Equipment for mounting an elevator drive

Equipment for mounting an elevator drive, which drive can be mounted by a hoist closely below a shaft ceiling, comprising:

• a tool foot mounted at a car yoke of an elevator car movable in an elevator shaft, the car yoke disposed at a top of the elevator car;
• a pivot column having a lower end pivotally attached to said tool foot;
• and
• a load carrier attached to an upper end of said pivot column for receiving the elevator drive on said upper end, the load carrier including a platform on which the elevator drive can sit atop said upper end of said pivot column,
• whereby when the elevator car is adjacent a motor bracket in the elevator shaft and said tool foot is pivoted to a vertical position, said load carrier is positioned over the motor bracket.

A method of mounting an elevator drive with a hoist closely below a shaft ceiling, comprising the steps of:

• a. positioning an elevator car in an elevator shaft having a hoist;
• b. arranging a mounting tool at on a top of the elevator car, said mounting tool including a pivot column, the pivot column being pivotally mounted at a lower end of the pivot column to a top of the elevator car for pivoting to and from a vertical position, the pivot column having a load carrier attached at an upper end of the pivot column for carrying the elevator drive on said upper end, the load carrier including a platform on which the elevator drive can sit atop said upper end of said pivot column;
• c. transferring the elevator drive from a next higher floor onto the load carrier on the mounting tool by means of the hoist, wherein the elevator drive sits on the platform atop said upper end of said pivot column;
• d. raising the elevator car with the hoist until the elevator drive is adjacent a motor bracket
• e. pivoting the mounting tool to position the elevator drive over the motor bracket;
• and
• f. lowering the elevator car with the hoist until the elevator drive rests on the motor bracket.