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CONS - Elevator, Escalator Flashcards

1
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a moving platform or cage for carrying passengers or freight from one level of a building to another

A

Elevator

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2
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British term for elevator

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Lift

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3
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an elevator exclusively for the use of passengers

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Passenger Elevator

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4
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an elevator for carrying heavy cargo, on which the operator and the persons necessary for unloading and loading the freight

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Freight Elevator

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5
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a small elevator for conveying food, dishes, or other materials between the floors of a building

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Dumbwaiter

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6
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a row of elevators in a high-rise building, controlled by a common operating system

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Bank

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7
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the vertical distance from the floor of an elevator pit to the lowest part of an elevator car platform

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Bottom Car Clearance

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

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Elevator Pit

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9
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a piston or spring device for absorbing the impact of a descending elevator car

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Buffer

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10
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automatically cuts off current to an electric motor when an object moved by it has passed a given point

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Limit Switch

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11
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a weight balancing another weight to counterbalance the load placed on the hoisting machine by an elevator car

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Counterweight

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12
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a door between hoistway and an elevator landing, normally closed except when an elevator car is stopped at the landing

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Hoistway Door

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13
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one of the electric cables connecting an elevator car to a fixed electrical outlet in the hoistway

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Travelling Cable

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14
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a mechanical device for slowing down and stopping an elevator car in the event of excessive speed or free fall

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Elevator Car Safety

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15
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one of the vertical streel tracks controlling the travel of an elevator car or counterweight

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Guide Rail

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16
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the portion of a floor adjacent to an elevator hoistway, used for receiving and discharging passengers or freight

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Landing

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17
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one of the wire cables or ropes used for raising and lowering an elevator car

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Hoisting Cable

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18
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the vertical distance traversed by an elevator car from the lowest to the highest landings of the hoistway; aka “travel”

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Rise

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19
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a vertical enclosed space for the travel of one or more elevators; aka “elevator shaft”

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Hoistway

20
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one of the heavy steel beams supporting the hoisting machinery for an elevator

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Machine Beam

21
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a pulley for tightening and guiding the hoisting cables of an elevator system, aka “deflector sheave”

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Idle Sheave

22
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a wheel or disk with a grooved rim, used as a pulley for hoisting

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Driving Sheave

23
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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

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Top Car Clearance

24
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contains switches, buttons, and other equipment for regulating electrical devices

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Control Panel

25
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for raising and lowering an elevator car; has motor-generated set, traction machine, speed governor, brake, drive shaft, driving sheave and gears

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Hoisting Machinery

26
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boxlike structure on a roof providing access to a stairwell or an elevator shaft

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Bulkhead

27
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a structure housing an elevator machinery on the roof of a building

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Penthouse

28
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an elevator system consisting of a car supported by a piston that is moved by or moves against a fluid under pressure

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Hydraulic Elevator

29
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the load-carrying unit of an elevator, consisting of a car frame, platform, light metal enclosure, and door or gate

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Elevator Car

30
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the structural steel frame of an elevator car to which are attached the platform, guide shoes, elevator car safety, hoisting cables, and control equipment

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Car Frame

31
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a light, usually over the entrance to an elevator on each floor of a multistory building that signals the approach of the elevator

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Lantern

32
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a signaling apparatus in an elevator car or at a landing that displays a visual indication of floor landlings

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Annunciator

33
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a push-button for requesting and elevator

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Call Button

34
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a safety device for preventing the operation of an elevator car unless the hoistway door is locked in the closed position

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Door Interlock

35
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a safety device for preventing the operation of an elevator car unless its door or gate is fully closed; aka “gate contact”

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Door Contact

36
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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

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Inclined Lift

37
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a power0driven stairway consisting of steps attached to a continuously circulating belt, used for moving passengers up and down between floors

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Escalator

38
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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

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Combplate

39
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a power-driven, continuously moving surface similar to a conveyor belt, used for carrying pedestrians horizontally or along low inclines

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Moving Sidewalk

40
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a welded steel frame which supports the moving stairway equipment

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Truss

41
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are steel angles attached to the truss on which the step rollers are guided thus controlling the motion of the steps

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Tracks

42
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provide the motive power for the unit; an emergency brake located on the top sprocket will stop a loaded escalator safely in the event of a break in the chain

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Sprocket Assemblies, Chains, and Drive Machine

43
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it provides the motive power

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Driving Machine

44
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consists of contractors, relays, and a circuit breaker; usually located near the drive machine

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Controller

45
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any various forms of mass transit; used for shuttling people around airports or in congested urban areas

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People Mover

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