An elevator buffering device and an elevator system. The elevator buffering device includes a multi-stage buffer including: a body bracket; and a plurality of buffering elements mounted on the body bracket; wherein each of the buffering elements is at different heights when they are driven to operating positions in a vertical direction; a drive mechanism including: a power source for powering the drive mechanism; and a telescopic push rod pivotally connected to the body bracket; and a control element for controlling a telescopic length of the telescopic push rod of the drive mechanism so that one of the plurality of buffering elements on the body bracket is driven to the operating position.

The elevator comprises guide rails extending along a height of a shaft, a car and/or a counterweight moving upwards and downwards in the shaft and being glidingly supported on the guide rails. A stop block is attached to at least one guide rail in order to prevent movement of the car and/or the counterweight beyond the level of the stop block. The stop block comprises a buffer attached to a bottom plate. The buffer comprises a slot receiving a guide portion of the guide rail. The bottom plate supports the buffer on the guide rail.

The elevator comprises guide rails extending along a height of a shaft, a car and/or a counterweight moving upwards and downwards in the shaft and being glidingly supported on the guide rails. A stop block is attached to at least one guide rail in order to prevent movement of the car and/or the counterweight beyond the level of the stop block. The stop block comprises a buffer attached to a bottom plate. The buffer comprises a slot receiving a guide portion of the guide rail. The bottom plate supports the buffer on the guide rail.

An elevator system consisting in a platform steel floor fixed to four bogeys guiding the descent or ascension of the platform onto the two steel H beam or steel linear motion track profiles. The elevator is operated by a remote or pad control transmitting signals with a wire or with a wireless frequency signals to a motorised mechanical engine or electric winch at the ground level of structure, if not being manually operated and controlled. The motorised mechanical engine or electric winch unrolls one or a set of normal operation cables to allow the descent of the elevator platform and the sliding o f t he bogeys along the lateral guiding tracks. The motorised mechanical engine or electric winch rolls the set of normal operation cables to allow the ascension of the elevator platform and the sliding of the bogeys along the lateral guiding tracks. The set of operating cables drives a fixed pulley on a driving steel shaft at the top of the structure or elsewhere on the elevator system. On the driving steel shaft is also there one or many steel drums or pulleys to allow unrolling and rolling of a second independent steel cable standing for a first emergency safety brake device activated by one or many inertia brakes which stops rotation on steel shaft at excessive speed rotation of steel shaft if a fracture or breaking happens on the set of operating cables and engage the free falling of the elevator platform. The set of safety cables is attached to steel hooks fixed to the shock-proof steel plate attached underneath the elevator platform by compression springs and guided by steel rods inserting steel bushings. The shock-proof safety steel plate is retained by two fixed steel cables attached to elevator platform and to a steel hook half ring or U-Bolt mounted on the shock-proof safety steel plate.

The second emergency safety brake device is engaged when the two spur gears collides together after the compression of the springs or of any other kind of shock absorber when the set of safety cables ask to stop the free felling of the shock-proof steel plate and because the two opposite spur gears are taking two different directions onto the steel gear track or gear rack with teeth and also having then two different rotation direction; one spur gear is going down and the other spur gear is stopping its rotation. When the emergency break is applied for the elevator to stop its free falling, the safety trap on elevator floor can be lifted manually and be blocked by engaging the retainer steel arm in the corner steel angle and sided steel plate to allow the person to evacuate by the ladder bars fixed on the structure and the ladder bar underneath safety trap.

A method for constructing at least two elevators in a building under construction adapts the usable lifting heights of the elevators to an increasing height of the building, wherein each of the elevators is arranged in an elevator shaft of the building associated with the elevator and includes a drive platform having an elevator drive machine that supports and drives an elevator car and a counterweight by a traction sheave and at least one flexible suspension device. In order to adapt the usable lifting heights, lifting operations are performed in which in alternation one of the drive platforms is raised to a higher level in the associated elevator shaft and is locked there. A single lifting platform is temporarily fastened above the particular drive platform to be lifted to apply a lifting force required to raise the drive platform, which force is transferred to supporting elements of the elevator shaft.

An emergency terminal stopping system for an elevator system, the emergency terminal stopping system including: a sensor configured to determine data related to the motion of an elevator car moving within an elevator hoistway; at least one elevator brake configured to halt the motion of the elevator car; at least one elevator safety gear device provided on the elevator car; and at least one buffer provided at a lower portion of the hoistway.

An elevator device including on-car presence detection units, each being configured to detect presence of a person on top of a corresponding one of cars, on-car operation panels, each to be operated for a manual operation of the corresponding one of cars, and an elevator control device including a car operation approval unit configured to approve or cancel the operation on the on-car operation panels. When the on-car presence detection units have detected the presence of persons on top of the plurality of cars, the operation on the on-car operation panels of all the cars is canceled by the car operation approval unit. When the on-car presence detection unit has detected the presence of a person on top of one of the plurality of cars, the car operation approval unit approves the operation on the on-car operation panel of any one of the plurality of cars.

A method for roping an elevator. At the bottom part of the elevator shaft the hoisting ropes are routed under the pulleys of the elevator car. Then the elevator car and the counterweight are hoisted to the upper part of the shaft where the first ends of the hoisting ropes are routed through the traction sheave and the counterweight pulleys. After that the first rope ends are fixed to the counterweight side rope terminals and the counterweight is lowered to the bottom part of the shaft. During the descent the hoisting ropes are unwound from the reels through the whole roping system with the help of the mass of the counterweight. Finally, the second ends of the hoisting ropes are fixed to the car side rope terminal and tightened to the correct tension.

A method for roping an elevator. At the bottom part of the elevator shaft the hoisting ropes are routed under the pulleys of the elevator car. Then the elevator car and the counterweight are hoisted to the upper part of the shaft where the first ends of the hoisting ropes are routed through the traction sheave and the counterweight pulleys. After that the first rope ends are fixed to the counterweight side rope terminals and the counterweight is lowered to the bottom part of the shaft. During the descent the hoisting ropes are unwound from the reels through the whole roping system with the help of the mass of the counterweight. Finally, the second ends of the hoisting ropes are fixed to the car side rope terminal and tightened to the correct tension.

A method of controlling a moving component (22, 24) approaching a buffer (42, 46) in a hoistway (34) of an elevator system (20) is provided. The method includes: a) calculating, based on a current velocity of the moving component (22, 24), a required braking distance to decelerate the moving component (22, 24) to a maximum buffer impact velocity; b) comparing the required braking distance to a current buffer distance between the moving component (22, 24) and the buffer (42, 46) to give a comparison result; c) repeating steps a) and b) one or more times; and d) triggering an emergency stop of the moving component (22, 24) based on the comparison result.