A wall securing assembly is integrated into an elevator shaft wall for securing a guide rail to the wall. The wall has a first concrete region that is reinforced with reinforcements and a second concrete region that is not reinforced. The second region covers the first region and has a surface that is exposed to the surroundings. The securing assembly has an elongated profile of C-shaped cross-section embedded solely into the second region and oriented in the vertical direction of the wall. Since tensile forces acting on a guide rail in an elevator shaft are very low, it is acceptable to secure the guide rail to the profile that is cast into the second region covering the reinforcement. The profile is anchor element-free and can be arranged in the wall vertically whereby guide rail holding consoles can be secured to the profile at any height.

A climbing elevator system has an elevator shaft and an elevator car, a lifting platform, and a supporting device, wherein, in the course of different construction phases of a building, the lifting platform can be anchored at various positions within the elevator shaft. A protective roof is arranged above components of the lifting platform that are to be protected, such as a drive machine. The protective roof has a central roof structure and a peripheral flank structure that has flank walls fixed to the lateral edges of the central roof structure and project outwardly from the central roof structure at an angle with respect to the horizontal. Because of the inclined arrangement of the flank walls, the flank structure can better withstand falling objects and better protect components located underneath. Cantilevered edge regions of the flank walls can be supported on side walls of the elevator shaft.

Elevator systems having an elevator car located within an elevator shaft, the elevator car moveable between a plurality of floors of a building, a passenger space divider located within the elevator car dividing the elevator car into a first passenger compartment and a second passenger compartment, a first car operating panel located within the first passenger compartment of the elevator car and having a plurality of buttons operable for selection of a destination floor of the plurality of floors, and a second car operating panel located within the second passenger compartment of the elevator car and having a plurality of buttons operable for selection of a destination floor of the plurality of floors.

The invention relates to a building access system (100) adapted to be arranged externally of a building comprising a number of storeys, comprising an elevator module (2) with an elevator shaft (2A) for an elevator and a mounting arrangement (3) for mounting to a wall (4) of the building. The access system further comprises at least one balcony module (1,1) comprising one or more balconies (1A,1A,1A,1B,1B,1B), each said balcony comprising a balcony door (16) for providing access to the elevator in a side wall (13). The balcony module (1,1) or modules comprises/comprise one or more separate modules adapted for connection to the building in association with the elevator module (2), or the elevator module and one or more balcony modules comprise an integrated elevator and balcony module. The mounting arrangement (3) is adapted for interconnecting the balcony and elevator modules with the wall (4) of the building.

An elevator shaft element, an elevator arrangement and a method. The elevator shaft element comprises a frame module arranged for receiving an elevator car therein. The frame module is constructed from a transport and/or storage unit, comprising side walls, a bottom wall and a roof wall. The unit is arranged to be positioned vertically such that said side walls, bottom wall and upper wall of the unit define an inner space of the elevator shaft. Elevator car guides for guiding movement of the elevator car in the elevator shaft element are attached to said bottom wall and/or roof wall.

A top module for closing off an elevator shaft of an elevator system has a first top module side wall and a top module ceiling, a first guide rail piece fixed by a bracket on the first top module side wall, and a drive unit connected to the first guide rail piece. The top module can assume an operating state and a transport state. In the operating state, the first guide rail piece and the drive unit assume operating positions, and a car of the elevator system can be moved in the elevator shaft closed off with the top module. In the transport state, the first guide rail piece and the drive unit assume transport positions that deviate from the operating positions.

A guide rail-pillar system is disclosed. The system includes at least one guide rail pillar to guide an actuation of a cabin of a pneumatic vacuum elevator, wherein the at least one guide rail pillar is disposed at an external cylinder assembly. The at least one guide rail pillar includes a first surface. A curved structure is extruded from a first surface of the at least one guide rail pillar, wherein the curved structure enables movement of the cabin in a vertical direction. The at least one guide rail pillar includes at least two grooves disposed on lateral sides. The at least two grooves accommodates a covering sheet for enclosing the external cylinder assembly. The at least one guide rail pillar includes at least three ribs. The at least three ribs connects the at least one guide rail pillar with a base ring and the external cylinder assembly.

A construction arrangement of an elevator, comprises a hoistway, a protection deck arranged within the hoistway for protecting the portion of the hoistway below it from falling objects, wherein the protection deck comprises: a frame mounted on stationary structure of the hoistway, a cover co-operating with the frame and extending across the hoistway, wherein the cover is adapted to protect the hoistway from falling objects and/or water from falling into the hoistway below it. The frame is, without dismantling it, configured to be increased and/or decreased in size, individually in at least one direction in relation to the corresponding adjacent stationary structure, such as wall, of the hoistway. A method for constructing an elevator comprises mounting a protection deck within a hoistway.

A trolley includes a housing, at least one sheave rotatably mounted at least partially within the housing, and a braking mechanism. The braking mechanism includes a rotor assembly coupled to the at least one sheave, at least one conductive element, and at least one magnetic element. The rotor assembly is rotatable with the at least one sheave, and when the rotor assembly rotates, the at least one conductive element overlaps with the at least one magnetic element based at least in part on a rotational speed of the rotor assembly.

An elevator system includes a shaft extending between at least two decks of a vehicle. A base of the shaft is mounted to a deck structure of at least two decks by a coupling mechanism that accommodates flexing of the deck structure to enable the deck structure to flex independently of the base of the shaft. The elevator system further includes a cab within the shaft. The cab is movable between the at least two decks. The elevator system also includes a pneumatic system in selective communication with an interior of the shaft.