An incline elevator, also known as an incline platform lift or hillside tram, is an elevator that runs in a direction diagonal to the ground. Unlike a standard elevator, incline elevators can go up tilted grades, and can be used for both residential and commercial purposes. The purpose of incline elevators is to provide accessibility to steep hillsides and inclines at minimal effort to the user. Incline elevator is a form of cable railway.
Users with mobility and disability challenges often use an incline platform lift to climb staircases in their home with their mobility scooter or motorized wheelchair. Outdoor incline elevators are used to access steep hillside property where stairs are not a preferred option. Incline elevators can also be used to move equipment and materials to hard to reach elevated locations for industrial or construction purposes.
Video Incline elevator
Distinction from funicular
An incline elevator differs from a funicular in that the latter has a cable attached to a pair of vehicles, the ascending and descending vehicles counterbalancing each other. In the incline elevator one car is either winched up to the station at the top of the incline where the cable is collected on a winch drum, or the single car is balanced by a counterweight.
Maps Incline elevator
Construction
Most common incline elevators are constructed from steel or aluminum materials, are powered by electric motors, and operate with push button electronic controls. Common drive systems include cable winding drums and continuous loop traction drives.
National standards, regulations, and safety codes specific to inclined elevators are provided in ASME A17.1 "Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators" under Part 5.1.
Notable incline elevators
- 34th Street - Hudson Yards, New York City, New York, United States
- Cityplace/Uptown station (west and east elevators), Dallas, Texas, United States
- Ebbw Vale Cableway, South Wales
- Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
- Grand Coulee Dam (former), Washington, United States
- George Washington Masonic National Memorial Alexandria, VA
- Huntington station, Huntington, Virginia, United States
- Kek Lok Si Temple, Malaysia
- Luxor Hotel Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- Namsan Ohreumi, Jung District, Seoul, South Korea
- Olympic Stadium, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Falls Incline Railway, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
- Po Fook Hill Elevator, Sha Tin, Hong Kong
- San Diego Convention Center, United States
- Stockholm Metro (a number of stations), Sweden
- Cataract Gorge, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
- Imperial War Museum North, Manchester, England, United Kingdom
- Greenford station, London, England, United Kingdom
- Lärchwandschrägaufzug, High Tauern National Park, Kaprun, Austria is the second widest gauge railway in the world with gauge of 8,200 mm (26 ft 10 27/32 in).
See also
- Cable railway
- Funicular
- Cable car (railway)
- Canal inclined plane
- Elevator
- Stairlift
References
External links
- Video of Inclined Lift on YouTube
- Elevator World Magazine
- Funimag, the first web magazine about funiculars
- Smithsonian Inclined Lift Project, Elevator World Article
- Incline Elevators by Hill Hiker, Inc.
- Aielifts.com website
- Cableway.co website
- Inciled lifts on info.com
Source of article : Wikipedia
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