Patent ID: 6540048
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: B66B

Abstract:
A hoistway wall module for covering a hoistway door opening of an elevator hoistway in a building, the elevator hoistway having a pair of side walls spaced a predetermined distance apart defining the hoistway width, comprising:a frame formed by a pair of spaced upright side assemblies defining opposite side edges of said frame, said side assemblies being joined at top ends by a lintel assembly and joined at bottom ends by a connecting section, a hoistway entrance opening formed in said frame, said frame having a width between said side edges greater than the predetermined distance between the elevator hoistway side walls, said frame having a surface adapted to face the hoistway door opening, said frame being adapted to be received in a vertically extending recess formed in a landing wall adjacent each of the elevator hoistway side walls of the hoistway door opening; and at least one door panel mounted on said frame surface and being horizontally displaceable between a closed position covering said hoistway entrance opening and an open position uncovering said hoistway entrance opening, said frame and said one door panel forming the hoistway wall module, whereby when the hoistway door module is installed to cover the hoistway door opening, in said open position said one door panel does not extend beyond an adjacent one of said side edges of said frame and does extend at least partially beyond the hoistway width.