An elevator includes an elevator car movable in a shaft and a counterweight. The counterweight is connected by suspension apparatus guided over deflecting rollers of a deflecting unit. The counterweight deflecting unit includes a cover arrangement, for covering the deflecting rollers, that is a plastic folding part formed from an erectable blank. The blank has a cover and side walls surrounded by folding lines or edges, wherein the cover and the side walls, in a starting position, lie on a common plane and wherein the cover and the side walls, in an end position, form a cover portion, a front side wall, a rear side wall and transverse side walls, the side walls adjoining the cover portion at right angles.

An elevator car enclosure (106) which defines a volume (142) for receiving a load to be transported, wherein the elevator car enclosure (106) is formed from a single moulded body.

An elevator car of an elevator system includes a car body and a car frame supportive of the car body. The car frame includes two opposing side frames, each side frame formed from a plurality of side frame segments, including two upright members and one or more upright braces connecting the two upright members, adjacent side frame segments secured to each other via a joint. A method of installation of an elevator car of an elevator system includes positioning a first side frame segment of a plurality of side frame segments adjacent to second side frame segment of the plurality of side frame segments, and securing the first side frame segment to the second side frame segment via a splice joint thereby constructing a car frame of the elevator car. One or more car bodies are installed into the car frame.

A method of resetting a braking device includes moving an elevator car upward, sliding a support member coupled to the braking device relative to the elevator car, and moving a brake wedge of the braking device along a sloped slide path.

Techniques are described for an elevator apparatus that includes a cabin apparatus and a hoistway apparatus. In an embodiment, the cabin head apparatus of the cabin apparatus extends parallel to a cross-section of the hoistway apparatus. The air pressure in the part of the hoistway is maintained to be different from the air pressure inside the cabin apparatus and may cause the cabin apparatus to ascend or to stay steady within the hoistway apparatus. The cabin head apparatus is partially load-bearing for the cabin apparatus and any load. In an embodiment, the air pressure difference is maintained by seal(s) that are peripherally coupled to the cabin apparatus, generating an airtight connection of the cabin apparatus with an inner periphery of a cross section of the hoistway apparatus. The seals substantially prevent the air in the top portion of the hoistway apparatus from entering the bottom portion and vice versa.

A car for an elevator in an elevator shaft is suspended substantially in the center of gravity thereof at least in a ratio of 2:1 by a carrying apparatus guided via pulleys and is guided through car guides. The car has a car base, a car roof and car walls that define a passenger space. For using the car in a machine room-free elevator, to provide a shaft cross-section as large as possible and to reduce the required shaft pit depth and/or the required shaft head height, at least a first part of one of the pulleys is located between the car base and the car roof and a second part of the pulley is located in the car base or at the same height as the car base or in the car roof or at the same height as the car roof.

An elevator safety device includes: a lower beam; and an emergency stop device mounted parallel to the lower beam in order to perform an emergency stop of an elevator car, wherein the lower beam includes: a first side member; a second side member disposed opposite the first side member; a front support member configured to be coupled to and to support front portions of the first side member and the second side member; and a rear support member configured to be coupled to and to support rear portions of the first side member and the second side member.

An elevator car of an elevator system includes a car body, and a car frame supportive of the car body. The car frame includes two or more opposing upright assemblies, a crosshead assembly located above the car body, and a plank assembly located below the car body. A plurality of seismic retainers are located at each of the upright assemblies. The plurality of seismic retainers are configured for a non-contact relationship with a guide rail of the elevator system during normal operation of the elevator system, and configured to react guide rail loads during a sway event via contact with the guide rail.

A cabin guide assembly is described. The cabin guide assembly includes a material layer that has a first material layer surface and a guide that has a first guide surface and a second guide surface opposite the first guide surface. The second guide surface is coupled to the first material layer surface. The cabin guide assembly further includes a base coupled to at least a portion of the first guide surface and one or more adjustment members coupled to the base and arranged to exert an adjustable force against the guide and the material layer.

An elevator car (2, 2′), includes a first safety brake (8, 8′), including a first electronic safety actuator (512, 612), the first safety brake (8, 8′) positioned on a first side of the elevator car (2, 2′) at a first height (20, 20′); and a second safety brake (10, 10′), including a second electronic safety actuator (512, 612), the second safety brake (10, 10′) positioned on a second side of the elevator car (2, 2′) at a second height (22, 22′); the first height is different to the second height.