Tk Elevator Innovation and Operations Gmbh

Thyssenkrupp Elevator Innovation and Operations Gmbh

William E Bowling

Zachary William Evans

Justin Charles Morse

Andrew Taylor

Garret Stone

Andrew Turner Bottom

An installation tool configured to install a machine of an elevator system, including a base section including two legs, each leg including a laterally extending gusset attached thereto. A clamp assembly is supported by the base section and includes a first bracket attached to and positioned over the two legs and a second bracket attached to and positioned over the gussets. A first tube is movably carried by the first bracket and a second tube is movably carried by the second bracket. The first and second tubes are movable in the brackets between a retracted position that positions the machine over the base section and an extended position that positions the machine in a cantilevered position adjacent the retracted position. Each of the first tube and the second tube includes a tube clip that is fixed in position thereon and a first rod is movably disposed in the first tube and a second rod is movably disposed in the second tube, each of the first and second rod including a rod clip sized and shaped to releasably retain the machine on the clamp assembly in cooperation with a respective tube clip.

Methods and apparatuses for installing elevator machines

Climber motors are a form of temporary winch that can be used before a permanent elevator drive system is installed at the top of a hoistway. A mount to be employed with such a climber motor may include a frame having a base, a lower portion, and an upper portion. The upper portion may support a lower plate, which lower plate supports sleeves, which sleeves in turn support an upper plate. The frame and the climber motor may be positioned within an elevator cab such that the sleeves extend upwards through apertures in a canopy of the elevator cab. Once the upper plate is positioned between the sleeves and a crosshead above the elevator cab, the climber motor may be engaged to cause the sleeves to exert an upward force on the crosshead and thereby lift the elevator cab in the hoistway.

Methods and apparatuses for lifting elevator cars during installation

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Bloomington, IN, United States of America

William E Bowling