Patent ID: 6691833
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: B66B

Abstract:
An elevator car for an elevator installation having at least one guiderail in a hoistway along which the car travels, at least one suspension rope that supports the car, and a drive unit with at least one drive motor driving a rope sheave over which the suspension rope passes, the drive unit being located in an upper section of the hoistway and projecting at least in part over the car, the car comprising:an elevator car having a roof with an opening formed therein, said opening being in an area of said roof over which a drive unit for said car does not project; and a flap mounted on said car roof in a closed position covering said opening, said flap being operable by a person from inside said car for movement by the person to an open position permitting access from an interior of said car to an exterior of said car and wherein said flap is detachable from said car roof and can be used as a tread surface for a maintenance platform placed on a floor of said car whereby when said car is positioned at a top of a hoistway adjacent the drive unit for said car with said flap in said open position, the drive unit is accessible to the person inside said car through said opening.