In accordance with the present invention, an elevator core structure includes an elevator frame (120) separated from a main frame (110) and extending in a longitudinal direction of the main frame (110), and a guide frame (130) formed on an inner surface of the elevator frame (120). Here, the elevator frame (120) may be formed by stacking a plurality of frame segments (121), and a guide frame unit (131) forming the guide frame (130) may be mounted to one surface of each of the frame segments (121). The present invention exhibits an effect of early-constructing the elevator frame regardless of a construction schedule of a main frame of a building.

An elevator system (20) is provided including a hoistway (22) and an elevator car (24) movable within the hoistway (22) between a plurality of landings (26). The elevator car (24) includes at least one air scoop (70) configured to fluidly couple an interior of the elevator car (24) to the hoistway (22) such that a controlled fluid flow may pass there between. The hoistway (22) may or may not include a ventilation opening (50) configured to couple the hoistway (22) to an air source disposed outside of the hoistway (22).

A car transport unit for a car of a passenger transport system includes the car, a shaft segment of the passenger transport system, and a plurality of detachable transport devices. The car is arranged in the shaft segment and is connected to the shaft segment in a safe-to-transport manner using the transport devices.

An elevator arrangement, in particular a construction time elevator arrangement, includes a hoistway; an elevator car mounted in the hoistway; and a vertically movable support structure in the hoistway for supporting the elevator car, the movable support structure being mounted above the elevator car in the hoistway. The vertically movable support structure includes a first working platform, having a planar working area, and a protective cover above the first working platform for protecting elevator components and/or people below it from falling objects. The protective cover covers most of the cross section of the hoistway.

A transfer station (40) for a ropeless elevator system hoistway (11) is provided. The transfer station (40) includes a first lane (13, 15, 17), a second lane (13, 15, 17), and a parking area (42) located proximate one of the first lane (13, 15, 17) and the second lane (13, 15, 17). The transfer station (40) also includes a plurality of carriages (46) moveable within the first lane (13, 15, 17), the second lane (13, 15, 17), and the parking area (42), the plurality of carriages (46) configured to support and move an elevator car (14). The transfer station (40) further includes a cassette (44) configured to support and move the plurality of carriages (46). The transfer station (40) yet further includes a guiding member (48) engaged with the cassette (44), wherein the position of each of the plurality of carriages (46) relative to the first lane (13, 15, 17), the second lane (13, 15, 17) and the parking area (42) is modified by horizontal or vertical movement of the cassette (44).

A construction site elevator system temporarily bridges at least part of the distance between the top stop of a jump lift and the top work level on the construction site. The construction site elevator system includes a frame structure and an elevator within the frame structure, the frame structure being configured to be insertable into an elevator shaft and being mountable at different positions in the elevator shaft.

An elevator system for installation on the outside of a building which extends over at least two stories and includes a shaft, a car movably mounted in the shaft for movement in a longitudinal direction of the shaft, and a drive for the car. The shaft has a shaft pit at its lower end and a through-opening for each story to be served and is configured as a prefabricated sheet-metal box made of at least one thin-walled steel plate that also extends beyond the shaft pit. The sheet-metal box forming the shaft is self-supporting, in that the steel plates extend in a straight line in the longitudinal direction of the shaft, and are profiled in a plane extending at right angles to the longitudinal direction. The steel plates are formed in one piece over the entire extent of the shaft in the longitudinal direction. A method for producing this elevator system is also provided.

A method for refinishing a surface structure of shaft material of an elevator, which extends along a shaft, enables the use of image data to determine an absolute position and/or speed of an elevator car. The elevator includes the elevator car, which is movable in the shaft, a camera, which is arranged at the elevator car and generates the image data from the surface structure, and an evaluating unit, which determines the absolute position and/or the speed of the elevator car from the image data. The surface structure is refinished at least locally in order to increase a distinctiveness of the surface structure in the image data. The shaft material can be, for example, a guide rail, a fastening element of the guide rail, or a shaft wall.

The composite assembly of the steel structure for lifting equipment comprised of the lifting system, into which the lower parts of vertically connected pillars connected to one another by cross-beams are fixed, with a levelling lifting system comprised of lifting plates (11) that are anchored into a concrete recess using chemical bonds via openings (15), with the structure levelling system comprising an adjusting screw (14), adjusting load-bearing nut (12), and safety nut (13), where the adjusting screw (14) passes through the opening in the lifting plate (10) welded onto the lower part of the lowermost pillar (1) of the structure. The vertical connections (3) of individual pillars (1), on the inner sides of both ends fitted with sets of openings mutually arranged at the angle of 90 degrees, are realized by inner connecting pieces (18) with fixed nuts (21), attached by Allen head screws (20) with safety washers having high resistance to spontaneous releasing due to vibrations via a set of openings. Connection of the cross-beam (2) and pillar (1), fitted with fixed integrated nuts (17), screw connections (4) is realized in the front part of the cross-beam (2) closed by the plate (4b) via oval openings (4a) on the inner side of the structure by Allen head screws (4c), supported by safety washers (4d) with high resistance to spontaneous releasing due to vibrations. The connections (4) are also fitted with mechanical protection by safety plates (7), attached by Allen head screws (22) to the fixed nuts (19) attached into the inside of the section on the side of the cross-beams (2), with corner reinforcements (6) ensuring the stability and perpendicularity of the connection (4) of the pillars (1) and cross-beams (2), further comprising a system for seating the brackets of the guide rails consisting of an oval opening (8) and a T-bolt (16), having a rectangular block (16b) in the rear part and a square block (16a) on the top of it for fixing and levelling the attached elements of the elevator.

A modular elevator system has a pit module, one or more shaft modules that are attachable to the pit module and/or to an adjacent shaft module, and a cap module that is attachable to an uppermost shaft module. The pit module, the shaft modules, and the cap module are each pre-fabricated and transported to a site at which a building is under construction for assembly top of the pit module, the remaining shaft modules are secured sequentially on top of each other, and the cap module is secured on top of the uppermost shaft module.