Elevator, industrial lift truck, or stationary lift for vehicle inventions 05/06

20060108181 - Elevator wireless communication infrastructure using piconet modules: An elevator system has on each floor hall call buttons that are inter-connected with piconet modules (15), such as modules conforming to BLUETOOTH™ specifications; similar piconet modules (16) may be associated with hall fixtures such as lanterns and gongs; similar piconet modules (50) may be associated with hoistway doors, on...

20060102432 - Method for controlling automatic lifting-and-lowering-motion of mobile power generating apparatus, and automatic lift-and-lower-type stand controlling apparatus: An automatic lifting and lowering controlling method for mobile power generating apparatus, or the like, and an automatic lift/lower type platform controlling apparatus which, in automatic lifting and lowering a mobile power generating apparatus, or the like, provide automatic level adjustment, generating no strain and torsion which may cause failure...

20060102433 - Stacker crane: The invention provides a stacker crane, configured to move on a single rail provided along one or more racks, includes: a first wheel that moves on the rail; a second wheel that moves on the rail, and that is disposed spaced apart from the first wheel in a fore-and-aft direction;...

20060102434 - Elevator system: An elevator system which suspends a car 2 and a counterweight 3 through use of a suspension rope (first rope) 6, the rope being passed around and suspended on a (first) turnaround pulley 8 for use with a suspension rope, and the car 2 is driven and caused to ascend...

20060096811 - Elevator call assignment indications for multiple elevators in each of a plurality of elevator hoistways: A plurality of hoistways (11, 12) in a building serving a plurality of floors utilizes destination call entry panels (22, 22A) having buttons (23) with which passengers can enter destination call requests. A display (26, 26a) adjacent the request buttons provides an indication of the car that is assigned to...

20060090967 - Walkie/rider truck: A walkie/rider truck which has a platform at the rear of the truck body and a holding bar to be grasped by one hand of the operator standing on the platform. A switch box is attached to the holding bar and houses at least one key switch in order to...