elevator car


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Noun1.elevator car - where passengers ride up and downelevator car - where passengers ride up and down; "the car was on the top floor"
compartment - a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area
elevator, lift - lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
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The cage proved to be one of the common types of elevator cars that I had seen in other parts of Barsoom.
She could see Fletcher was caught in the narrow gap behind the outer door and just in front of an accordion door that closed off the elevator car, a no man's land where the floor ended and the edge of the elevator car began.
DOB's of January's incident found that the elevator hoist motor had burned out and failed, causing the elevator to become stuck between two floors, and that the emergency phone inside of elevator car was not operable.
"How dare you talk to women that way!" the woman said, as Hatch retreated to the back of the elevator car, then, grinning from behind his aides, waved off the women a final time.
But, instead of going a few stories up, the futuristic elevator car would go beyond Earth's atmosphere, taking cargo or even humans to a space station.
In the salon at Hudson's, my sister recalled sitting on elevated carousel ponies as our hair was cut, but my memory is of the store itself, with its solid wood-paneled walls, elevator cages of shiny brass, and handsome ornamental sconces between each elevator car. Glittering vitrines held diamonds and rubies--more matter from my fairy-tale world--framed in gold and silver settings suitable for a refined and cultured woman, with complementary tie clips and cuff links for the man in her life.
These structures should have safety codes to prevent trapping passengers inside the elevator car, enable easy-rescue, or allow people to get to safety on their own,' noted Engr.
Active guide rollers are also installed in the four corners of the elevator car to absorb vibration during high speed operation, as is Hitachi's original air pressure adjustment technology to ease ear blockage by reducing the changes in air pressure inside the elevator car.
- Active guide rollers installed in the four corners (top and bottom, left and right) of elevator car to absorb vibration during high speed operation
PME modular elevators are a complete hoistway with the elevator car already inserted in the manufacturing process.