Patent ID: 6896105

Claim:
An elevator system comprising: a hoistway including a hoistway wall and a bottom portion, said hoistway wall including a face and a protrusion projecting from said face into the hoistway; a vertical moving member ascending and descending within the hoistway along a direction generally parallel to said face and not interfered with by said protrusion, wherein said protrusion is at least one member selected from the group consisting of a landing floor door mechanism and a building structural member disposed within a range of movement of the vertical moving member; and a control panel for controlling movement of said vertical moving member, said control panel being disposed within the hoistway on said face, wherein an area of said control panel projected along the direction of movement of said vertical moving member overlaps an area produced by projection of said protrusion along the direction of movement of said vertical moving member, said face of said hoistway wall includes a plurality of openings arranged along the direction of movement of said vertical moving member for providing access to said vertical moving member, said protrusion projects into the hoistway from said face farther than said control panel projects into the hoistway from said face, and said control panel is located in the hoistway between two of the openings.