# US 2010/0163349 A1 · Elevator hoistway installation guide systems, methods and templates > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2010/0163349 A1 - Document ID: US20100163349A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 12/347,664 - Filed: 2008-12-31 - Published: 2010-07-01 - Earliest claimed: 2008-12-31 - Assignees: Kone Corporation - Inventors: Hakan BARNEMAN; Scott Boucher; Angelika Osbon - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20100163349A1 ## CPC - B66B 19/002: {installing or exchanging guide rails (details of rails B66B7/02)} - Y10T 29/49: Method of mechanical manufacture - B66B: ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS ({apparatus for raising or lowering persons on theatrical stages or the like A63J5/12} ; funicular railbound systems with rigid ground-supported tracks and cable traction, e.g. cliff railways, B61B9/00; arrangements of ammunition handlers in vessels B63G3/00; hoists, lifts, or conveyors for loading or unloading in general B65G; braking or detent devices controlling normal movements of winding drums or barrels B66D; ship-lifting devices E02C; garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for lifting vehicles E04H6/12; hoists for feeding ammunition or projectiles to launching apparatus or to loading mechanisms F41A9/00) - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A template for accurately positioning structural components of elevator(s) in a elevator hoistway(s), or of elevator hoistway walls or partitions in a building, includes a thin, flexible sheet of material adapted to be placed on a floor of elevator hoistway(s), has indicia on the flexible sheet of material to show locations, and points of attachment, of elevator structural components which are to be installed in the elevator hoistway(s). Tensioning elements attachable to the flexible sheet of material may be used to square up the flexible sheet of material. The template may be made by forming a thin, flexible sheet of material, providing indicia on the flexible sheet of material, and by providing tensioning elements to square up the flexible sheet of material. The flexible template may be placed on the floor of the elevator hoistway(s), squared, and the squared up template used as a guide to install the major elevator structural components. The template may, alternatively, be made of a substantially rigid, e.g., corrugated, sheet material and employ interconnected sections. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of making a template for use in accurately positioning elevator hoistway structural components, comprising: forming a flexible sheet of material; forming indicia on the flexible sheet of material which show locations of one or more elevator structural components which are to be installed in the elevator hoistway, and which show points of attachment of structural component support elements to the elevator hoistway; and squaring up the flexible sheet of material. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of making a template of claim 1, further comprising using one or more tensioning elements to square up the flexible sheet of material. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of making a template of claim 1, wherein the flexible sheet of material is squared up by being flattened using the tensioning elements. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the indicia include fluorescent or phosphorescent material. ### Claim 5 A method of using a flexible template to accurately position elevator hoistway major structural components, comprising: placing a flexible template containing indicia showing installation positions of major structural components of an elevator system on the floor of the elevator hoistway; squaring up the flexible template; and using the squared up flexible sheet of material located on the floor of the hoistway as a guide to install the major elevator structural components. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of using a flexible template of claim 5, further comprising using one or more tensioning elements to square up the flexible template. ### Claim 7 A template for accurately positioning structural components of an elevator in an elevator hoistway, comprising: a flexible sheet of material adapted to be placed on a floor of the elevator hoistway pit; indicia on the flexible sheet of material which show locations of elevator structural components which are to be installed in the elevator hoistway, and which show points of attachment of structural component support elements to the elevator hoistway; and tensioning elements attachable to the flexible sheet of material to square up the flexible sheet of material. ### Claim 8 A template for accurately positioning structural components of an elevator in an elevator hoistway and adapted to be placed on an elevator hoistway pit floor, comprising: a sheet of material sized to cover a substantial portion of the hoistway floor; indicia on the sheet of material which show locations of elevator structural components which are to be installed in the elevator hoistway, and which show points of attachment of structural component support elements to the elevator hoistway; and open areas in the template exposing areas of the elevator hoistway pit floor to permit a user of the template to position the template on the hoistway while standing on the elevator floor. ### Claim 9 A template for accurately positioning structural components of an elevator in an elevator hoistway, comprising: at least two separate rigid sheets of material adapted to be connected to one another to form a single template sized to cover a substantial portion of the hoistway floor; indicia on the separate rigid sheets of material which show locations of elevator structural components which are to be installed in the elevator hoistway, and which show points of attachment of structural component support elements to the elevator hoistway; and indicia on the at least two rigid sheets of material to permit accurate interconnection of the at least two rigid sheets of material into the single template. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The template of claim 9, wherein the at least two rigid sheets are corrugated sheets. ### Claim 11 A method of making a rigid template for use in accurately positioning elevator hoistway structural components, comprising: forming indicia a rigid sheet of material substantially the size of an elevator hoistway floor which show locations of elevator structural components to be installed in the elevator hoistway, and which show points of attachment of structural component support elements to the elevator hoistway; dividing the rigid sheet with indicia into plural sections; connecting the rigid sheet sections together in the elevator hoistway to form an integral template. ### Claim 12 A method of using a sectioned rigid integral template having indicia showing installation positions of major structural components of an elevator system to accurately position elevator hoistway major structural components, the hoistway having a floor, comprising: assembling sections of the rigid integral template together into an integral template in an elevator hoistway; placing the integral template to the hoistway floor placing a flexible template containing the indicia on the floor of the elevator hoistway; securing the integral template to the floor; and using the secured integral template as a guide to install the major elevator structural components. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The rigid template of claim 11, further comprising a connector adapted to be inserted into corrugations of the corrugated sheets. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The rigid template of claim 13, wherein the connector is a wire. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The rigid template of claim 14, wherein the connector is a crimped wire. ### Claim 16 A method of making a template for use in accurately positioning elevator hoistway walls of partitions in a building, comprising: forming a flexible sheet of material; forming indicia on the flexible sheet of material which show locations of one or more elevator hoistway walls or partitions which are to be installed in the building; and squaring up the flexible sheet of material. ### Claim 17 A method of optimum positioning of multiple elevator hoistways in a building, comprising; placing multiple elevator structural component location templates on a bottom floor of an elevator hoistway; and aligning the multiple elevator structural component location templates with respect to one another and with respect to a building gridline.