Otis Elevator Company

Andrés Monzon

Richard N Fargo

Leandre Adifon

Justin Billard

Nicolas Fonteneau

Fernando Del Rio

Luis Martí

Ricardo Cano

Francisco Luis Sanz

Armondo Serviá

Jose Cabellero

Javier Narrillos

José Miguel Aguado

Jesús Canizares

Juan José Fernandez

Jose Canales-Martinez

A safety gear alignment system for an elevator system includes an elevator shaft and an elevator car having an interior region and disposed in and moveable within the elevator shaft. Also included is an upright structure operatively coupled to the elevator car, the upright structure defining at least one aperture. Further included is a safety gear member having a brake and a frame, the frame operatively coupled to the upright structure. Yet further included is at least one access region defined by the frame of the safety gear member, the access region accessible from the interior region of the elevator car and wherein measurement between the frame and a guide rail of the elevator shaft is made for alignment of the safety gear member relative to the guide rail.

Elevator safety gear alignment system and method

An elevator system has a hoistway () and an elevator car () arranged to travel vertically within the hoistway, the hoistway is provided with a sensing arrangement such as an infrared curtain () for detecting the presence of a person on top of the car as the car approaches the top of the hoistway (). The elevator system is arranged to limit further upward movement of the car in the event that a person is detected.

Elevator safety systems including detection of an object in the hoistway

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