An elevator exclusively for the use of passenger

An elevator for carrying heavy cargo on which the operator and the persons necessary for unloading and loading the freight are permitted to ride

A small elevator for conveying food dishes or other materials between the floor of a building

A row of elevator in high rise building controlled by a common operating system and responding to a single call button

An elevator system consisting of a car that is mounted on guide rails supported by hoisting and cables and driven by electric hoisting machinery

Also called traction elevator

A vertical distance traversed by an elevator car from the lowest to the highest landing of hoist way

A structure housing elevator machinery on the roof of a building

A vertical distance from the top of the elevator car to the nearest overhead obstruction when the car platform is level with the top landing

A vertical enclosed space for the travel of one or more elevator

Also called elevator shaft

The portion of a floor adjacent to an elevator hoistway, used for the receiving and discharge of passenger or freight

A mechanical device for slowing down and stopping an elevator car in the event of excessive speed or free fall actuated by governor and clamping the guild rails by wedging action

A door between a hoistway and an elevator landing normally closed expected when an elevator car is stopped at the landing

The portion of a hoistway extending from the level of the lowest landing to the floor of the hoistway

The vertical distance from the floor of an elevator pit to the lowest part of an elevator car platform when the car rests fully compressed

A box-like structure on a roof providing access to a stairwell or an elevator shaft

A panel containing switches, buttons, and other equipment for regulating electrical devices

The machinery for raising and lowering an elevator car, consisting of a motor generator set traction, machine, speed governor, brake, and others

A wheel or disk with a grooved rim used as a pulley for hoisting

A pulley for tightening and guiding the hoisting cables of an elevator system

One of the heavy steel beams supporting the hoisting machinery of the elevator

One of the vertical steel track controlling the travel of an elevator car or counterweight

One of the electric cable connecting an elevator car to a fixed electrical outlet in the hoistway

A weight balancing another weight, such as the rectangular cast iron blocks mounted in a steel frame to counter balance the load placed on the hoisting machine by an elevator car

A switch that automatically cut off current to an electric motor when an object moved by it such as an elevator car has passed a given point

A piston or spring device for absorbing the impact of a descending elevator car or counterweight as the extreme lower limit of travel

A room housing the hoisting machinery, control equipment and sheaves for raising and lowering an elevator car

A relatively compact hydraulic elevator having a limited capacity and travel for use in a new and renovated low rise, low occupancy building

A chair or mounted on a steel guide rail and driven by an electric motor, used for raising or lowering a person or goal along a stairway

An elevator system consisting of a car supported by a piston that is move against a fluid under pressure

The tooth portion of the threshold plate at both ends of an escalator or moving walk, designed to mesh with the grooved surface of the moving step or tread way

The load carrying unit of an elevator, consisting of a car frame, platform, light metal enclosure and door gate

A light, usually over the entrance to an elevator on each floor of a multi-story building that signals the approach of the elevator

A signalling apparatus in an elevator car or at a landing that displays visual indication of floor landing

A push button for requesting an elevator

A safety device for preventing the operation of an elevator car unless its door or gate is fully closed

Also called date contact

The horizontal section of railing at the upper end or lower end of an escalator

A power driven stairway consisting of steps attached to a continuously circulating belt, used for moving passengers up and down between floors

Also called moving staircase, moving stairway

A power driven, continuously moving surface similar to a conveyor belt, used for carrying pedestrian horizontally or long low inclines

Any of various forms of mass transit such as moving sidewalk or automated driverless vehicle, used for shuttling people around airport or in congested urban areas