34 Pa. Code § 7.37 - Combination elevators
(a)
Elevators intended for both freight and passenger service shall be constructed,
installed and operated in conformity with the requirements for passenger
elevators, except that counterbalanced biparting and vertical two-speed types
of landing doors and vertical-rising car gates may be used as provided in
subsection (d) when not of the semiautomatic type and when equipped with
locking devices, as required in §
7.54(d) (relating
to landing doors and locking devices).
(b) When it is desired to use existing
freight elevators for the carrying of passengers such elevators shall be
reconstructed to conform to the requirements for new passenger elevators,
except that counterbalanced biparting and vertical two-speed types of landing
doors and vertical-rising car gates may be used as provided for in subsection
(d) when not of the semiautomatic type and when equipped with locking devices
as required in §
7.54(d).
(c) The requirements of this section apply to
every freight elevator used for the carrying of passengers, exclusive of
operators and necessary assistance for handling heavy loads, as permitted by
§
7.12(d) (relating
to rules of operation).
(d)
Biparting or vertical-operating doors and vertical-rising car gates are
prohibited at the shaftway openings of combination freight and passenger
elevators through which the public is allowed access to the elevator
car.
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