An elevator car for transporting people and goods and having a floor panel, at least three side panels, and a roof panel together forming a door opening. The floor panel, at least one side panel, and the roof panel are unitarily formed of a thermoplastic synthetic resin. A force-spreading element substantially more rigid than the panels is fixed in or on an face of one of the side panels or the roof panel. A hoist system for the car is fixed by fasteners to the load-spreading element.

An illustrative example embodiment of an assembly includes a first platform and at least one first brace associated with the first platform. The first brace is configured to engage a surface in or near a hoistway for supporting the first platform in a vertical location near the surface. A portion of the first brace is moveable relative to the first platform between an extended position for engaging the surface and a retracted position for allowing the first platform to move relative to the surface. A second platform is vertically spaced from the first platform. An adjustment mechanism associated with the first platform and the second platform facilitates adjusting a vertical spacing between the first platform and the second platform.

An elevator system comprising an elevator cabin, and a traction wire rope for driving the elevator cabin and/or a safety wire rope, wherein the elevator system further comprises an upper transverse element provided above the elevator cabin and adapted to be guided along the traction wire rope and/or the safety wire rope, and a support structure which is adapted to support the upper transverse element and substantially impede its movement in a downwards direction and in a horizontal direction, and to allow movement of the upper transverse element in an upwards direction.

An elevator system comprising an elevator cabin, and a traction wire rope for driving the elevator cabin and/or a safety wire rope, wherein the elevator system further comprises an upper transverse element provided above the elevator cabin and adapted to be guided along the traction wire rope and/or the safety wire rope, and a support structure which is adapted to support the upper transverse element and substantially impede its movement in a downwards direction and in a horizontal direction, and to allow movement of the upper transverse element in an upwards direction.

A structure having limited supportable portions has been difficult to isolate from vibration in the direction in which a load is applied. A base isolation apparatus includes a Z-axis base isolation unit, an X-axis base isolation unit, and a Y-axis base isolation unit. The base isolation unit includes a vibration-source connector, an isolated-object connector, a lock device disposed between the isolated-object connector and the vibration-source connector for switching between a state of fixing the isolated-object connector and a state of making it movable, a distance recovery device for generating a force to cause an amount of change in distance to approach zero, depending on the amount of change, and a vibration damper for generating a force in an orientation of hindering the change, depending on the rate of change in distance.

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.

A container for maintenance capsule as a component of a maintenance system for an offshore wind turbine maintenance program. The container transports tools, parts and maintenance personnel to and from respective wind turbine towers. The container is seaworthy, watertight and floatable, and can be loaded on a maintenance vessel which carries the container to and from a wind turbine tower.

A container for maintenance capsule as a component of a maintenance system for an offshore wind turbine maintenance program. The container transports tools, parts and maintenance personnel to and from respective wind turbine towers. The container is seaworthy, watertight and floatable, and can be loaded on a maintenance vessel which carries the container to and from a wind turbine tower.

An elevator system arranged in an elevator shaft of a building in the construction phase grows with the building using a lifting process. The system includes a machine platform with an elevator drive machine and an elevator car suspended on the machine platform by a carrier. The elevator car is raised during the lifting process by a lifting device. The elevator system also includes an assembly platform that can be mechanically moved in relation to the machine platform along the elevator shaft. The lifting device includes a drive arranged on the machine platform and is also used to move the assembly platform.