Otis Elevator Company

David Wayne Jones

Richard J Ericson

Leandre Adifon

Jose Sevilleja

Armando Servia

Toshimitsu Mori

Tadaaki Nabetani

Hiroaki Tateno

Yasuhisa Shioda

Shusaku Shibasaki

Yuji Kanzaki

José Sevilleja

An elevator system includes a hoistway having a plurality of hoistway doors. An elevator car and counterweight are provided in the hoistway. A drive motor is drivingly coupled to the elevator car and counterweight, and is located adjacent to either the top or bottom portion of a hoistway door so as to eliminate the need to provide a machine room above the hoistway ceiling.

Elevator system having drive motor located adjacent to hoistway door

An elevator system (,) includes an elevator car (,) supported for vertical movement on a belt (,) having an end fixed to the hoistway (,) and the other end wound about a drum (,) of a drum drive (,). When the belt (,) is wound or unwound about the drum (,), the elevator car (,) is raised or lowered, respectively.

Drum drive elevator using flat belt

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Mentone, Australia

David Wayne Jones