An elevator system includes a car that can be moved along guide rails in an elevator shaft and a car apron attached to the car. The car apron is supported on the guide rails. The car apron is collapsible with two flat apron elements hinged together at a horizontal fold line. For the support, the car apron has a support structure that adjoins a lower end of the lower flat apron element and includes guide elements that engage the guide rails.

An illustrative example elevator sill assembly includes a sill plate and at least one support arm secured to the sill plate. A mounting bracket is configured to be mounted to an elevator car. The support arm is supported on the mounting bracket to allow the support arm to pivot relative to the mounting bracket. At least one actuator arm has a portion configured to be contacted by a door of the elevator car to cause movement of the actuator arm relative to the mounting bracket as the door moves into an open position. The movement of the actuator arm causes the support arm to pivot relative to the mounting bracket to thereby cause the sill plate to pivot from a stored position to an actuated position.

An illustrative example elevator sill assembly includes a sill plate and at least one support arm secured to the sill plate. A mounting bracket is configured to be mounted to an elevator car. The support arm is supported on the mounting bracket to allow the support arm to pivot relative to the mounting bracket. At least one actuator arm has a portion configured to be contacted by a door of the elevator car to cause movement of the actuator arm relative to the mounting bracket as the door moves into an open position. The movement of the actuator arm causes the support arm to pivot relative to the mounting bracket to thereby cause the sill plate to pivot from a stored position to an actuated position.

An illustrative example elevator sill assembly includes a sill plate and at least one support arm secured to the sill plate. A mounting bracket is configured to be mounted to an elevator car. The support arm is supported on the mounting bracket to allow the support arm to pivot relative to the mounting bracket. At least one linear actuator has a moving portion that moves in a vertical direction to cause the at least one support arm to pivot relative to the mounting bracket to thereby cause the sill plate to pivot from a stored position to an actuated position.

An illustrative example elevator sill assembly includes a sill plate and at least one support arm secured to the sill plate. A mounting bracket is configured to be mounted to an elevator car. The support arm is supported on the mounting bracket to allow the support arm to pivot relative to the mounting bracket. At least one linear actuator has a moving portion that moves in a vertical direction to cause the at least one support arm to pivot relative to the mounting bracket to thereby cause the sill plate to pivot from a stored position to an actuated position.

Elevator toe guard assemblies are provided. The elevator toe guard assemblies include an elevator car frame, a buffer located within an elevator shaft, and a toe guard mounted to the elevator car frame. The toe guard has a first state being a fully extended state, a second state wherein the toe guard does not contact a pit floor during operation of an elevator car, and a third state wherein at least a portion of the toe guard is moved relative to the elevator car frame during an impact between the buffer and the pit floor.

Elevator systems having an elevator shaft, a plurality of landings, wherein each landing includes a landing door that enables access from the landing into the elevator shaft, a plurality of guards arranged within the elevator shaft, wherein each landing door includes one of the plurality of guards proximate thereto, and a light element integrated into at least one of the plurality of guards and arranged to project light into the elevator shaft.

A side of the seal member 35 is provided rotatably to a car-side door sill 31. The rotation of the side allows the side to be displaceable between a sealing position and an evacuation position. The link mechanism for rotating the seal member 35 releases an engagement with the car-side actuating member to rotate the seal member 35 to a sealing position and fixes the seal member 35 at the sealing position. The link mechanism engages with the actuating member and releases the fixing of the seal member 35 at a sealing position when the car door moves to the door-close end.

A side of the seal member 35 is provided rotatably to a car-side door sill 31. The rotation of the side allows the side to be displaceable between a sealing position and an evacuation position. The link mechanism for rotating the seal member 35 releases an engagement with the car-side actuating member to rotate the seal member 35 to a sealing position and fixes the seal member 35 at the sealing position. The link mechanism engages with the actuating member and releases the fixing of the seal member 35 at a sealing position when the car door moves to the door-close end.

An elevator sill clearance protection device includes a baffle plate arranged adjacent to an elevator car door sill and configured to be in a first position when an elevator car door is closed, and to be in a second position when the elevator car door is opened so as to at least partially reduce a clearance between the elevator car door sill and a landing door sill; and an actuator arranged in an elevator car and connected to the baffle plate, the actuator configured to actuate the baffle plate from the first position to the second position when the elevator car door is opened, and return the baffle plate to the first position when the elevator car door is closed.