A door frame of an elevator system forms a chamber for accommodating a control unit and includes a first door frame element delimiting the chamber and having a first side closure extending in a straight line and a second door frame element delimiting the chamber and having a second side closure parallel to the first side closure. A fastening element extending along the side closures releasably fixes the first and second door frame elements together. The fastening element is arranged on the first and second door frame elements so as to be movable along the side closures and has a tool element for moving the fastening element from a locked position into a release position, wherein the first door frame element is fixed in the locked position on the second door frame element and can be removed from the second door frame element in the release position.

In an elevator controlling panel, an opening portion of a front surface of a case is opened and closed by a front cover. A bent portion is disposed on a first end portion in a width direction of the front cover. A slit is disposed on the bent portion. A shaft member that guides opening and closing operations of the front cover by being moved relatively along the slit, and that also stops the front cover from dislodging from the case, is disposed on a side surface of the case. The slit has a shape such that the opening portion is opened by sliding the front cover forward relative to the controlling panel main body and then upward.

A battery powered elevator system in which the battery and power electronics needed to connect the battery to the machine driving the elevator system are mounted in close proximity within the hoistway of the elevator system to minimize power transmission losses.

A transportation system for a building with multiple floors includes a shaft in the building, a traction sheave drive type elevator and a lift. The elevator vertically conveys persons using an elevator car that is movable in the shaft together with at least two counterweights, the elevator car and the counterweights moving in opposite directions. The elevator car and the counterweights are driven by drive engines with traction sheaves. The lift vertically conveys objects and is designed as a self-propelled lift. The lift has a lift platform designed as a vehicle for supplying goods, which vehicle can be brought in and out the shaft and which lies, when located in the shaft, within a vertical projection of the elevator car.

A control system for an elevator is separated into a first assembly allocated outside and a second assembly allocated inside an elevator shaft. The first assembly includes a power switch for turning on/off the control system, a light switch for switching a light inside the shaft, a safety unit for protecting electrical safety of the control system, a communication unit for data communication with the elevator and/or an external communication device, and a bypass device for bypassing a safety chain of the elevator. The second assembly includes a power supply system for driving the elevator and/or for the safety chain, a monitoring system for monitoring the safety chain, a drive control unit for a drive motor, and a processor for data processing of the control system. The first assembly and the second assembly can communicate with each other and be connected respectively as segments into the safety chain.

A transportation system for a building with multiple floors includes a shaft, a traction sheave drive type elevator and a lift. The elevator that vertically conveys persons has an elevator car which is movable in the shaft and at least two counterweights which are movable together with the car in the shaft in a direction of movement opposite to the direction of movement of the elevator car. The elevator car and the counterweights are driven by drive engines with traction sheaves. The lift that vertically conveys objects may be a self-propelled lift. A lift platform of the lift overlaps at least partly a vertical projection of the elevator car, whereby preferably the vertical projection of the lift platform is smaller than the vertical projection of the elevator car.

A jump elevator includes a machine room provided in the hoistway and configured to be fixed or movable relative to the hoistway; at least one lifting assembly comprising: a frame attached to the outside of the hoistway and partially extending into the hoistway; a pulley assembly including a winch, a fixed end, and a plurality of pulleys disposed on the machine room and the frame; wherein a pulling line is disposed between the winch, the plurality of pulleys, and the fixed end; wherein the at least one lifting assembly is disposed below the covering portion of the hoistway.

An elevator includes a car, a counterweight, and a hoisting member connecting the car with the counterweight over a traction sheave. A free fall protection system includes a free fall protection controller, a free fall protection member connecting the car with the counterweight over the traction sheave or over a separate free fall sheave. The car and the counterweight are supported by the hoisting member in normal operation and by the free fall protection member only in a situation in which the hoisting member support fails. At least one free fall protection brake is arranged to stop the movement of the free fall protection member and thereby also the movement of the car and/or the counterweight, when being activated by the free fall protection controller.

A modular elevator system has a pit module, one or more shaft modules that are attachable to the pit module and/or to an adjacent shaft module, and a cap module that is attachable to an uppermost shaft module. The pit module, the shaft modules, and the cap module are each pre-fabricated and transported to a site at which a building is under construction for assembly top of the pit module, the remaining shaft modules are secured sequentially on top of each other, and the cap module is secured on top of the uppermost shaft module.

A jump elevator includes a machine room provided in the hoistway and configured to be fixed or movable relative to the hoistway; at least one lifting assembly comprising: a frame attached to the outside of the hoistway and partially extending into the hoistway; a pulley assembly including a winch, a fixed end, and a plurality of pulleys disposed on the machine room and the frame; wherein a pulling line is disposed between the winch, the plurality of pulleys, and the fixed end; wherein the at least one lifting assembly is disposed below the covering portion of the hoistway.