British term for elevator

An elevator exclusively for the use of passengers

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 floors of a building

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

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 on fully compressed buffers

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

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

A boxlike structure on a roof providing access to a stairwell or an elevator shaft

A structure housing elevator machinery on the roof a building

The vertical distance from the top of an 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 elevators. Also called elevator shaft.

The vertical distance traversed by an elevator car from the lowest to the highest landings of the hoistway. Also called travel.

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, drive shaft, driving sheave, and gears, if used

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

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

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

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

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

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. Also called deflector sheave.

One of the wire cables or ropes used for raising and lowering an elevator car

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

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

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

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

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

A power-driven, continuously moving surface, similar to a conveyor belt, used for carrying pedestrians horizontally or along low inclines

Any of various forms of mass transit, used for shuttling people around airports or in congested urban areas

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

The toothed portion of the threshold plate at both ends of an escalator or moving walk, designed to mesh with the grooved surface of the moving steps or treadway

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

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

The structural steel frame of an elevator car to which are attached the platform, guide shoes, elevator car safety, hoisting cables, and control equipment

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 signaling apparatus in an elevator car or at a landing that displays a visual indication of floor landings

A push button for requesting an elevator

A safety device for preventing the operation of an elevator car unless the hoistway door is locked in the closed position

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