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K301.1 Retroactive Requirements for Existing Elevators and Escalators
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All existing elevators and escalators shall comply with the provisions of American Society of Mechanical Engineers ("ASME") A17.3-2002 as modified in accordance with this chapter. The section numbers correlate to those in the referenced ASME standard. This chapter codifies the retroactive requirements for existing elevators and escalators which were originally established by 1 RCNY 3610-01. The date for completion of all work necessary to comply with such requirements is December 14, 2009, except as otherwise specified in this chapter.
PART I INTRODUCTION
SECTION 1.5 ALTERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, AND INSPECTIONS AND TESTS
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Existing installations shall conform to the following requirements of ASME A17.1-00:
(a) Section 8.10.8.11, Periodic and Acceptance Inspections and Tests;
(b) Section 8.6.8.7, Alterations, Repairs, Replacements, and Maintenance.
In addition, existing installations shall conform to ASME Addenda A17.1a-02 and A17.1b-03, and Sections 1007.4, 1607.8.1, 3001.2, 3001.4, 3002.5, and 3003.2 of the New York City Building Code.
PART II HOISTWAYS AND RELATED CONSTRUCTION FOR ELECTRIC ELEVATORS
SECTION 2.1 HOISTWAYS
2.1.1 Hoistway construction.
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2.1.2 Windows in hoistway enclosures.
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2.1.2 Windows in hoistway enclosures. Every hoistway-window opening ten (10) stories or fewer above a thoroughfare, and every such window opening three (3) stories or fewer above the roof of an adjacent building, shall be guarded by one of the following:
(a) Vertical bars at least 5/8 inch (16 mm) in diameter or equivalent, spaced not more than 10 inches (254 mm) apart, permanently and securely fastened in place; or
(b) Metal-sash windows having solid-section steel muntins of not less than 1/8 inch (3.2 mm) thickness, spaced not more than 8 inch (203 mm) apart.
Exterior hoistway-windows shall be marked with the word "SHAFTWAY" in red letters at least 6 inches (152 mm) high on a white background.
2.1.4 Pipes conveying gases, vapors, or liquids.
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2.1.5 Counterweight guards.
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SECTION 2.2 MACHINE ROOMS AND MACHINERY SPACES
2.2.5 Pipes conveying gases, vapors, or liquids.
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SECTION 2.4 CLEARANCES AND RUNBYS
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SECTION 2.5 PROTECTION OF SPACES BELOW HOISTWAYS
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Where the space below the hoistway is not permanently secured against access, cars shall be in compliance with the following requirements by December 14, 2010:
(a) The cars and counterweights shall be provided with spring or oil buffers.
(b) Car and counterweight buffer supports shall be of sufficient strength to withstand without permanent deformation the impact resulting from buffer engagement of the car plus the rated load or the counterweight with an empty car at the following speeds:
(1) Governor tripping speed where the safety is governor operated;
(2) One hundred twenty-five (125) percent of the rated speed, where the safety is not governor operated.
SECTION 2.6 HOISTWAY ENTRANCES
2.6.3 Hoistway door vision panels.
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2.6.3 Hoistway door vision panels. Hoistway door vision panels must be protected by protective grills made of number sixteen (16) gauge stainless or galvanized steel in accordance with the following specifications:
(a) Grills shall be sized to fit within or over the vision panel frame and completely cover the vision panel opening in the elevator, car doors and hoistway doors.
(b) Grills and vision panel frames shall be secured by means of non-reversible screws or other tamper proof fasteners.
(c) Grills shall contain openings that shall not be larger than 0.75 inch (19 mm) in diameter.
(d) All cut edges shall be deburred.
(e) The provisions of this section shall apply to both new and existing passenger cars. Requirements for such grills may be waived if certification is submitted that such elevator is operated manually or twenty-four (24) hour doorman service is provided. A security guard shall not be considered doorman service.
(f) For the purposes of this Section 2.6.3, a vandal resistant 0.25 inch. (6 mm) polycarbonate sheet, such as Lexan, in two (2) layers, one (1) on each side of the required wire glass, may be used in lieu of the metal protective.
2.6.4 Door hangers.
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2.6.7 Bottom guides.
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2.6.7 Bottom guides. Existing elevators in occupancy groups R-1, R-2 and E shall comply with the following requirements:
(a) The bottom of each horizontally sliding hoistway door panel shall be equipped with bottom guiding members and bottom safety retainers.
(1) The bottom of each horizontally sliding hoistway elevator door panel shall be guided by two or more members as described in ASME A17.1 Section 2.11.11.6.
(2) Safety Retainers — The bottom of each horizontally sliding hoistway elevator door panel shall be provided with a means of retaining the door panel in position if the primary guiding means fail, and preventing displacement of the bottom of the door panel by not more than 0.75 inch (19 mm) into the hoistway. Such Retainers shall be installed on the bottom, shaft side of each door panel, shall be fabricated of at least twelve (12) gauge stainless or galvanized steel, and shall engage the corresponding sill member by not less than 0.375 inch (9.5 mm).
Exception: New elevator doors installed under the 1996/1997 or later editions of ASME A17.1 as modified by Chapter K1 of this appendix.
(b) The door panels shall be structurally sound and in such condition that the guide(s) and retainer(s) may be securely attached.
(1) At least one (1) bottom guide shall be installed near each end of every door panel.
(2) A safety retainer(s) totaling at least 8 inches (203 mm) in length shall be installed between the two (2) outermost guides.
(3) On smaller sized door panels, where due to the width of the door panel, the space between the two (2) outermost bottom guides would be less than 8 inches (203 mm), then either:
(i) The length of the retainer may be reduced to a minimum 4 inches (102 mm); or
(ii) When only one (1) bottom guide is provided near the center of the door, a 4 inches (102 mm) retainer shall be installed on each side of the bottom guide. If the space between the bottom guide and the edge of the door is less than four inches, the length of the retainer may be reduced to the amount of the space between the bottom guide and the edge of the door.
Exception: New elevator entrance frames and doors installed under the 1996/1997 or later editions of ASME A17.1 as modified by Chapter K1 of this appendix.
SECTION 2.7 HOISTWAY DOOR LOCKING DEVICES, PARKING DEVICES, AND ACCESS
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2.7.2 Elevator parking device
(a) Parking Devices Required. Elevators that are operated from within the car only and have manual operated doors that can be opened with a common tool, shall have elevator-parking devices installed at that landing. This device shall be located at a height not greater than 6 feet 11 inches (2.11 m) above the floor. Parking devices are not required for elevators having hoistway doors that are automatically unlocked when the car is within the landing zone.
(b) General Design Requirements. Parking devices shall conform to the following requirements:
(1) They shall be mechanically or electrically operated.
(2) They shall be designed and installed so that friction or sticking or the breaking of any springs used in the device will not permit opening or unlocking a door when the car is outside the landing zone of that floor.
(3) Springs, where used, shall be of the restrained compression type, which will prevent separation of the parts in case the spring breaks.
Add new Subsection (c) to Section 2.7.2 to read as follows:
(c) Car interior lighting. The car interior lighting shall not be extinguished and must meet the requirements of Section 3.4.5 of ASME A17.3 as modified by this chapter.
2.7.3 Access to hoistway.
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2.7.4 Restricted opening of hoistway doors and/or car doors on passenger elevators.
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2.7.6 Add new Section 2.7.6 to read as follows:
2.7.6 Locks on elevators and elevator hoistway doors. In high rise buildings, no switch, lock or device of any kind shall be installed on any floor on or above the street floor on any elevator car or elevator hoistway door, except elevators used exclusively for freight, that shall prevent opening of such doors by anyone not having a key, unless fire department access to cars and hoistways is provided by a city-wide standard key number 2642 and the New York City Fire Department standard key.
PART III MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT FOR ELECTRIC ELEVATORS
SECTION 3.1 BUFFERS AND BUMPERS
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SECTION 3.3 CAR FRAMES AND PLATFORMS
3.3.1 Car platforms.
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3.3.5 Protection of platforms against fire.
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SECTION 3.4 CAR ENCLOSURES
3.4.1 Car enclosures.
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3.4.2 Car doors and gates.
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3.4.2 Car doors and gates. Passenger and loft elevators shall comply with (a) and (b) of this section by December 14, 2012:
(a) Doors, gates, and electric contacts. Cars shall have a car door or gate provided at each entrance equipped with a car door or gate electric contact. Car doors and/or gates shall conform to the following requirements:
(1) They shall be positively opened by a lever or other device attached to and operated by the door or gate.
(2) They shall be maintained in the open position by the action of gravity or by a restrained compression spring, or both, or by positive mechanical means.
(3) They shall not be readily accessible.
(b) Collapsible gates. Collapsible car gates shall conform to the following requirements:
(1) Collapsible car gates shall not be power opened to a distance exceeding one-third (1/3) of the clear gate opening, and in no case more than 10 inches (254 mm).
(2) When fully closed (extended position), gates shall reject a ball 3 inches (76 mm) in diameter for passenger elevators and 4.5 inches (114 mm) for freight elevators.
(3) Gates shall have at least every fourth vertical member guided at the top and every second vertical member guided at the bottom.
(4) Handles of manually operated collapsible gates nearest the car operating device on elevators operated from the car only shall be so located that the nearest handle is not more than 48 inches (1.22 m) from the car operating device when the gate is closed (extended position), and not more than 48 inches (1.22 m) above the car floor. Gate handles shall be provided with finger guards.
3.4.4 Emergency exits.
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3.4.5 Car illumination.
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3.4.5 Car illumination. Car illumination shall comply with the provisions of this section by December 14, 2010:
(a) Interiors of cars shall be provided with an electric light or lights. Not less than two (2) lamps shall be provided.
(b) The minimum illumination at the car threshold, with the door closed, shall not be less than:
(1) For passenger elevators: 5 footcandles (54 lux).
(2) For freight elevators: 2 1/2 footcandles (27 lux).
(c) Light control switches are not required, but if provided they shall be located in or adjacent to the operating device in the car. In elevators having automatic operation, they shall be of the key-operated type or located in a fixture with a locked cover.
(d) Top of car light fixtures may be provided with a non-key-operated switch in or adjacent to the fixture.
SECTION 3.5 SAFETIES
3.5.1 Car safeties.
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3.5.2 Counterweight safeties.
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3.5.3 Safeties to stop ascending cars or counterweights prohibited.
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3.5.4 Application and release of safeties.
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3.5.5 Maximum permissible movement of governor rope to operate the safety mechanism.
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3.5.6 Rail lubricants and lubricant plate.
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3.5.6 Rail lubricants. Rail lubricants or coatings that will reduce the holding power of the safety or prevent its functioning as required shall not be used.
SECTION 3.6 SPEED GOVERNORS
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SECTION 3.8 DRIVING MACHINES AND SHEAVES
3.8.1 General requirements.
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Add new Section 3.8.4.1 to read as follows:
3.8.4.1 Single plunger brakes.
(a) All existing traction elevators with single plunger brakes must comply with either of the following by January 1, 2027:
(1) Alteration of single plunger assemblies to dual-plunger type, or
(2) Compliance with Unintended Car Movement Protection as specified by Section 2.19.2 of ASME A17.1.
(b) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of chapter 1 of title 28 of the Administrative Code, the work required to comply with this section may not be performed without a permit from the department.
SECTION 3.9 TERMINAL STOPPING DEVICES
3.9.1 Normal terminal stopping devices.
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3.9.2 Final terminal stopping devices.
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3.9.2 Final terminal stopping devices. Upper and lower final terminal electromechanical stopping devices shall be provided and arranged to prevent movement of the car by the normal operating devices in either direction of travel after the car has passed a terminal landing. Final terminal stopping devices shall be located as follows:
(a) Winding drum driving machines. Elevators having winding drum machines shall have stopping switches on the machines and also installed in the hoistway and operated by cams attached to the car. Final limit switches and brackets shall be permanently secured and pinned.
(b) Traction driving machines. Elevators having traction driving machines shall have stopping switches installed in the hoistway and operated by cams attached to the car. Final limit switches and brackets shall be permanently secured and pinned.
SECTION 3.10 OPERATING DEVICES AND CONTROL EQUIPMENT
3.10.1 Types of operating devices.
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3.10.3 Top-of-car operating devices.
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3.10.4 Electrical protective devices
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3.10.4 Electrical protective devices. Electrical protective devices shall be provided by December 14, 2010 in accordance with the following:
(a) Slack-rope switch. Winding drum machines shall be provided with a slack-rope device equipped with a slack-rope switch of the enclosed manually reset type that shall cause the electric power to be removed from the elevator driving machine motor and brake if the suspension ropes become slack.
(b) Compensating rope sheave switch. Compensating rope sheaves shall be provided with a compensating rope sheave switch or switches mechanically opened by the compensating rope sheave before the sheave reaches its upper or lower limit of travel to cause the electric power to be removed from the elevator driving machine motor and brake.
(c) Broken rope, tape, or chain switches used in connection with machine room normal terminal stopping switches. Broken rope, tape, or chain switches conforming to the requirements of Section 3.6.1 shall be provided in connection with normal terminal stopping devices located in machine rooms of traction elevators. Such switches shall be opened by a failure of the rope, tape, or chain.
(d) Car-safety mechanism switch. A switch shall be required where a car safety is provided.
(e) Final terminal stopping devices. Final terminal stopping devices shall be provided for every elevator.
(f) Emergency terminal speed limiting device. Where reduced stroke oil buffers are provided, emergency terminal speed limiting devices are required.
(g) Motor generator overspeed protection. Means shall be provided to cause the electric power to be removed automatically from the elevator driving machine motor and brake should a motor generator set, driven by a direct current motor, overspeed excessively.
(h) Motor field sensing means. Where direct current is supplied to an armature and shunt field of an elevator driving machine motor, a motor field current sensing means shall be provided, which shall cause the electric power to be removed from the motor armature and brake unless current is flowing in the shunt field of the motor.
A motor field current sensing means is not required for static control elevators provided with a device to detect an overspeed condition prior to, and independent of, the operation of the governor overspeed switch. This device shall cause power to be removed from the elevator driving machine motor armature and machine brake.
(i) Buffer switches for oil buffers used with type C car safeties. Oil level and compression switches shall be provided for all oil buffers used with Type C safeties.
(j) Hoistway door interlocks or hoistway door electric contacts. Hoistway door interlocks or hoistway door electric contacts shall be provided for all elevators.
(k) Car door or gate electric contacts. Car door or gate electric contacts shall be provided for all elevators with car doors or gates.
(l) Normal terminal stopping devices. Normal terminal stopping devices shall be provided for every elevator.
(m) Car side emergency exit electric contact. An electric contact shall be provided on every car side emergency exit door.
(n) Electric contacts for hinged car platform sills. Hinged car platform sills, where provided, shall be equipped with electric contacts.
(o) Emergency stop switch. On all elevators, an emergency stop switch shall be provided in the car, and located in or adjacent to each car operating panel. When open (i.e. the "stop position"), this switch shall cause the electric power to be removed from the elevator driving-machine motor and brake. Emergency stop switches shall:
(1) Be of the manual open and close type:
(2) Have red operating handles or buttons;
(3) Be conspicuously and permanently marked "STOP" and indicate the "STOP" and "RUN" positions; and
(4) When open, cause an audible signaling device to sound.
(p) Stop switch in pit. A stop switch, conforming to the following requirements shall be provided in the pit of every elevator. The switch shall be located adjacent to the normal pit access. The switch shall cause the electric power to be removed from the elevator driving machine motor and brake and shall:
(1) Be of the manual open and close type:
(2) Have red operating handles or buttons;
(3) Be conspicuously and permanently marked "STOP" and indicate the "STOP" and "RUN" positions; and
(4) Be positively opened mechanically and its opening shall not be solely dependent on a spring.
(q) Buffer switches for gas spring return oil buffers. A buffer switch shall be provided for gas spring return oil buffers that will cause electric power to be removed from the elevator driving machine motor and brake if the plunger is not within 0.5 inch (13 mm) of the fully extended position.
3.10.5 Power supply line disconnecting means.
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3.10.11 Add new Section 3.10.11 to read as follows:
3.10.11 Signal systems on car switch elevators. Elevators with car switch operation shall be provided with a signal system by means of which signals can be given from any landing whenever the elevator is desired at the landing.
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3.10.12 System to monitor and prevent automatic operation of passenger and freight elevators with faulty door contact circuits.
All automatic passenger and freight elevators shall comply with this section by January 1, 2020. Means shall be provided to monitor the position of power-operated car doors that are mechanically coupled with the landing doors or power-operated car doors with manually operated swing-type hall doors, while the car is in the landing zone, in order
(a) to prevent the operation of the car if the car door is not closed (see Section 3.4.2(c) of ASME A17.3), regardless whether the portion of the circuits incorporating the car-door contact or the interlock contact of the landing door coupled with car door, or both, are closed or open, except as permitted under any of the following conditions:
(1) by a car-leveling or truck-leveling device
(2) when a hoistway access switch is operated
(3) when the top-of-car inspection operation utilizing a car door by-pass or hoistway-door bypass switch is activated
(4) when on any mode of inspection operation; and
(b) to prevent, except as permitted by inspection operation, the power closing of the doors if the car door is fully open and any of the following conditions exist:
(1) the car-door contact is closed or the portion of the circuit, incorporating this contact is bypassed;
(2) the interlock contact of the landing door that is coupled to the opened car door is closed or the portion of the circuit, incorporating this contact is bypassed, except when operating during Firefighters' Service Phase II;
Exception: For swing-type door operation, the locking (secondary) contacts shall be monitored.
(3) the car-door contact and the interlock contact of the door that is coupled to the opened car door are closed, or the portions of the circuits incorporating these contacts are bypassed;
Exception: For swing-type door operation, the locking (secondary) contacts shall be monitored.
Design and/or controller modifications shall be approved by the controller manufacturer or a registered design professional. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of Chapter 1 of Title 28 of the Administrative Code, the work required to comply with this section may not be performed without a permit from the department.
SECTION 3.11 EMERGENCY OPERATION AND SIGNALING DEVICES
3.11.1 Car emergency signaling devices.
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3.11.1 Car emergency signaling devices. Elevators shall be provided with the following signaling devices:
(a) In all buildings, the elevator shall be provided with an audible signaling device, operable from the emergency stop switch, when provided, and from a switch marked "ALARM" that is located in or adjacent to each car operating panel. The signaling device shall be located inside the building and audible inside the car and outside the hoistway. One signaling device may be used for a group of elevators.
(b) In buildings in which a building attendant (building employee, watchperson, etc.) is not continuously available to take action when the required emergency signal is operated, the elevators shall be provided with a means within the car for communicating with or signaling to a service which is capable of taking appropriate action when a building attendant is not available.
3.11.3 Firefighters' service.
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3.11.3 Firefighters' service operation in existing elevators.
Firefighters' service operation shall be installed in accordance with the New York City Building Code in all existing elevators serving any of the following:
(a) High rise buildings or buildings classified in Occupancy Group M except existing R-2.
(b) All buildings or buildings classified in Occupancy Group A, B, E, I, or R-1 (except for "residential hotels," as such term is defined by the commissioner pursuant to rules and regulations).
SECTION 3.12 SUSPENSION MEANS AND THEIR CONNECTIONS
3.12.1 Suspension means.
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PART IV HYDRAULIC ELEVATORS
SECTION 4.2 MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT
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4.3.1 Connection to driving machine.
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4.3.2 Plunger stops.
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4.3.3 Hydraulic elevators.
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4.3.3 Hydraulic elevators. Hydraulic elevators that have any portion of the cylinder buried in the ground and that do not have a double cylinder or a cylinder with a safety bulkhead shall comply with this section by December 14, 2014:
(a) Have the cylinder replaced with a double cylinder or a cylinder with a safety bulkhead protected from corrosion by one or more of the following methods:
(1) Monitored cathodic protection;
(2) A coating to protect the cylinder from corrosion that will withstand the installation process;
(3) By a protective plastic casing immune to galvanic or electrolytic action, salt water, and other known underground conditions; or
(b) Be provided with a device meeting the requirements of Section 3.5 or a device arranged to operate in the down direction at an overspeed not exceeding one hundred twenty-five (125) percent of rated speed. The device shall mechanically act to limit the maximum car speed to the buffer striking speed, or stop the elevator car with rated load with a deceleration not to exceed 32.2 ft/s2 (9.8 m/s2), and shall not automatically reset. Actuation of the device shall cause power to be removed from the pump motor and control valves until manually reset; or
(c) Have other means acceptable to the department to protect against unintended movement of the car as a result of uncontrolled fluid loss.
SECTION 4.4 VALVES, SUPPLY PIPING, AND FITTINGS
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SECTION 4.5 TANKS
4.5.2 Pressure tanks.
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SECTION 4.6 TERMINAL STOPPING DEVICES
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SECTION 4.7 OPERATING DEVICES AND CONTROL EQUIPMENT
4.7.1 Operating devices.
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4.7.2 Top-of-car operating devices.
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4.7.3 Anticreep leveling devices.
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4.7.4 Electrical protective devices.
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4.7.4 Electrical protective devices. When they apply to hydraulic elevators, the following electrical protective devices conforming to the requirements of Section 3.10.4 shall be provided:
(a) Stop switches in the pit: and
(b) Where such emergency doors are provided, in-car emergency exit door electric contacts.
Such devices shall prevent the operation of the elevator by the normal operating device and shall prevent the moment of the car in response to the anticreep leveling device.
4.7.5 Power supply line disconnecting means.
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SECTION 4.8 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR COUNTERWEIGHTED HYDRAULIC ELEVATORS
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SECTION 4.9 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ROPED HYDRAULIC ELEVATORS
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PART V ESCALATORS
SECTION 5.1 CONSTRUCTION
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5.1.4 Antislide device.
On high deck balustrades, antislide devices shall be provided on decks or combination of decks when the outer edge of the deck is greater than 12 inches (305 mm) from the centerline of the handrail or on adjacent escalators when the distance between centerline of the handrails is greater than 16 inches (406 mm).
These devices shall consist of raised objects fastened to the decks, not closer than 4 inches (102 mm) to the handrail and spaced not greater than 78 inches (2000 mm) apart. The height shall be not less than 3/4 inch (19 mm). There shall be no sharp corners or edges.
5.1.7 Step risers.
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5.1.8 Slotting of step treads.
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5.1.11 Step/skirt performance index
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SECTION 5.2 BRAKES
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SECTION 5.3 OPERATING AND SAFETY DEVICES
5.3.1 Starting switches.
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5.3.1 Starting devices. In every new and existing escalator, starting devices shall be provided with the combination of a starting switch and a starting button. The escalator shall be started only after the activation of both the switch and the button.
(a) Starting switch. Starting switches shall be of continuous pressure spring return type and shall be operated by a cylinder type lock having five-pin, five-disc or five-tumbler combination. Starting switches shall be of three-position type and shall be clearly marked as follows:
NORMAL. A central position for the key entry and spring return position.
START-UP. A right side position for starting the escalator in the upward direction.
START-DOWN. A left side position for starting the escalator in the downward direction.
(b) Starting Button. Starting buttons shall be of the constant pressure type and located within 6 in. (152 mm) from the starting switch. They shall be clearly marked "Starting Button".
(c) Cover Plate. A locked, transparent cover plate that can be opened by the starting key and clearly marked "For Start Only" shall protect the starting devices.
(d) Location of starting devices. Starting devices shall be located at top and bottom of the escalator on the right side-facing newel.
(NOTE: The starting key shall be kept on the premises at all times and shall only be accessible to persons authorized to start escalators. It shall also be made available to the commissioner or the commissioner's representative.)
5.3.2 Emergency stop buttons.
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5.3.2 Emergency stop buttons location. A red stop button shall be visibly located at the top and bottom landings on the right side facing the escalator. Remote stop buttons are prohibited except that any escalator connected to an automatic fire alarm system shall gradually stop not exceeding the speed of 3 ft per sec2 (0.91 m/s2) upon the activation of such system.
5.3.3 Speed governor.
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5.3.4 Broken step-chain device.
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5.3.5 Application of brake.
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5.3.6 Broken drive-chain device.
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5.3.7 Skirt obstruction device.
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5.3.7 Skirt obstruction device. Escalators shall comply with the following no later than January 1, 2014: Means shall be provided to cause the electric power to be removed from the escalator driving machine motor and brake if an object becomes caught between the step and the skirt as the step approaches the upper combplate, intermediate device or lower combplate. On units having a run of 20 feet (6.10 m) or more, intermediate devices shall be provided on both sides of the escalator with devices located at interval of 10 feet (3.05 m) or less. The activation of an intermediate device shall stop the escalator at a rate not greater than 3 ft per sec2 (0.91 m/s2) in the direction of travel. The upper and lower skirt devices shall be located so that the escalator will stop before that object reaches the combplate. The activation of any skirt device shall stop the escalator with any load up to full brake rated load with the escalator running.
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5.3.12 Comb-step stop device. A device shall be provided that will cause the opening of the power circuit to the escalator driving machine motor and brake where a resultant vertical force not greater than 60 lbf (268 N) in the upward direction is applied at the center of the front of the comb-plate.
SECTION 5.5 ENTRANCE AND EGRESS ENDS
5.5.2 Distinction between comb and step.
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5.5.3 Adjacent floor surfaces.
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5.5.5 Landing access plates.
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PART VI DUMBWAITERS
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PART VII HAND ELEVATORS
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SECTION 7.0 EXISTING HAND POWERED FREIGHT ELEVATORS
Existing hand powered freight elevators shall not be subject to the provisions of this section. However, adequate protection of landing openings shall be provided by hinged or sliding doors which shall remain locked at all times except when the freight elevator is in use. Auxiliary gates not less than 36 inches (914 mm) in height, substantially constructed and secured in place, of wood or metal, or equivalent metal chains shall be installed. Such gates or chains may be arranged to lift vertically, to slide horizontally, or to swing. No part of any gate or chain shall project into the freight elevator shaft. Gates may be operated automatically or manually.
SECTION 7.1 HOISTWAY, HOISTWAY ENCLOSURES, AND RELATED CONSTRUCTION
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SECTION 7.2 MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT
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PART VIII SIDEWALK ELEVATORS
SECTION 8.1 HOISTWAY, HOISTWAY ENCLOSURES, AND MACHINERY ROOMS
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SECTION 8.2 MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT
8.2.2 Buffers and bumpers.
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8.2.3 Counterweights.
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8.2.4 Car frames and platforms.
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8.2.5 Bow-irons and stanchions.
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8.2.6 Car enclosures and car doors and gates.
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8.2.7 Car and counterweight safeties and governors.
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8.2.8 Capacity and loading.
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8.2.9 Driving machines and sheaves.
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8.2.10 Terminal stopping devices.
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8.2.11 Locking devices for hinged swinging doors or vertically lifting covers in sidewalks or other areas exterior to the building.
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8.2.12 Requirements for electrical wiring and electrical equipment.
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8.2.13 Clearance between loading side of car platforms and hoistway enclosures.
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8.2.14 Operating devices and control equipment of sidewalk elevator.
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8.2.14 Operating devices and control equipment of sidewalk elevator. The operation of power sidewalk elevators through openings in the sidewalk, or through openings in other exterior areas that are accessible to the public, and that are protected by hinged doors or vertically lifting covers, shall conform to the following:
(a) The elevator shall be operated in both the up and down directions through the opening, only from the sidewalk or other exterior area. The operation shall be by means of:
(1) Key-operated continuous-pressure-type up and down switches; or
(2) Continuous-pressure-type up-and-down operating buttons on the free end of a detachable, flexible cord 5 feet (1.52 m) or less in length.
(b) Key-operated switches shall be of continuous pressure spring return type, and shall be operated by a cylinder-type lock having not less than a five-pin or five-disk combination with the key removable only when the switch is in the "OFF" position.
(c) Key-operated switches and plug receptacles for flexible cords shall be mounted in weatherproof boxes with covers installed above the sidewalk or other area on the side of the building wall, located 18 inches (457 mm) or less horizontally from one side of the opening.
(d) Operating buttons may be provided in the elevator car and at any landing below the top landing, provided that such buttons shall operate the car only when the bow-iron or stanchions are not in contact with the doors or covers in the sidewalk of other exterior area.
(e) When the bow-iron or stanchions are in contact with the doors or covers at the sidewalk or other exterior area, it shall be possible to operate the car only by means of either the key switches or the continuous-pressure type up-and-down buttons on the free end of the flexible cord specified in Section 8.2.14(a)(1).
(f) Flexible cords and operating keys shall not be left where they are accessible to unauthorized persons for operation of the elevator.
PART IX MOVING WALKS
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SECTION 9.0 SKIRT PANELS
(a) The clearance on each side of the steps between step thread and the adjacent skirt panel shall be not more than 0.188 inch (4.8 mm) and the edges shall be rounded.
(b) The exposed surface of the skirt panels adjacent to the thread shall be smooth.
SECTION 9.1 PROTECTION OF FLOOR OPENINGS
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SECTION 9.2 PROTECTION OF SUPPORTS AND MACHINE SPACES AGAINST FIRE
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SECTION 9.3 CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS
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SECTION 9.4 ENTRANCE AND EGRESS ENDS
9.4.2 Distinction between comb and step.
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SECTION 9.5 DRIVING MACHINES, MOTOR, AND BRAKE
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SECTION 9.6 OPERATING AND SAFETY DEVICES
9.6.1 General.
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9.6.2 Starting switch.
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9.6.2 Starting devices. In every new and existing moving walk, starting devices shall be provided with the combination of a starting switch and a starting button. The escalator shall be started only after the activation of both the switch and the button.
(a) Starting Switch. Starting switches shall be of continuous pressure spring return type and shall be operated by a cylinder type lock having five-pin, five-disc or five-tumbler combination. Starting switches shall be of three-position type and shall be clearly marked as follows:
NORMAL. A central position for the key entry and spring return position.
START-UP. A right side position for starting the escalator in the upward direction.
START-DOWN. A left side position for starting the escalator in the downward direction.
(b) Starting Button. Starting buttons shall be of the constant pressure type and located within 6 inches (152 mm) from the starting switch. They shall be clearly marked "Starting Button".
(c) Cover Plate. A locked, transparent cover plate that can be opened by the starting key and clearly marked "For Start Only" shall protect the starting devices.
(d) Location of starting devices. Starting devices shall be located at top and bottom of the escalator on the right side-facing newel.
(NOTE: The starting key shall be kept on the premises at all times and may only be accessible to persons authorized to start escalators. It shall also be made available to the commissioner or the commissioner's representative.)
9.6.3 Emergency stop buttons.
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9.6.3 Emergency stop buttons location. A red stop button shall be visibly located at the top and bottom landings on the right side facing the moving walk. Remote stop buttons are prohibited except that any escalator connected to an automatic fire alarm system shall gradually stop not exceeding the speed of 3 ft per sec2 (0.91 m/s2) upon the activation of such system.
9.6.4 Speed governor.
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9.6.5 Application of an electrically released brake.
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9.6.6 Broken drive-chain switch.
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9.6.10 Disconnected motor safety device.
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9.6.12 Comb-pallet stop device. A device shall be provided that will cause the opening of the power circuit to the moving walk driving-machine motor and brake when a resultant vertical force not greater than 60 lbf (268 N) in the upward direction is applied at the center of the front of the comb-plate.
SECTION 9.7 LIGHTING AND ACCESS
9.7.2 Access to Interior.
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PART X PRIVATE RESIDENCE ELEVATORS
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PART I INTRODUCTION
SECTION 1.5 ALTERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, AND INSPECTIONS AND TESTS
1.5 Delete and revise Section 1.5 to read as follows:
Existing installations shall conform to the following requirements of ASME A17.1-00:
(a) Section 8.10.8.11, Periodic and Acceptance Inspections and Tests;
(b) Section 8.6.8.7, Alterations, Repairs, Replacements, and Maintenance.
In addition, existing installations shall conform to ASME Addenda A17.1a-02 and A17.1b-03, and Sections 1007.4, 1607.8.1, 3001.2, 3001.4, 3002.5, and 3003.2 of the New York City Building Code.
PART II HOISTWAYS AND RELATED CONSTRUCTION FOR ELECTRIC ELEVATORS
SECTION 2.1 HOISTWAYS
2.1.1 Hoistway construction.
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2.1.2 Windows in hoistway enclosures.
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2.1.2 Windows in hoistway enclosures. Every hoistway-window opening ten (10) stories or fewer above a thoroughfare, and every such window opening three (3) stories or fewer above the roof of an adjacent building, shall be guarded by one of the following:
(a) Vertical bars at least 5/8 inch (16 mm) in diameter or equivalent, spaced not more than 10 inches (254 mm) apart, permanently and securely fastened in place; or
(b) Metal-sash windows having solid-section steel muntins of not less than 1/8 inch (3.2 mm) thickness, spaced not more than 8 inch (203 mm) apart.
Exterior hoistway-windows shall be marked with the word "SHAFTWAY" in red letters at least 6 inches (152 mm) high on a white background.
2.1.4 Pipes conveying gases, vapors, or liquids.
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2.1.5 Counterweight guards.
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SECTION 2.2 MACHINE ROOMS AND MACHINERY SPACES
2.2.5 Pipes conveying gases, vapors, or liquids.
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SECTION 2.4 CLEARANCES AND RUNBYS
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SECTION 2.5 PROTECTION OF SPACES BELOW HOISTWAYS
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Where the space below the hoistway is not permanently secured against access, cars shall be in compliance with the following requirements by December 14, 2010:
(a) The cars and counterweights shall be provided with spring or oil buffers.
(b) Car and counterweight buffer supports shall be of sufficient strength to withstand without permanent deformation the impact resulting from buffer engagement of the car plus the rated load or the counterweight with an empty car at the following speeds:
(1) Governor tripping speed where the safety is governor operated;
(2) One hundred twenty-five (125) percent of the rated speed, where the safety is not governor operated.
SECTION 2.6 HOISTWAY ENTRANCES
2.6.3 Hoistway door vision panels.
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2.6.3 Hoistway door vision panels. Hoistway door vision panels must be protected by protective grills made of number sixteen (16) gauge stainless or galvanized steel in accordance with the following specifications:
(a) Grills shall be sized to fit within or over the vision panel frame and completely cover the vision panel opening in the elevator, car doors and hoistway doors.
(b) Grills and vision panel frames shall be secured by means of non-reversible screws or other tamper proof fasteners.
(c) Grills shall contain openings that shall not be larger than 0.75 inch (19 mm) in diameter.
(d) All cut edges shall be deburred.
(e) The provisions of this section shall apply to both new and existing passenger cars. Requirements for such grills may be waived if certification is submitted that such elevator is operated manually or twenty-four (24) hour doorman service is provided. A security guard shall not be considered doorman service.
(f) For the purposes of this Section 2.6.3, a vandal resistant 0.25 inch. (6 mm) polycarbonate sheet, such as Lexan, in two (2) layers, one (1) on each side of the required wire glass, may be used in lieu of the metal protective.
2.6.4 Door hangers.
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2.6.7 Bottom guides.
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2.6.7 Bottom guides. Existing elevators in occupancy groups R-1, R-2 and E shall comply with the following requirements:
(a) The bottom of each horizontally sliding hoistway door panel shall be equipped with bottom guiding members and bottom safety retainers.
(1) The bottom of each horizontally sliding hoistway elevator door panel shall be guided by two or more members as described in ASME A17.1 Section 2.11.11.6.
(2) Safety Retainers — The bottom of each horizontally sliding hoistway elevator door panel shall be provided with a means of retaining the door panel in position if the primary guiding means fail, and preventing displacement of the bottom of the door panel by not more than 0.75 inch (19 mm) into the hoistway. Such Retainers shall be installed on the bottom, shaft side of each door panel, shall be fabricated of at least twelve (12) gauge stainless or galvanized steel, and shall engage the corresponding sill member by not less than 0.375 inch (9.5 mm).
Exception: New elevator doors installed under the 1996/1997 or later editions of ASME A17.1 as modified by Chapter K1 of this appendix.
(b) The door panels shall be structurally sound and in such condition that the guide(s) and retainer(s) may be securely attached.
(1) At least one (1) bottom guide shall be installed near each end of every door panel.
(2) A safety retainer(s) totaling at least 8 inches (203 mm) in length shall be installed between the two (2) outermost guides.
(3) On smaller sized door panels, where due to the width of the door panel, the space between the two (2) outermost bottom guides would be less than 8 inches (203 mm), then either:
(i) The length of the retainer may be reduced to a minimum 4 inches (102 mm); or
(ii) When only one (1) bottom guide is provided near the center of the door, a 4 inches (102 mm) retainer shall be installed on each side of the bottom guide. If the space between the bottom guide and the edge of the door is less than four inches, the length of the retainer may be reduced to the amount of the space between the bottom guide and the edge of the door.
Exception: New elevator entrance frames and doors installed under the 1996/1997 or later editions of ASME A17.1 as modified by Chapter K1 of this appendix.
SECTION 2.7 HOISTWAY DOOR LOCKING DEVICES, PARKING DEVICES, AND ACCESS
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2.7.2 Elevator parking device
(a) Parking Devices Required. Elevators that are operated from within the car only and have manual operated doors that can be opened with a common tool, shall have elevator-parking devices installed at that landing. This device shall be located at a height not greater than 6 feet 11 inches (2.11 m) above the floor. Parking devices are not required for elevators having hoistway doors that are automatically unlocked when the car is within the landing zone.
(b) General Design Requirements. Parking devices shall conform to the following requirements:
(1) They shall be mechanically or electrically operated.
(2) They shall be designed and installed so that friction or sticking or the breaking of any springs used in the device will not permit opening or unlocking a door when the car is outside the landing zone of that floor.
(3) Springs, where used, shall be of the restrained compression type, which will prevent separation of the parts in case the spring breaks.
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(c) Car interior lighting. The car interior lighting shall not be extinguished and must meet the requirements of Section 3.4.5 of ASME A17.3 as modified by this chapter.
2.7.3 Access to hoistway.
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2.7.4 Restricted opening of hoistway doors and/or car doors on passenger elevators.
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2.7.6 Add new Section 2.7.6 to read as follows:
2.7.6 Locks on elevators and elevator hoistway doors. In high rise buildings, no switch, lock or device of any kind shall be installed on any floor on or above the street floor on any elevator car or elevator hoistway door, except elevators used exclusively for freight, that shall prevent opening of such doors by anyone not having a key, unless fire department access to cars and hoistways is provided by a city-wide standard key number 2642 and the New York City Fire Department standard key.
PART III MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT FOR ELECTRIC ELEVATORS
SECTION 3.1 BUFFERS AND BUMPERS
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SECTION 3.3 CAR FRAMES AND PLATFORMS
3.3.1 Car platforms.
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3.3.5 Protection of platforms against fire.
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SECTION 3.4 CAR ENCLOSURES
3.4.1 Car enclosures.
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3.4.2 Car doors and gates.
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3.4.2 Car doors and gates. Passenger and loft elevators shall comply with (a) and (b) of this section by December 14, 2012:
(a) Doors, gates, and electric contacts. Cars shall have a car door or gate provided at each entrance equipped with a car door or gate electric contact. Car doors and/or gates shall conform to the following requirements:
(1) They shall be positively opened by a lever or other device attached to and operated by the door or gate.
(2) They shall be maintained in the open position by the action of gravity or by a restrained compression spring, or both, or by positive mechanical means.
(3) They shall not be readily accessible.
(b) Collapsible gates. Collapsible car gates shall conform to the following requirements:
(1) Collapsible car gates shall not be power opened to a distance exceeding one-third (1/3) of the clear gate opening, and in no case more than 10 inches (254 mm).
(2) When fully closed (extended position), gates shall reject a ball 3 inches (76 mm) in diameter for passenger elevators and 4.5 inches (114 mm) for freight elevators.
(3) Gates shall have at least every fourth vertical member guided at the top and every second vertical member guided at the bottom.
(4) Handles of manually operated collapsible gates nearest the car operating device on elevators operated from the car only shall be so located that the nearest handle is not more than 48 inches (1.22 m) from the car operating device when the gate is closed (extended position), and not more than 48 inches (1.22 m) above the car floor. Gate handles shall be provided with finger guards.
3.4.4 Emergency exits.
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3.4.5 Car illumination.
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3.4.5 Car illumination. Car illumination shall comply with the provisions of this section by December 14, 2010:
(a) Interiors of cars shall be provided with an electric light or lights. Not less than two (2) lamps shall be provided.
(b) The minimum illumination at the car threshold, with the door closed, shall not be less than:
(1) For passenger elevators: 5 footcandles (54 lux).
(2) For freight elevators: 2 1/2 footcandles (27 lux).
(c) Light control switches are not required, but if provided they shall be located in or adjacent to the operating device in the car. In elevators having automatic operation, they shall be of the key-operated type or located in a fixture with a locked cover.
(d) Top of car light fixtures may be provided with a non-key-operated switch in or adjacent to the fixture.
SECTION 3.5 SAFETIES
3.5.1 Car safeties.
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3.5.2 Counterweight safeties.
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3.5.3 Safeties to stop ascending cars or counterweights prohibited.
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3.5.4 Application and release of safeties.
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3.5.5 Maximum permissible movement of governor rope to operate the safety mechanism.
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3.5.6 Rail lubricants and lubricant plate.
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3.5.6 Rail lubricants. Rail lubricants or coatings that will reduce the holding power of the safety or prevent its functioning as required shall not be used.
SECTION 3.6 SPEED GOVERNORS
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SECTION 3.8 DRIVING MACHINES AND SHEAVES
3.8.1 General requirements.
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Add new Section 3.8.4.1 to read as follows:
3.8.4.1 Single plunger brakes.
(a) All existing traction elevators with single plunger brakes must comply with either of the following by January 1, 2027:
(1) Alteration of single plunger assemblies to dual-plunger type, or
(2) Compliance with Unintended Car Movement Protection as specified by Section 2.19.2 of ASME A17.1.
(b) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of chapter 1 of title 28 of the Administrative Code, the work required to comply with this section may not be performed without a permit from the department.
SECTION 3.9 TERMINAL STOPPING DEVICES
3.9.1 Normal terminal stopping devices.
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3.9.2 Final terminal stopping devices.
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3.9.2 Final terminal stopping devices. Upper and lower final terminal electromechanical stopping devices shall be provided and arranged to prevent movement of the car by the normal operating devices in either direction of travel after the car has passed a terminal landing. Final terminal stopping devices shall be located as follows:
(a) Winding drum driving machines. Elevators having winding drum machines shall have stopping switches on the machines and also installed in the hoistway and operated by cams attached to the car. Final limit switches and brackets shall be permanently secured and pinned.
(b) Traction driving machines. Elevators having traction driving machines shall have stopping switches installed in the hoistway and operated by cams attached to the car. Final limit switches and brackets shall be permanently secured and pinned.
SECTION 3.10 OPERATING DEVICES AND CONTROL EQUIPMENT
3.10.1 Types of operating devices.
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3.10.3 Top-of-car operating devices.
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3.10.4 Electrical protective devices
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3.10.4 Electrical protective devices. Electrical protective devices shall be provided by December 14, 2010 in accordance with the following:
(a) Slack-rope switch. Winding drum machines shall be provided with a slack-rope device equipped with a slack-rope switch of the enclosed manually reset type that shall cause the electric power to be removed from the elevator driving machine motor and brake if the suspension ropes become slack.
(b) Compensating rope sheave switch. Compensating rope sheaves shall be provided with a compensating rope sheave switch or switches mechanically opened by the compensating rope sheave before the sheave reaches its upper or lower limit of travel to cause the electric power to be removed from the elevator driving machine motor and brake.
(c) Broken rope, tape, or chain switches used in connection with machine room normal terminal stopping switches. Broken rope, tape, or chain switches conforming to the requirements of Section 3.6.1 shall be provided in connection with normal terminal stopping devices located in machine rooms of traction elevators. Such switches shall be opened by a failure of the rope, tape, or chain.
(d) Car-safety mechanism switch. A switch shall be required where a car safety is provided.
(e) Final terminal stopping devices. Final terminal stopping devices shall be provided for every elevator.
(f) Emergency terminal speed limiting device. Where reduced stroke oil buffers are provided, emergency terminal speed limiting devices are required.
(g) Motor generator overspeed protection. Means shall be provided to cause the electric power to be removed automatically from the elevator driving machine motor and brake should a motor generator set, driven by a direct current motor, overspeed excessively.
(h) Motor field sensing means. Where direct current is supplied to an armature and shunt field of an elevator driving machine motor, a motor field current sensing means shall be provided, which shall cause the electric power to be removed from the motor armature and brake unless current is flowing in the shunt field of the motor.
A motor field current sensing means is not required for static control elevators provided with a device to detect an overspeed condition prior to, and independent of, the operation of the governor overspeed switch. This device shall cause power to be removed from the elevator driving machine motor armature and machine brake.
(i) Buffer switches for oil buffers used with type C car safeties. Oil level and compression switches shall be provided for all oil buffers used with Type C safeties.
(j) Hoistway door interlocks or hoistway door electric contacts. Hoistway door interlocks or hoistway door electric contacts shall be provided for all elevators.
(k) Car door or gate electric contacts. Car door or gate electric contacts shall be provided for all elevators with car doors or gates.
(l) Normal terminal stopping devices. Normal terminal stopping devices shall be provided for every elevator.
(m) Car side emergency exit electric contact. An electric contact shall be provided on every car side emergency exit door.
(n) Electric contacts for hinged car platform sills. Hinged car platform sills, where provided, shall be equipped with electric contacts.
(o) Emergency stop switch. On all elevators, an emergency stop switch shall be provided in the car, and located in or adjacent to each car operating panel. When open (i.e. the "stop position"), this switch shall cause the electric power to be removed from the elevator driving-machine motor and brake. Emergency stop switches shall:
(1) Be of the manual open and close type:
(2) Have red operating handles or buttons;
(3) Be conspicuously and permanently marked "STOP" and indicate the "STOP" and "RUN" positions; and
(4) When open, cause an audible signaling device to sound.
(p) Stop switch in pit. A stop switch, conforming to the following requirements shall be provided in the pit of every elevator. The switch shall be located adjacent to the normal pit access. The switch shall cause the electric power to be removed from the elevator driving machine motor and brake and shall:
(1) Be of the manual open and close type:
(2) Have red operating handles or buttons;
(3) Be conspicuously and permanently marked "STOP" and indicate the "STOP" and "RUN" positions; and
(4) Be positively opened mechanically and its opening shall not be solely dependent on a spring.
(q) Buffer switches for gas spring return oil buffers. A buffer switch shall be provided for gas spring return oil buffers that will cause electric power to be removed from the elevator driving machine motor and brake if the plunger is not within 0.5 inch (13 mm) of the fully extended position.
3.10.5 Power supply line disconnecting means.
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3.10.11 Add new Section 3.10.11 to read as follows:
3.10.11 Signal systems on car switch elevators. Elevators with car switch operation shall be provided with a signal system by means of which signals can be given from any landing whenever the elevator is desired at the landing.
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3.10.12 System to monitor and prevent automatic operation of passenger and freight elevators with faulty door contact circuits.
All automatic passenger and freight elevators shall comply with this section by January 1, 2020. Means shall be provided to monitor the position of power-operated car doors that are mechanically coupled with the landing doors or power-operated car doors with manually operated swing-type hall doors, while the car is in the landing zone, in order
(a) to prevent the operation of the car if the car door is not closed (see Section 3.4.2(c) of ASME A17.3), regardless whether the portion of the circuits incorporating the car-door contact or the interlock contact of the landing door coupled with car door, or both, are closed or open, except as permitted under any of the following conditions:
(1) by a car-leveling or truck-leveling device
(2) when a hoistway access switch is operated
(3) when the top-of-car inspection operation utilizing a car door by-pass or hoistway-door bypass switch is activated
(4) when on any mode of inspection operation; and
(b) to prevent, except as permitted by inspection operation, the power closing of the doors if the car door is fully open and any of the following conditions exist:
(1) the car-door contact is closed or the portion of the circuit, incorporating this contact is bypassed;
(2) the interlock contact of the landing door that is coupled to the opened car door is closed or the portion of the circuit, incorporating this contact is bypassed, except when operating during Firefighters' Service Phase II;
Exception: For swing-type door operation, the locking (secondary) contacts shall be monitored.
(3) the car-door contact and the interlock contact of the door that is coupled to the opened car door are closed, or the portions of the circuits incorporating these contacts are bypassed;
Exception: For swing-type door operation, the locking (secondary) contacts shall be monitored.
Design and/or controller modifications shall be approved by the controller manufacturer or a registered design professional. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of Chapter 1 of Title 28 of the Administrative Code, the work required to comply with this section may not be performed without a permit from the department.
SECTION 3.11 EMERGENCY OPERATION AND SIGNALING DEVICES
3.11.1 Car emergency signaling devices.
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3.11.1 Car emergency signaling devices. Elevators shall be provided with the following signaling devices:
(a) In all buildings, the elevator shall be provided with an audible signaling device, operable from the emergency stop switch, when provided, and from a switch marked "ALARM" that is located in or adjacent to each car operating panel. The signaling device shall be located inside the building and audible inside the car and outside the hoistway. One signaling device may be used for a group of elevators.
(b) In buildings in which a building attendant (building employee, watchperson, etc.) is not continuously available to take action when the required emergency signal is operated, the elevators shall be provided with a means within the car for communicating with or signaling to a service which is capable of taking appropriate action when a building attendant is not available.
3.11.3 Firefighters' service.
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3.11.3 Firefighters' service operation in existing elevators.
Firefighters' service operation shall be installed in accordance with the New York City Building Code in all existing elevators serving any of the following:
(a) High rise buildings or buildings classified in Occupancy Group M except existing R-2.
(b) All buildings or buildings classified in Occupancy Group A, B, E, I, or R-1 (except for "residential hotels," as such term is defined by the commissioner pursuant to rules and regulations).
SECTION 3.12 SUSPENSION MEANS AND THEIR CONNECTIONS
3.12.1 Suspension means.
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PART IV HYDRAULIC ELEVATORS
SECTION 4.2 MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT
4.2 Delete Section 4.2 in its entirety.
4.3.1 Connection to driving machine.
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4.3.2 Plunger stops.
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4.3.3 Hydraulic elevators.
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4.3.3 Hydraulic elevators. Hydraulic elevators that have any portion of the cylinder buried in the ground and that do not have a double cylinder or a cylinder with a safety bulkhead shall comply with this section by December 14, 2014:
(a) Have the cylinder replaced with a double cylinder or a cylinder with a safety bulkhead protected from corrosion by one or more of the following methods:
(1) Monitored cathodic protection;
(2) A coating to protect the cylinder from corrosion that will withstand the installation process;
(3) By a protective plastic casing immune to galvanic or electrolytic action, salt water, and other known underground conditions; or
(b) Be provided with a device meeting the requirements of Section 3.5 or a device arranged to operate in the down direction at an overspeed not exceeding one hundred twenty-five (125) percent of rated speed. The device shall mechanically act to limit the maximum car speed to the buffer striking speed, or stop the elevator car with rated load with a deceleration not to exceed 32.2 ft/s2 (9.8 m/s2), and shall not automatically reset. Actuation of the device shall cause power to be removed from the pump motor and control valves until manually reset; or
(c) Have other means acceptable to the department to protect against unintended movement of the car as a result of uncontrolled fluid loss.
SECTION 4.4 VALVES, SUPPLY PIPING, AND FITTINGS
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SECTION 4.5 TANKS
4.5.2 Pressure tanks.
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SECTION 4.6 TERMINAL STOPPING DEVICES
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SECTION 4.7 OPERATING DEVICES AND CONTROL EQUIPMENT
4.7.1 Operating devices.
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4.7.2 Top-of-car operating devices.
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4.7.3 Anticreep leveling devices.
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4.7.4 Electrical protective devices.
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4.7.4 Electrical protective devices. When they apply to hydraulic elevators, the following electrical protective devices conforming to the requirements of Section 3.10.4 shall be provided:
(a) Stop switches in the pit: and
(b) Where such emergency doors are provided, in-car emergency exit door electric contacts.
Such devices shall prevent the operation of the elevator by the normal operating device and shall prevent the moment of the car in response to the anticreep leveling device.
4.7.5 Power supply line disconnecting means.
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SECTION 4.8 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR COUNTERWEIGHTED HYDRAULIC ELEVATORS
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SECTION 4.9 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ROPED HYDRAULIC ELEVATORS
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PART V ESCALATORS
SECTION 5.1 CONSTRUCTION
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5.1.4 Antislide device.
On high deck balustrades, antislide devices shall be provided on decks or combination of decks when the outer edge of the deck is greater than 12 inches (305 mm) from the centerline of the handrail or on adjacent escalators when the distance between centerline of the handrails is greater than 16 inches (406 mm).
These devices shall consist of raised objects fastened to the decks, not closer than 4 inches (102 mm) to the handrail and spaced not greater than 78 inches (2000 mm) apart. The height shall be not less than 3/4 inch (19 mm). There shall be no sharp corners or edges.
5.1.7 Step risers.
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5.1.8 Slotting of step treads.
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5.1.11 Step/skirt performance index
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SECTION 5.2 BRAKES
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SECTION 5.3 OPERATING AND SAFETY DEVICES
5.3.1 Starting switches.
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5.3.1 Starting devices. In every new and existing escalator, starting devices shall be provided with the combination of a starting switch and a starting button. The escalator shall be started only after the activation of both the switch and the button.
(a) Starting switch. Starting switches shall be of continuous pressure spring return type and shall be operated by a cylinder type lock having five-pin, five-disc or five-tumbler combination. Starting switches shall be of three-position type and shall be clearly marked as follows:
NORMAL. A central position for the key entry and spring return position.
START-UP. A right side position for starting the escalator in the upward direction.
START-DOWN. A left side position for starting the escalator in the downward direction.
(b) Starting Button. Starting buttons shall be of the constant pressure type and located within 6 in. (152 mm) from the starting switch. They shall be clearly marked "Starting Button".
(c) Cover Plate. A locked, transparent cover plate that can be opened by the starting key and clearly marked "For Start Only" shall protect the starting devices.
(d) Location of starting devices. Starting devices shall be located at top and bottom of the escalator on the right side-facing newel.
(NOTE: The starting key shall be kept on the premises at all times and shall only be accessible to persons authorized to start escalators. It shall also be made available to the commissioner or the commissioner's representative.)
5.3.2 Emergency stop buttons.
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5.3.2 Emergency stop buttons location. A red stop button shall be visibly located at the top and bottom landings on the right side facing the escalator. Remote stop buttons are prohibited except that any escalator connected to an automatic fire alarm system shall gradually stop not exceeding the speed of 3 ft per sec2 (0.91 m/s2) upon the activation of such system.
5.3.3 Speed governor.
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5.3.4 Broken step-chain device.
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5.3.5 Application of brake.
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5.3.6 Broken drive-chain device.
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5.3.7 Skirt obstruction device.
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5.3.7 Skirt obstruction device. Escalators shall comply with the following no later than January 1, 2014: Means shall be provided to cause the electric power to be removed from the escalator driving machine motor and brake if an object becomes caught between the step and the skirt as the step approaches the upper combplate, intermediate device or lower combplate. On units having a run of 20 feet (6.10 m) or more, intermediate devices shall be provided on both sides of the escalator with devices located at interval of 10 feet (3.05 m) or less. The activation of an intermediate device shall stop the escalator at a rate not greater than 3 ft per sec2 (0.91 m/s2) in the direction of travel. The upper and lower skirt devices shall be located so that the escalator will stop before that object reaches the combplate. The activation of any skirt device shall stop the escalator with any load up to full brake rated load with the escalator running.
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5.3.12 Comb-step stop device. A device shall be provided that will cause the opening of the power circuit to the escalator driving machine motor and brake where a resultant vertical force not greater than 60 lbf (268 N) in the upward direction is applied at the center of the front of the comb-plate.
SECTION 5.5 ENTRANCE AND EGRESS ENDS
5.5.2 Distinction between comb and step.
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5.5.3 Adjacent floor surfaces.
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5.5.5 Landing access plates.
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PART VI DUMBWAITERS
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PART VII HAND ELEVATORS
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SECTION 7.0 EXISTING HAND POWERED FREIGHT ELEVATORS
Existing hand powered freight elevators shall not be subject to the provisions of this section. However, adequate protection of landing openings shall be provided by hinged or sliding doors which shall remain locked at all times except when the freight elevator is in use. Auxiliary gates not less than 36 inches (914 mm) in height, substantially constructed and secured in place, of wood or metal, or equivalent metal chains shall be installed. Such gates or chains may be arranged to lift vertically, to slide horizontally, or to swing. No part of any gate or chain shall project into the freight elevator shaft. Gates may be operated automatically or manually.
SECTION 7.1 HOISTWAY, HOISTWAY ENCLOSURES, AND RELATED CONSTRUCTION
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SECTION 7.2 MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT
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PART VIII SIDEWALK ELEVATORS
SECTION 8.1 HOISTWAY, HOISTWAY ENCLOSURES, AND MACHINERY ROOMS
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SECTION 8.2 MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT
8.2.2 Buffers and bumpers.
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8.2.3 Counterweights.
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8.2.4 Car frames and platforms.
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8.2.5 Bow-irons and stanchions.
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8.2.6 Car enclosures and car doors and gates.
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8.2.7 Car and counterweight safeties and governors.
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8.2.8 Capacity and loading.
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8.2.9 Driving machines and sheaves.
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8.2.10 Terminal stopping devices.
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8.2.11 Locking devices for hinged swinging doors or vertically lifting covers in sidewalks or other areas exterior to the building.
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8.2.12 Requirements for electrical wiring and electrical equipment.
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8.2.13 Clearance between loading side of car platforms and hoistway enclosures.
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8.2.14 Operating devices and control equipment of sidewalk elevator.
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8.2.14 Operating devices and control equipment of sidewalk elevator. The operation of power sidewalk elevators through openings in the sidewalk, or through openings in other exterior areas that are accessible to the public, and that are protected by hinged doors or vertically lifting covers, shall conform to the following:
(a) The elevator shall be operated in both the up and down directions through the opening, only from the sidewalk or other exterior area. The operation shall be by means of:
(1) Key-operated continuous-pressure-type up and down switches; or
(2) Continuous-pressure-type up-and-down operating buttons on the free end of a detachable, flexible cord 5 feet (1.52 m) or less in length.
(b) Key-operated switches shall be of continuous pressure spring return type, and shall be operated by a cylinder-type lock having not less than a five-pin or five-disk combination with the key removable only when the switch is in the "OFF" position.
(c) Key-operated switches and plug receptacles for flexible cords shall be mounted in weatherproof boxes with covers installed above the sidewalk or other area on the side of the building wall, located 18 inches (457 mm) or less horizontally from one side of the opening.
(d) Operating buttons may be provided in the elevator car and at any landing below the top landing, provided that such buttons shall operate the car only when the bow-iron or stanchions are not in contact with the doors or covers in the sidewalk of other exterior area.
(e) When the bow-iron or stanchions are in contact with the doors or covers at the sidewalk or other exterior area, it shall be possible to operate the car only by means of either the key switches or the continuous-pressure type up-and-down buttons on the free end of the flexible cord specified in Section 8.2.14(a)(1).
(f) Flexible cords and operating keys shall not be left where they are accessible to unauthorized persons for operation of the elevator.
PART IX MOVING WALKS
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SECTION 9.0 SKIRT PANELS
(a) The clearance on each side of the steps between step thread and the adjacent skirt panel shall be not more than 0.188 inch (4.8 mm) and the edges shall be rounded.
(b) The exposed surface of the skirt panels adjacent to the thread shall be smooth.
SECTION 9.1 PROTECTION OF FLOOR OPENINGS
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SECTION 9.2 PROTECTION OF SUPPORTS AND MACHINE SPACES AGAINST FIRE
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SECTION 9.3 CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS
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SECTION 9.4 ENTRANCE AND EGRESS ENDS
9.4.2 Distinction between comb and step.
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SECTION 9.5 DRIVING MACHINES, MOTOR, AND BRAKE
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SECTION 9.6 OPERATING AND SAFETY DEVICES
9.6.1 General.
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9.6.2 Starting switch.
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9.6.2 Starting devices. In every new and existing moving walk, starting devices shall be provided with the combination of a starting switch and a starting button. The escalator shall be started only after the activation of both the switch and the button.
(a) Starting Switch. Starting switches shall be of continuous pressure spring return type and shall be operated by a cylinder type lock having five-pin, five-disc or five-tumbler combination. Starting switches shall be of three-position type and shall be clearly marked as follows:
NORMAL. A central position for the key entry and spring return position.
START-UP. A right side position for starting the escalator in the upward direction.
START-DOWN. A left side position for starting the escalator in the downward direction.
(b) Starting Button. Starting buttons shall be of the constant pressure type and located within 6 inches (152 mm) from the starting switch. They shall be clearly marked "Starting Button".
(c) Cover Plate. A locked, transparent cover plate that can be opened by the starting key and clearly marked "For Start Only" shall protect the starting devices.
(d) Location of starting devices. Starting devices shall be located at top and bottom of the escalator on the right side-facing newel.
(NOTE: The starting key shall be kept on the premises at all times and may only be accessible to persons authorized to start escalators. It shall also be made available to the commissioner or the commissioner's representative.)
9.6.3 Emergency stop buttons.
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9.6.3 Emergency stop buttons location. A red stop button shall be visibly located at the top and bottom landings on the right side facing the moving walk. Remote stop buttons are prohibited except that any escalator connected to an automatic fire alarm system shall gradually stop not exceeding the speed of 3 ft per sec2 (0.91 m/s2) upon the activation of such system.
9.6.4 Speed governor.
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9.6.5 Application of an electrically released brake.
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9.6.6 Broken drive-chain switch.
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9.6.10 Disconnected motor safety device.
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9.6.12 Comb-pallet stop device. A device shall be provided that will cause the opening of the power circuit to the moving walk driving-machine motor and brake when a resultant vertical force not greater than 60 lbf (268 N) in the upward direction is applied at the center of the front of the comb-plate.
SECTION 9.7 LIGHTING AND ACCESS
9.7.2 Access to Interior.
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PART X PRIVATE RESIDENCE ELEVATORS
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