Disclosed is an uncoated passenger contact component including a self-sanitizing polymer composition.

A switch arrangement for a lift, preferably a personnel lift or goods lift, including marked pushbuttons and an electrical conductor connection to a control device of the lift. The switch arrangement is provided with at least one elastically deformable plate element with the pushbuttons with the marking on the upper side of the button. A recognition element for the bending in the button is arranged beneath this plate element of the at least one pushbutton. In addition, an electrical conductor connection is provided from the recognition elements to the control device. As a result, it is possible for thinner and more user-friendly switch arrangements to be installed in or outside a lift, in particular for controlling it, or for general functions.

A call panel for an elevator including a call panel frame, an essentially planar front surface, a center panel connected to the call panel frame, and at least one call pushbutton also connected to the call panel frame. The at least one call pushbutton has teeth which fit into corresponding teeth of the call panel frame such that a gap between the at least one call pushbutton and the call panel frame is minimized.

An energy-autonomous elevator system control element includes a piezoelectric layer and processing unit for detecting a control operation, a transmitting unit for wirelessly transmitting at least one signal to a remote elevator system controller, the at least one signal being generated automatically by the elevator system control element on the basis of the control operation, and an energy recovery unit for supplying electrical energy for the elevator system control element. The energy-autonomous elevator system control element can be used as a car operating panel or a landing operating panel in an elevator system.

The present embodiment relates to a floor selection operation panel for elevating equipment. The floor selection operation panel for elevating equipment according to one aspect comprises: a panel including an opening; an electric compartment room disposed at a rear side of the panel; and a floor selection button disposed inside the electric compartment, wherein the floor selection button includes: a button body including a first body and a second body selectively exposed to the outside through the opening; a rotation shaft for rotating the button body; a printed circuit board disposed at a rear side of the button body, the printed circuit board including a switch and a germicidal lamp irradiating light toward the button body; and an elastic member disposed between the rotation shaft and the first body and between the rotation shaft and the second body.

Systems and methods for hoist elevator system operation are provided. Hoist elevator operation systems and methods operate using a wireless network that may include a plurality of wireless technologies. Hoist elevator operation systems include a floor call station installed on a level or floor of a construction site, as well as a car controller paired to an operator panel and installed in a hoist elevator car. A remote server and a base station may also be provided.

An elevator system has an elevator controller system to control movement of an elevator car between a predetermined number of floors of a building, and an elevator operating panel communicatively coupled via a multicore cable to the elevator controller system. The elevator operating panel includes at least one push-button having an open state and a closed state, wherein the push-button is configured to close in the closed state a wire loop of the multicore cable, and wherein the push-button is configured to be in the closed state when a user presses the push-button to enter an elevator call. In addition, the elevator system includes an ancillary operating panel arranged next to the elevator operating panel and having a proximity sensor for touchless entry of an elevator call.

A method and position determining arrangement determine a current precise position of an elevator car driven by a drive engine along a hoistway. An encoder cooperating with the drive engine provides a first signal indicating with a high precision the position of the car within a partial hoistway range extending along a fraction of the entire car travel path. A rough position indicator provides a second signal indicating with a low precision the position of the car within the hoistway. A current rough position of the car is determined based on the second signal and deviating from an exact real position of the car up to an first inaccuracy length; and the current precise position of the car is based on the first signal taking into account the current rough position and deviating from the exact real position up to a second inaccuracy length smaller than the first inaccuracy length.

An illustrative example embodiment of a switch monitoring device includes a controller configured to command a switch to enter at least one of a conducting state and a non-conducting state. A monitoring circuit conducts current when the switch is in the conducting state. A comparator provides an output indicating a relationship between a voltage of a selected portion of the monitoring circuit and a threshold voltage. The controller determines a condition of the switch based on the output of the comparator and the command.

An elevator call box with internal, concealable latching mechanism comprises an internally disposed, cylindrical magnetic pin with a relatively low pull force that is slidably displaceable by an larger, external magnetic force supplied by a service technician. When the access door is closed, magnetic pin penetrates an orifice in a locking tab to lock the call box. The pin magnet is normally attracted to an adjacent, magnetically attractive clip snap-fitted to a latching block. The latch is externally disengaged via a stronger portable magnet carried by service personnel. The larger magnetic pull force of the portable magnet slidably displaces the smaller magnetic latch pin, freeing the locking tab to permit pivotal opening of the access door. Once the stronger magnet is moved away, the smaller magnetic pin, which is attracted magnetically to the clip, will return to it's rest position penetrating the locking tab and locking the control.