Lift well

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Al. Lift weH

A1.1. General

Al.1.1. This section applies to wells containing one or more

lift cars.

Al .1.2.The counterweight of a lift should preferably be in

the same well as the car.

A1.2. Enclosure of the well

Al.2.l. (1) Each well should be totally enclosed by imper-

forate walls, as defined in A1.6.

(2) The only permissible openings should be:

landing doors (see A3);

inspection and emergency doors giving access to the well,

and inspection trapdoors giving access to the well from the

machine room (Al .3);

openings to allow the venting of gases and smoke in the event

of fire (Al.4);

ventilation openings (A1.5); and

permanent openings between the well and the machine or

pulley room.

Passenger and

goods Iifts*

* It will be recalled that the meaning attached to words or expressions

followed by an asterisk is defined under 2.0.1 above.

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