A method for installing an elevator system in an elevator shaft of a building in its construction phase uses a machine platform displaceable in the shaft along car guide rails and having a drive machine for moving a suspended elevator car to adapt a usable lifting height of the elevator car to an increasing height of the building by lifting the machine platform to a higher level. The method includes lowering a pre-assembled elevator unit into the shaft by a lifting device, using guide devices that are either mounted on the elevator unit and cooperate with stationarily fixed alignment elements in the shaft, or are fixed in the shaft and cooperate with alignment elements on the elevator unit, to align the unit in a position suitable for fitting guide shoes on the elevator unit and the car guide rails into one another.

An elevator cable management system is described to provide constraints on cable movements at a point between the top and bottom of an elevator track. The system may include a moving retainer bar with a cradle on top of an elevator car, and a fixed retainer bar that retains cables when the elevator car is above the fixed retainer bar.

A method for installing an elevator system in an elevator shaft of a building in its construction phase uses a machine platform displaceable in the shaft along car guide rails and having a drive machine for moving a suspended elevator car to adapt a usable lifting height of the elevator car to an increasing height of the building by lifting the machine platform to a higher level. The method includes lowering a pre-assembled elevator unit into the shaft by a lifting device, using guide devices that are either mounted on the elevator unit and cooperate with stationarily fixed alignment elements in the shaft, or are fixed in the shaft and cooperate with alignment elements on the elevator unit, to align the unit in a position suitable for fitting guide shoes on the elevator unit and the car guide rails into one another.

A method for installing an elevator system in an elevator shaft of a building in its construction phase uses a machine platform displaceable in the shaft along car guide rails and having a drive machine for moving a suspended elevator car to adapt a usable lifting height of the elevator car to an increasing height of the building by lifting the machine platform to a higher level. The method includes lowering a pre-assembled elevator unit into the shaft by a lifting device, using guide devices that are either mounted on the elevator unit and cooperate with stationarily fixed alignment elements in the shaft, or are fixed in the shaft and cooperate with alignment elements on the elevator unit, to align the unit in a position suitable for fitting guide shoes on the elevator unit and the car guide rails into one another.

An elevated delivery platform having a delivery surface that can be placed at a location off the ground to better facilitate delivery of parcels by unmanned aerial vehicles, such as delivery drones, is provided. By placing the elevated delivery platform in an area above the ground, such as atop a home or a pole, a drone is more capable of making deliveries because it avoids obstacles nearer to the ground that typically make drone delivery challenging. The elevated delivery platform raises and lowers parcels to a position where they can easily be retrieved. Some systems also provide a deployable cover to protect parcels from adverse weather conditions while awaiting pickup or following delivery. The elevated delivery platform can be used as part of a drone delivery system that can also include a containment unit, a computer application, or any combination of these aspects.

The invention relates to a travel system for cylindrical and/or conical surfaces, in particular for the outer surface or the inner surface of a pipe or mast (1), having: an assembly platform (4a, 4b); a plurality of connected undercarriage elements (6), preferably identical undercarriage elements (6), which form a closed ring in a circumferential direction, in particular together with the assembly platform (4a, 4b) integrated between two undercarriage elements (6); a clamping system (7) which connects at least the undercarriage elements (6) to each other and with which the distance between the connected undercarriage elements (6) can be changed; at least one other undercarriage element (8) which is situated on the assembly platform (4a, 4b) at an axial distance from the ring of connected undercarriage elements (6); wherein at least the undercarriage elements (6) connected to the ring, preferably also the undercarriage element (8) axially spaced therefrom, are each in the form of a continuous track system. The invention also relates to a continuous track vehicle (11), in particular a 2-track continuous track vehicle (11), having at least one chain guided around two spaced deflection wheels (17), in particular deflection gears (17), running surface elements (20) being secured to the links (18) of the chain, wherein the running surface elements (20) each comprise rollers (21) for contacting a driving surface, the axes of rotation of the rollers being oriented in the direction in which the deflection wheels (17) are spaced or the running surface elements (20) being displaceable relative to the associated link (18) by at least one actuator (24).

The invention relates to a travel system for cylindrical and/or conical surfaces, in particular for the outer surface or the inner surface of a pipe or mast (1), having: an assembly platform (4a, 4b); a plurality of connected undercarriage elements (6), preferably identical undercarriage elements (6), which form a closed ring in a circumferential direction, in particular together with the assembly platform (4a, 4b) integrated between two undercarriage elements (6); a clamping system (7) which connects at least the undercarriage elements (6) to each other and with which the distance between the connected undercarriage elements (6) can be changed; at least one other undercarriage element (8) which is situated on the assembly platform (4a, 4b) at an axial distance from the ring of connected undercarriage elements (6); wherein at least the undercarriage elements (6) connected to the ring, preferably also the undercarriage element (8) axially spaced therefrom, are each in the form of a continuous track system. The invention also relates to a continuous track vehicle (11), in particular a 2-track continuous track vehicle (11), having at least one chain guided around two spaced deflection wheels (17), in particular deflection gears (17), running surface elements (20) being secured to the links (18) of the chain, wherein the running surface elements (20) each comprise rollers (21) for contacting a driving surface, the axes of rotation of the rollers being oriented in the direction in which the deflection wheels (17) are spaced or the running surface elements (20) being displaceable relative to the associated link (18) by at least one actuator (24).

The present invention relates to an apparatus for the transport of a device along a construction, which comprises a rail which can be fixed to a construction and a transport carrier, which is equipped with a carriage slidably constrained to the rail and is intended to carry a device to be transported. The transport carrier comprises an oscillating frame, which is rotatably constrained to the carriage by means of a hinge and is intended to carry the device fixed thereto. Moreover, the apparatus comprises an orientation system mechanically connected to the transport carrier and configured to move, when the transport carrier is brought to the service position at the terminal portion of the construction, the oscillating frame to rotate between a non-operative position and an operative position in order to correctly position the device at the terminal portion of the construction.

The present invention relates to an apparatus for the transport of a device along a construction, which comprises a rail which can be fixed to a construction and a transport carrier, which is equipped with a carriage slidably constrained to the rail and is intended to carry a device to be transported. The transport carrier comprises an oscillating frame, which is rotatably constrained to the carriage by means of a hinge and is intended to carry the device fixed thereto. Moreover, the apparatus comprises an orientation system mechanically connected to the transport carrier and configured to move, when the transport carrier is brought to the service position at the terminal portion of the construction, the oscillating frame to rotate between a non-operative position and an operative position in order to correctly position the device at the terminal portion of the construction.

An elevated delivery platform having a delivery surface that can be placed at a location off the ground to better facilitate delivery of parcels by unmanned aerial vehicles, such as delivery drones, is provided. By placing the elevated delivery platform in an area above the ground, such as atop a home or a pole, a drone is more capable of making deliveries because it avoids obstacles nearer to the ground that typically make drone delivery challenging. The elevated delivery platform raises and lowers parcels to a position where they can easily be retrieved. Some systems also provide a deployable cover to protect parcels from adverse weather conditions while awaiting pickup or following delivery. The elevated delivery platform can be used as part of a drone delivery system that can also include a containment unit, a computer application, or any combination of these aspects.