Patent ID: 7137485

Claim:
An elevator and apparatus for plumbing and installation of shaft equipment for the elevator, the apparatus being positionable in an elevator shaft of the elevator, the elevator shaft having a top and a bottom, the top of the elevator shaft being adjacent to a top floor, the apparatus comprising: support elements fixable to or adjacent to the elevator shaft; a plumbing jig attachable to the support elements and mountable from the top floor, the plumbing jig is located in the elevator shaft below the top of the shaft and between a top and bottom of a shaft door opening on the top floor, the plumbing jig when mounted in the shaft being readily accessible from the top floor by an installer; plumb lines suspendable from the plumbing jig and, when suspended from the plumbing jig, the plumb lines extend into the elevator shaft below the plumbing jig and are used to align at least one guide rail.