooves for receiving and supporting the ends of said horizontal studs.

Abstract: The installation for the parking of motor vehicles has one or several autonomous parking units (S), shaped as sectors of a circle on plan. Each such unit has its own mechanical conveyor system, comprising a car lift (10) with a vertical guide (11) located in the region of the apex of the sector, and a cantilevered vehicle platform (12) that pivots across the angle enclosed by the sector. Within the parking unit (S) the lift (10) provides the vertical and horizontal transport of the vehicles between a drive-in/drive-out level (1) and the parking spaces on parking levels below and/or above level (1); in addition, the lift (10) is equipped for the radial transfer of vehicles. Each parking unit (S) also has its own means for turning vehicles in situ, e.g. one or several turntables or rotary platforms (8) at the drive-in/drive-out level (1).

Abstract: An automated high-raised parking system is disclosed. The system has a parking construction including a parking rack structure having a plurality of stories of parking racks for parking an automobile as mounted on a pallet, a lift passage for a lift-translator device, the passage being formed besides the parking racks. The lift-translator device includes a lift table and a translator device. An automobile entrance/exit section is provided for allowing entrance and exit of the automobile to and out of the construction. A holding unit is provided at a predetermined height of the entrance/exit section for holding the pallet so as to maintain a horizontal posture of this pallet mounting the automobile. The automobile as mounted on the lift table is vertically moved to a predetermined rack and then translated by the translator device onto this rack. A turntable device is provided at the entrance/exit section.

Abstract: An extra super multi-story building having one piece of extra super multi-story of about 200 story construction, two pieces of extra super multi-stories of about 150 story construction and one piece of extra super multi-story of about 100 story construction. Each extra super multi-story includes two through four pieces of tower-like super multi-stories of about 50 story construction and of about 50 m in diameter (floor area: about 200 m.sup.2 /story). A sky lobby is provided about every 50 stories connecting the extra super multi-stories. Four shuttle elevators lead from the ground to the sky lobbies, and a sightseeing tower and high-rise garden (sky dome) are provided at the rooftop of the extra super multi-story building. Main facilities such as offices, hotels and residences are arranged in each extra multi-story.

Abstract: A fireproof shaft door for an elevator installation has an improved heat insulation towards the shaft side in the case of a fire at the floor side of the door. A door is filled with heat insulating spaces and heat insulating mat and is positioned at the floor side of a framework which is carried by a door suspension. The framework is horizontally displaceable on a roller and is guided at a lower edge by a sliding guide engaging a recess in a threshold. Horizontal spars, which are provided with ventilation apertures, are attached to the door box at the shaft side. Heat insulating plates are attached to the spares to cover the shaft side of the framework. A first hollow space is formed between the door box and the heat insulating plates and functions as natural chimney in which fresh air circulates. A vertically extending recess is formed in a closing edge of the door box to form a second hollow space in which fresh air circulates when the door is closed.

Abstract: The facility consists of a silo module of either reinforced concrete or steel, built above or below ground level, or partly above and partly below ground level. The central section of the silo interior is occupied by a handling unit that can be of an electromechanical type, for the transfer of automobiles onto the lateral storage stalls and their retrieval. The incoming and outgoing automobile handling operations are carried out by means of metal platforms on which the automobiles are loaded. The platforms are hoisted and transferred horizontally by the electromechanical unit. The platform holding the incoming vehicle is hoisted to the level at which a free place is found available and then moved horizontally and made rest on stationary iron brackets abutting from the silo module walls and located on various levels. The module can be provided with a sole doorway to be used as both entry and exit, and alternatively, can have two doorways opposing each other, one for entry and the other for exit.

Abstract: For assembling hoistway or elevator shaft equipment, there is moved in vertical direction within the hoistway, an erection scaffolding comprising a first working platform, a second working platform, a third working platform and a fourth working platform. The first working platform is arranged at the lower end and the second working platform at the upper end of a elevator car support frame serving for the reception of the elevator cabin following completion of the erection operations. The erection scaffolding continues above the elevator car support frame with the third working platform and ends with the fourth working platform. A suspension tube, a lower deflecting roller and an upper deflecting roller serve as a suspension system for the elevator car support frame. The lower deflecting roller is arranged at the upper end of the suspension tube and the upper deflecting roller is arranged at an elevator hoistway support.

Abstract: In an elevator having an ascending and descending car, the car having side walls for forming the side surfaces of the car, an entrance/exit front wall for allowing a passenger and an article to ride on or alight from the car, a back wall opposed to the entrance/exit front wall, and plate members mounted to extend in the ascending and descending directions of the entrance/exit front wall, further having fairing covers provided to extend in the ascending and descending directions from the side walls and the back wall to be integrated with the plate members and formed in a stream line shape to the ascending and descending directions for suppressing "an accelerating flow" generated along the entrance/exit front wall at the time of ascending and descending, are directions.

Abstract: A retainer assembly is provided having a clasp section and at least one collar. The clasp section has an axially extending aperture and cutout section. The cutout section, which exposes the aperture, allows the member of a stiffening assembly to pass through to and be received by the aperture. Once received by the aperture, the member is fixed within the aperture of the clasp section by the collar.

Abstract: A multi-level structure includes a number of parking levels, each level defines a number of parking stations which are arranged circularly. Four elevators are provided in a middle portion of the structure, each of the elevators is vertically movable in order to transfer vehicles to any of the levels. Each elevator can transfer two vehicles so that eight vehicles can be transferred by the four elevators at a time and so that the elevators can transfer vehicles in a fast speed.

Abstract: A more efficient wind power generation system is afforded by extending tower heights to several hundred meters to operate wind catching rotors and generators aligned with the wind direction at various levels along the tower. With multiple vertically cascaded wind generators and higher velocity winds at higher elevations greater power is produced in a system characterized by a small footprint. This is particularly enhanced by a single mast construction, which is supported by a dynamic guy wire tensioning system to accomodate varying lateral forces primarily caused by the change in direction of wind loads on the tower. The mast is built from modular sections connected together at articulated joints, between which the various rotors are stationed.

Abstract: A main body structure for an underground parking lot has an outer wall formed in a substantially cylindrical shape to define a space under the ground. A radial structural body is formed in and connected to the outer wall to support the same on the inside thereof and to divide the space within the outer wall into plural vehicle accommodation spaces. The underground parking lot constructed with this main body structure includes vehicle accommodation mechanisms which are arranged in the respective vehicle accommodation spaces.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of assembling an elevator within a building and the assembly jigs used therefor. According to this method, assembly jigs (1) including pre-positioned elevator elements such as rails, doors, counterweight and electrical conduit are positioned successively in a support shaft. These elements are secured without any other adjustment to the support shaft and the jig is then removed.

Abstract: A lift shaft which includes a plurality of self-supporting, prefabricated shaft modules which can be stacked. The lift shaft is constructed from one or more generally "plain" modules; a module containing a fully assembled lift car, optionally containing a counterweight which is temporarily supported for transit to the erection on-site; a fully assembled upper lift motor room module, including winding apparatus and electronic equipment for the lift; and a pit module which is to be suspended from a module above. The lift shaft and modules are designed so that they can be used as containers for fully assembled lift cars and/or counterweights between the factory and the building site so that a lift shaft module can be craned into position with a complete car and/or counterweight.

Abstract: A temporary pulley assembly is fastened to the ceiling of a lift hoistway, and is used to raise the sheave crossbeam, sheaves, car, and counterweight assembly to the hoistway ceiling. The crossbeam is a telescoping member which is extended to fit into pockets in the hoistway side walls. Installers working on the roof of the car can fix guide rails to the hoistway walls as the entire assembly is being raised en masse. When the assembly reaches the top of the hoistway, the hoisting cables or ropes are properly fastened to the various lift sheaves, and to the hoistway ceiling.

Abstract: There is disclosed a fireplace system to be installed in a chimney, the chimney having at least two openings in side walls of the chimney, comprising a hearth vertically moveable in the chimney, the hearth being accessible through the openings, doors to seal the openings, lifting means connected to the hearth for moving the hearth vertically in the chimney, vertical guide means for guiding the hearth in the chimney during vertical motion, and holding means for holding the hearth at a vertical position.