This disclosure relates generally to a smoke screen apparatus for shielding humans from harmful exposure to smoke, noxious fumes, or contaminated air. For safety reasons the smoke screen must allow for manual egress through the screen using a release mechanism that can automatically recover to the protective state after egress.

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.

An illustrative example embodiment of an elevator door assembly includes a door panel having at least one edge. A base is configured to be received adjacent the edge of the door panel. An astragal is configured to be at least partially received over the base such that the base holds the astragal in a selected position aligned with the edge of the door panel. The astragal is at least partially compressible for closing off an interface between the edge of the door panel and an adjacent surface.

An elevator door arrangement comprises an elevator door panel (1) and a door sill (30), the door panel (1) being movable along the door sill (30); the door panel (1) comprises at the bottom at least one panel slider bracket (10) being movable in a groove (31) of the door sill (30); and the arrangement comprises at least one panel slider (20) mountable to said at least one slider bracket (10) and slidable in the groove (31); wherein the slider bracket (10) comprises a lateral protruding lower part (11) which is configured inside the sill (30) to extend below a sill structure (32). A method for guiding an elevator door in an elevator door arrangement.

The present invention provides an elevator door device including a door rail, a door part configured to move by rolling of a roller on the door rail, a door drive part, and a wear-debris adhesion suppression part extending in an opening and closing direction of the door part. The door drive part includes a motor part configured to drive and rotate a drive pulley, a driven pulley disposed apart from the drive pulley in the opening and closing direction, and an endless belt that is wound around the drive pulley and the driven pulley, and to which the door part is connected. The door rail is located below the drive pulley. The wear-debris adhesion suppression part is disposed between the drive pulley, and the door rail and the roller, and disposed at a position corresponding to the drive pulley in the opening and closing direction.

A seal member for sealing a gap between a car-side door sill and a landing-side door sill is slidable between a sealing position and a retracted position and is driven by a link mechanism. The seal member is connected to an actuation spring that receives a movement force toward the sealing position. The link mechanism releases engagement with the actuating member in synchronization with a start of a door open operation of the car door to permit sliding toward the sealing position caused by the actuation spring. The link mechanism is engaged with the actuating member of the car door side in synchronization with movement of the car door toward a door close end to move the seal member to the retracted position resisting to the actuation spring.

A door seal for an elevator car includes a first tube and a second tube made of an elastically deformable sealing material; the door seal adapted to be mounted on a car wall and/or car door of the elevator car such that the first and second tubes, when the door closes a door opening in the car wall, lie opposite one another within a door gap in a bridging direction and run at least partially around the door opening. The first tube has a pressure connection and can be deformed, by applying fluid pressure, between an initial shape and a final shape that is enlarged in the bridging direction compared to the initial shape. The second tube has at least one pressure equalization opening that enables pressure equalization between an interior and an environment of the second tube when the second tube is compressed.

The present invention provides an elevator door device including a door rail, a door part configured to move by rolling of a roller on the door rail, a door drive part, and a wear-debris adhesion suppression part extending in an opening and closing direction of the door part. The door drive part includes a motor part configured to drive and rotate a drive pulley, a driven pulley disposed apart from the drive pulley in the opening and closing direction, and an endless belt that is wound around the drive pulley and the driven pulley, and to which the door part is connected. The door rail is located below the drive pulley. The wear-debris adhesion suppression part is disposed between the drive pulley, and the door rail and the roller, and disposed at a position corresponding to the drive pulley in the opening and closing direction.

A door seal for an elevator car includes a first tube and a second tube made of an elastically deformable sealing material; the door seal adapted to be mounted on a car wall and/or car door of the elevator car such that the first and second tubes, when the door closes a door opening in the car wall, lie opposite one another within a door gap in a bridging direction and run at least partially around the door opening. The first tube has a pressure connection and can be deformed, by applying fluid pressure, between an initial shape and a final shape that is enlarged in the bridging direction compared to the initial shape. The second tube has at least one pressure equalization opening that enables pressure equalization between an interior and an environment of the second tube when the second tube is compressed.