An arrangement includes two bracket parts, each bracket part includes a vertical branch and a horizontal branch attached by two fastening points. Each fastening point includes a longitudinal opening in each horizontal branch and a first fastening member passing vertically through the two longitudinal openings into a nest supported on a horizontal branch. A second fastening member extends horizontally into the nest and is operatively connected within the nest to the first fastening member via a power transmission. Rotation of the second fastening member generates a pressure joint between the two horizontal branches in the fastening point.

A floor for use with a glass elevator is provided. The floor includes an upper major surface, a lower major surface opposing the upper major surface, a first side edge, a second side edge, the first and second side edges extending from the upper major surface to the lower major surface. The floor includes one or more front edges and one or more rear edges. The one or more front edges and one or more rear edges extend from the upper major surface to the lower major surface. The floor is formed from a unitary, continuous, solid plate material.

A wall securing assembly is integrated into an elevator shaft wall for securing a guide rail to the wall. The wall has a first concrete region that is reinforced with reinforcements and a second concrete region that is not reinforced. The second region covers the first region and has a surface that is exposed to the surroundings. The securing assembly has an elongated profile of C-shaped cross-section embedded solely into the second region and oriented in the vertical direction of the wall. Since tensile forces acting on a guide rail in an elevator shaft are very low, it is acceptable to secure the guide rail to the profile that is cast into the second region covering the reinforcement. The profile is anchor element-free and can be arranged in the wall vertically whereby guide rail holding consoles can be secured to the profile at any height.

A guide rail for an elevator system may include at least one rail element that is fastened by at least one fastening means to at least one shaft wall of the elevator system. The at least one rail element may be mounted in a movable manner in relation to at least one shaft wall. The at least one rail element can be moved in relation to the at least one shaft wall such that a space behind the at least one rail element and the shaft wall is accessible for inspection purposes. In some cases, the fastening means includes a hinge by which the rail element can swivel relative to the shaft wall.

A guide rail bracket assembly, for connecting a car guide rail to a pair of left and right counterweight guide rails in an elevator system, includes a guide rail bracket for horizontally connecting the car guide rail to the pair of left and right counterweight guide rails. The guide rail bracket comprises a first end portion for attachment to the left counterweight guide rail, a second end portion for attachment to the right counterweight guide rail, and an intermediate portion for attachment to the car guide rail. The guide rail bracket assembly further comprises a first interface bracket for attaching the first end portion to the left counterweight guide rail, a second interface bracket for attaching the second end portion to the right counterweight guide rail, and a third interface bracket for attaching the intermediate portion to the car guide rail.

An elevator is disclosed. The elevator comprises a first upright U-channel guide rail parallel to and opposing a second upright U-channel guide rail. The elevator also comprises a slider with a first side and an opposing second side, wherein a first wheel is attached to the first side and a second wheel is attached to the second side. Some embodiments may comprise additional wheels. The first wheel rolls up and down within the first guide rail, and the second wheel rolls up and down within the second guide rail. A platform extends from the slider. The elevator also comprises a hoist mechanism and a closed loop lifting cable attached to the slider. The hoist mechanism is configured to move the lifting cable and thereby, in cooperation with pulleys, to lift and lower the platform. Preferred embodiments also include a centrifugal brake system and walls and a ceiling on the platform.

A rail foot holder for fastening a rail in an elevator shaft includes a contact body defining a contact plane and at least one holding device. A first side part of a rail foot arranged between a holding head of the holding device and the contact plane to fasten the rail. A holding dimension between the holding head and the contact plane can be changed to compensate tolerances of the first side part. The holding head can be rotated about an axis of rotation into a fastening position to reduce the holding dimension. A side of the holding head facing the contact plane has a slope against the direction of rotation in at least one fastening region extending around the axis of rotation in the direction of rotation, in which fastening region at least indirect contact between the holding head and the first side part is enabled.

The method comprises installing a lowermost first section of guide rail elements, arranging a movable transport apparatus and a movable transport platform in the shaft, connecting a guide rail element provided with a jointing clamp at each end of the guide rail element to the transport apparatus, moving the transport apparatus with the guide rail element upwards, connecting the guide rail element to an upper end of a row of already installed guide rail elements with a plug-in joint provided by jointing clamps, attaching the guide rail element to a wall of the shaft from the transport platform, moving the transport apparatus downwards in order to fetch a new guide rail element.

The method comprises installing a lowermost first section of guide rail elements, moving a guide rail element upwards along a row of already installed guide rail elements with a transport apparatus, connecting the guide rail element to an upper end of the row of already installed guide rail elements and attaching the guide rail element to a wall of the shaft from a transport platform, moving the transport apparatus downwards along the row of already installed guide rails in order to fetch a new guide rail element.

The method comprises measuring the shaft with measuring equipment from a movable transport platform, whereby the form of the shaft and the position of the fastening points for the guide rails is determined based on the information received in the measurement phase, attaching fastening brackets to the guide rail elements and adjusting the fastening brackets based on the measurement results before the installation of the guide rails takes place so that the guide rail elements provided with the fastening brackets can be lifted in the shaft and attached to the fastening points without further adjustment of the fastening brackets.