CONS - Elevator, Escalator

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Elevator

Question 2

British term for elevator

Answer 2

Lift

Question 3

an elevator exclusively for the use of passengers

Answer 3

Passenger Elevator

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Freight Elevator

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Dumbwaiter

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Bank

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Bottom Car Clearance

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Elevator Pit

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Buffer

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Limit Switch

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Counterweight

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Hoistway Door

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Travelling Cable

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Elevator Car Safety

Question 15

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

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Guide Rail

Question 16

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

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Landing

Question 17

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

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Hoisting Cable

Question 18

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

Question 19

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

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Hoistway

Question 20

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

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Machine Beam

Question 21

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

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Idle Sheave

Question 22

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

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Driving Sheave

Question 23

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

Question 24

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

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Control Panel

Question 25

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

Question 26

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

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Bulkhead

Question 27

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

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Penthouse

Question 28

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

Question 29

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

Question 30

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

Question 31

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

Question 32

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

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Annunciator

Question 33

a push-button for requesting and elevator

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Call Button

Question 34

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

Question 35

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

Question 36

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

Question 37

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

Question 38

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

Answer 38

Combplate

Question 39

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

Question 40

a welded steel frame which supports the moving stairway equipment

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Truss

Question 41

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

Question 42

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

Question 43

it provides the motive power

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Driving Machine

Question 44

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

Answer 44

Controller

Question 45

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

Answer 45

People Mover