Elevator, industrial lift truck, or stationary lift for vehicle inventions 01/06

20060016639 - Forklift upright assembly: A mast apparatus that includes a cross member assembly that permits an operator to see through portions of the assembly is provided. The cross member assembly includes upper and lower horizontal members that are slanted for general alignment with the line of sight of the operator. Moreover, some vertical stiffener...

20060016640 - Elevator installation with individually movable elevator cars and method for operating such an elevator installation: An elevator installation has a vertical elevator hoistway and a plurality of elevator cars individually movable therein. An elevator control system readies at least two of the elevator cars in the hoistway in an area of two mutually adjacent entrance areas. Thus, simultaneous loading/unloading of the elevator cars via the...

20060016641 - Elevator roping arrangement: An elevator installation includes an elevator car located in a hoistway and having a floor, and a rear wall extending upward from the floor. A counterweight is located in the hoistway adjacent to the rear wall of the elevator car. An underslung sheave assembly is located generally below the floor...

20060011419 - Non-contact optical sensor switch assembly of elevators: The present invention discloses a non-contact optical sensor switch assembly of elevators which comprises a plurality of switches equidistantly aligned with each other and disposed on a panel of an elevator, and each switch is an operation button for the elevator; a plurality of optical sensors disposed on the switches,...

20060011420 - Elevator installation with at least three vertical elevator shafts arranged adjacent to one another and method for operating such a elevator shaft: An elevator installation has at least three vertical elevator shafts arranged adjacent to one another, at least one boarding zone and a plurality of individually movable elevator cars. At least two directly adjacent changeover zones are provided in the region of the boarding zone and enable horizontal displacement of the...

20060006026 - Information display system: A display apparatus within elevator cabs or elevator waiting areas that facilitates the simultaneous display of advertising and general news information is described. Broadcast from a remote control center, advertising and general news information updates are transmitted to, and stored in a server located within a building and then forwarded...