An elevator car arrangement includes an elevator car body and an elevator car sling. The elevator car arrangement further includes a hanging damper arranged to connect the elevator car body and the elevator car sling together for dampening vibrations coming from guide rails through the elevator car sling to the elevator car body. The hanging damper includes a first part connected to a bottom part of the elevator car body; a second part connected to the elevator car sling; and a damping element arranged to dampen vibrations coming from the second part to the first part. A method for dampening vibrations coming from guide rails through the elevator car sling to the elevator car body is disclosed.

The application relates to a method for modernizing an existing escalator or an existing moving walkway. The method can include removing all the electrical and mechanical parts from the existing framework of the existing escalator or of the existing moving walkway, the existing framework having two framework side parts and a base structure connecting said framework side parts, and the framework side parts being connected to each other by means of cross members disposed at a distance from the base structure; and replacing the existing cross members of the existing framework with new cross members, the two framework side parts of the existing framework being connected to each other in a mutually stabilising manner at least one point at a distance from the base structure of the framework, during replacement of the cross members.

An elevator system is disclosed that comprises an elevator cabin guided by or around one or more substantially rigid guiding elements, a travelling cable, a pulley mounted on a pulley frame, wherein the pulley with the pulley frame is movably suspended on the travelling cable, and one or more transverse elements. The transverse element extends from a first end attached to the pulley frame to a second end configured to be slidably arranged with respect to one or more of the rigid guiding elements. The elevator system further comprises an arresting system provided at or near the second end of the transverse elements. The arresting system is configured to apply friction on the rigid guiding elements to reduce sliding of the transverse elements with respect to the rigid guiding elements when the pulley with the pulley frame is not suspended by the travelling cable.

In a cage lighting device for an elevator, a lighting cover includes a main cover, a first auxiliary cover opposing a first cage wall, and a second auxiliary cover opposing a second cage wall. Respective dimensions of the first and second auxiliary covers in a lengthwise direction of the lighting cover are smaller than a dimension of the main cover in the lengthwise direction of the lighting cover. By loosening a first auxiliary cover fastening tool, the first auxiliary cover becomes capable of sliding in the lengthwise direction relative to a lighting cover attachment member between a position adjacent to the main cover and a position contacting the first cage wall.

An elevator system includes an elevator car configured to travel in a hoistway; an elevator car door configured to open and close; a machine configured to impart force to the elevator car; an interface configured to generate a lockdown mode signal; and a controller configured to control operation of at least one of the machine and the elevator car door in response to the lockdown mode signal.

There is provided a marking positioning device for an elevator which is capable of easily performing marking at a designated position inside a hoistway. The marking positioning device for an elevator includes a body portion that flies inside the hoistway of an elevator, a detecting unit provided at the body portion and configured to detect a position of the body portion inside the hoistway, a measuring unit provided at the body portion and configured to measure a three-dimensional shape inside the hoistway, a marking unit provided at the body portion and configured to perform marking, and a control unit provided at the body portion and configured to control flight of the body portion on the basis of the position detected by the detecting unit so that a position of marking by the marking unit is located at a designated position set in the three-dimensional shape measured by the measuring unit.

The invention concerns a method and a software program for determining the position of an elevator car moved in an elevator shaft, wherein an acceleration is measured and combined with measured open/closed states of the car door. The open-states of the door are used to identify floor-levels and a moving run sequence, wherein the car position estimate is then compared with allocated floor-levels from which the destination floor-level is calculated to extract the exact position of the car within 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 car operating panel located within the elevator car and having a plurality of buttons operable for selection of a destination floor of the plurality of floors, a digital readable marker located within the elevator car that is at least one of scannable and readable by a user device, and a digital storage system having information stored thereon, the information including directory information, wherein the directory information includes information associated with the floors selectable by operation of the plurality of buttons. When a user device scans or reads the digital readable marker, the digital storage system transmits the directory information to the user device so that the user device can display the directory information to a passenger.

A servicing device for a belt of an elevator system is provided including a housing and a guide member coupled to the housing. The guide member and the housing are disposed on opposite sides of the belt. At least one reservoir is disposed within the housing. The at least one reservoir contains one or more restoring materials. An applicator is configured to apply the one or more restoring materials to an adjacent surface of the belt. Application of the one or more restoring materials is configured to modify the geometry of the belt such that the modified geometry is substantially identical to the original geometry of the belt.

In a method for carrying out an installation process in an elevator shaft of an elevator system, an assembly device is inserted into the elevator shaft. The assembly device includes a support component, a mechatronic installation component retained by the support component and a control apparatus. At least one assembly apparatus (tool, sensor or component) is arranged on the support component. The support component is fixed in a fixing position in the elevator shaft. After the support component has been fixed, an actual position of the at least one assembly apparatus is determined relative to the installation component. Using the determined actual position relative to the support component, the at least one assembly apparatus is received by the installation component and an assembly step is carried out using the received at least one assembly apparatus.