An elevator system includes a car which can move in an elevator shaft and has a car roof which has a walkable region. A safety element is arranged in the region of a roof edge of the car roof for reducing the gap between the elevator shaft wall and the car in order to protect people from falling into the elevator shaft. The safety element has a toe board section for creating a toe protection and for laterally bordering the walkable region, wherein the toe board section is arranged such that it is inwardly offset in relation to an outer edge of the safety element and in relation to the roof edge by a safety distance.

An elevator having a car with a car roof includes a barrier on the roof for anti-fall safety purposes. The barrier has a toeboard, and at least some of the cables for the cabin electrical system are routed within the toeboard.

An elevator car upper handrail apparatus, in which a connecting body is provided between respective ends of first and second side handrails on a landing side. The connecting body includes an opening/closing member which is rotatable between a closed position, in which a path for movement of a worker from a landing to a car upper surface is closed by the opening/closing member, and an open position, in which the path for movement is opened by the opening/closing member. The opening/closing member is configured to return automatically to the closed position. When the opening/closing member is in the closed position, the connecting body transmits an external force applied to one of the first and second side handrails in the width direction of a car to the other of the first and second side handrails.

An integrated telescopic rail and modular post assembly includes a first elongate post comprising an assembly of a first and second component that together define a square in cross section, with not less than seven (7) bends along the length of the elongate post, a handrail having a first end affixed to the first elongate post, the handrail including an elongate, inner handrail member of not less than five (5) bends along its length, received within an elongate, outer handrail member of not less than six (6) bends along its length, and a mechanical bracket mimicking and enveloping the surface profiles of the elongate posts and handrails comprised of apertures which envelope about the profiles of the elongate rail and post members, the integration of which resists outward or inward applied longitudinal or lateral forces.

An elevator system, having: a hoistway, a pit and an elevator car; a sensor assembly, wherein the sensors are distributed about the elevator car and configured to form a virtual safety net (VSN) around at least a portion of a first area that is exterior to the elevator car; and an elevator safety, wherein the sensor assembly is configured to: monitor for a breach of the VSN by an object that is potentially human; and upon detecting the breach of the VSN by the object, opening the elevator safety chain and stoping the elevator car.

An elevator system, having: a hoistway, a pit; a car; a sensor assembly, configured to capture and process images, configured to form a VSN around a first area that is exterior to the car, a safety chain configured to: monitor a change in positioning of a stationary object that is external to the car to determine a measured speed of the car, and upon detecting that an object has breached the VSN, the sensor assembly is configured to: select a first response protocol, from a set of response protocols that are correlated to different measured speeds of the car; and execute the first response protocol.

The invention relates to an elevator safety arrangement comprising a hoistway; an elevator car mounted in the hoistway; a working platform mounted on top of the roof the elevator car; at least one sensing arrangement for sensing load of the working platform and at least one balustrade. Said balustrade is mounted on the working platform such that its weight is carried by the working platform, and in that it is movable between a substantially upright position and a substantially horizontal position.

A safety system (105) for an elevator system (100). The safety system (105) includes a plurality of sensors (120) and a controller (110). Each of the plurality of sensors (120) is configured to produce an override signal when a landing door (112a) to which the sensor is connected is opened by manual override. The controller (110) is configured to instruct the elevator system (100) to automatically enter a special operating mode when the override signal is received from one of the plurality of sensors (120).

A safety system (105) for an elevator system (100) which includes a hoistway (104), an elevator car (102) and a plurality of landing doors (112a-f). The safety system (105) includes a first safety chain (120), a second safety chain (125) and a controller (110). The first safety chain (120) is configured to produce an even landing signal and the second safety chain (125) is configured to produce an odd landing signal. The controller (110) is configured to automatically instruct the elevator system (100) to enter a special operating mode when the production of the even landing signal and the odd landing signal indicates that the elevator car (102) is located at an even landing and an odd landing door is open, or that the elevator car (102) is located at an odd landing and an even landing door is open.

An elevator system has an elevator car with a roof on which roof a balustrade is arranged as a fall protection for delimiting an accessible inner region on the roof. The balustrade includes a guide rail engagement means via which the balustrade can be brought into engagement with a guide rail by a latching mechanism for a secure position such that the balustrade is supported inwardly and outwardly on the guide rail in the secure position.