Section 1 - General
Section 2 - Hoistways, Hoistway Enclosures, and Related
Construction for Electric Elevators
Section 3 - Machinery and Equipment for Electric Elevators
Section 4 - Hydraulic Elevators, Direct-Acting and Roped
Section 5 - Power and Hand Sidewalk Elevators
Section 6 - Hand Elevators
Section 7 - Hand and Power Dumbwaiters
Section 8 - Escalators
Section 9 - Acceptance Inspections and Tests for New or
Altered Electric and Hydraulic Elevators,
Escalators, and Moving Walks
Section 10 - Alterations
Section 11 - Engineering Tests, Type Test, and Certification
Section 12 - Maintenance of Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators,
and Moving Walks
Section 13 - Temporary Use of Permanent Elevators for Carrying
Workmen or Materials
Section 14 - Moving Walks
Section 15 - Freight Platform Lifts
Appendix A - Private Residence Elevators
A1. Scope
A2. Private Residence Elevators
Appendix B - Periodic Inspections and Tests
B1. Periodic Inspections and Tests of All Installations
B2. Installations Placed Out of Service
B3. Periodic Inspections and Tests of Hydraulic Elevators
and Dumbwaiters
Appendix C - Determination of Top Car and Counterweight
Clearances and Bottom Car Clearances
C1. Top Car Clearance
C2. Top Counterweight Clearance
C3. Bottom Car Clearance
Appendix D - Material Lifts and Dumbwaiters with Automatic
Transfer Devices
D1. Scope and Definitions
D2. Electric Material Lifts with Automatic Transfer Devices
D3. Machinery and Equipment
D4. Hydraulic Material Lifts with Automatic Transfer Devices
D5. Material Lifts with Obscured Automatic Transfer Devices
D6. Power Dumbwaiters with Automatic Transfer Devices
D7. Automatic Transfer Device Operation
D8. Acceptance Inspections and Tests of Material Lifts
and Power Dumbwaiters with Automatic Transfer Devices
D9. Alteration, Repair, and Replacement
Appendix E - Elevator Requirements for Persons with
Physical Disabilities
E1. Scope
E2. Operation and Levelling
E3. Door Operation
E4. Door Size
E5. Door Protective and Reopening Device
E6. Door Delay (Passenger Service Time)
E7. Car Inside
E8. Car Controls
E9. Car Position Indicator
E10. Telephone
E11. Floor Covering
E12. Handrails
E13. Illumination
E14. Hall Buttons
E15. Hall or In-Car Lanterns
E16. Floor Designations
Appendix F - Inertia Application for Type A Safety Device
Appendix G - Design Data and Formulas
G1. Scope
G2. Minimum Rated Load
G3. Electric Elevator Car Frame Stresses
G4. Hydraulic Plungers, Cylinders, and Car Frames
G5. Gravity Stopping Distances
G6. Impact on Buffer Supports
Appendix H - Mass and Closing Time of Elevator Horizontal
Sliding Doors
Appendix J - Maintenance Requirements and Intervals for
Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, and
Moving Walks
J1. Scope
J2. Examination and Test of Elevators and Dumbwaiters
J3. Examination and Test of Escalators and Moving Walks