Elevator Rescue

Question 1

Drum type elevators

Answer 1

limited to 150 foot lifts and slow speeds, no longer manufactured

Question 2

Equipment rooms for drum type

Answer 2

Basement or on the roof of a building

Question 3

Two types of elevations

Answer 3

Cable operated elevators and hydraulic operated elevators

Question 4

Hydraulic elevators limited to

Answer 4

generally 6 story buildings

Question 5

Hydraulic elevators raise and lower by

Answer 5

a ram with oil pressure, on older elevators, water pressure

Question 6

Less modern hydraulic elevators that travel over 6 stories use

Answer 6

cables and counterweights

Question 7

Equipment rooms for hydraulic elevators are normally located

Answer 7

at the lower level of a building but can be at any floor level or 50 to 100 feet away from the elevator shaft.

Question 8

The door on the elevator car is referred to as the

Answer 8

Inner or car door and travels with the elevator

Question 9

The door seen from each floor of the building is referred to as the

Answer 9

hoist way door

Question 10

Swing hall doors

Answer 10

consists of a hoist way door that is manually opened and a single slide car door that is power operated or a collapsible gate

Question 11

Single slide doors

Answer 11

power operated single panel doors

Question 12

Center opening doors

Answer 12

two power operated panels that part simultaneously

Question 13

Two speed doors

Answer 13

consist of two power operated panels that are geared together. one door moves twice as fast

Question 14

Gib blocks made of

Answer 14

made of various plastic or phenolic materials

Question 15

Gib blocks dimensions

Answer 15

approx 3” wide, 1” high, 1/2” thick and are installed every 18 inches

Question 16

Gib blocks provide

Answer 16

stability to the hoistway door as it opens and closes

Question 17

Normal hoist way doors can be expected to have ___ gib blocks

Answer 17

two

Question 18

On hydraulic elevators and some cable elevators, the hoist way door will open if the elevator is either

Answer 18

6 inches above or below the floor level

Question 19

On cable elevators, the hoistway doors will open if the elevator is either ___

Answer 19

18 inches above or below the floor level

Question 20

Pick up arm clutch, vane, cam, or bayonet

Answer 20

located on the hoist way door, it is generally 14 inches long on hydraulic elevators and 36 inches on cable elevators

Question 21

Elevator door rescue paddle

Answer 21

used on center opening doors only

Question 22

Insert paddle

Answer 22

approx 6 inches from the bottom of the door