Electric Elevators
Governors
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A flyball governor that appears to be slightly damaged...
Image provided by: Patrick MaGroen - U.S.A.
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An Otis flyball governor...
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A flyball governor...
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A flyball governor...on a working elevator
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A Montgomery flyball governor...pretty small balls!
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A flyball governor...painted with pigeon poop!
Image provided by: Neal Stubbs
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A Montgomery governor...no balls!
Image provided by: Herbie T. Mann
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A derelict Otis flyball governor...
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An Otis flyball governor approximately 80 years old...
"Boss...I hear a knocking sound every time the car runs!"
"Chip the beam out!"
Image provided by: Boris Sergei
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A derelict governor with a view in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Image provided by: Neil Owens
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A governor for use with an instantaneous safety device...
Image "borrowed" from: Harris International Elevator, Inc.
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Why is she so happy? She just found a hemp governor rope!
Image provided by: Suzie Riant
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A Hollister-Whitney governor...
Image provided by: Raoul Lopez
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Almost exposed to the weather in Berlin, Germany
Image provided by: Herbie T. Mann
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Mare Island Naval Shipyard near Vallejo, California, U.S.A.
Please note the beautiful winding-drum machine in the background...
Image provided by: Tommy "Captain" Morgan
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A flyball governor on a mine elevator...
Image provided by: Jerry Taylor
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A horizontal shaft governor...
This governor is used on a 100 FPM mine elevator.
As you can see it does not have a governor switch,
previously allowed for car speeds of 150 FPM or less.
The present A17.1 code requires a governor switch for any car speed.
Image provided by: Jerry Taylor
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A newer horizontal shaft governor from ThyssenKrupp...
Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.
Image provided by: Mike Bodendorfer
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Somewhere in New York, New York, U.S.A.
Please note the interesting rope guard/retainer...
Looks like another winding-drum machine installation...
Image provided by: Walter Lafayette
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I wonder if that chain drives a position indicator or selector?
Image provided by: Tory Pynes
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Another hemp rope driven horizontal shaft governor...
Image provided by: Rich Hauser
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Image 22 
An Otis geared machine and flyball governor...
The Hotel Bell in Alva, Oklahoma, U.S.A.
Image provided by: Ramblin' Jack Elliott
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Image 23 
So this is where Otis flyball governors come from...the garden!
Image provided by: David Cooper of LECS (UK) Ltd.
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More pigeon poop in Calgary, Canada...
Image provided by: Ba T. Guano
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An Otis flyball governor - Sears, Roebuck and Company in Atlanta, Georgia
Please note the additional contacts partially hidden by the twenty pound cover.
I believe one contact strengthened the motor field during an overspeed condition.
A stronger motor field would slow the DC motor down and help to regain control of the "speeding" car.
Image provided by: J.C. Penney
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A governor with two ropes...or is it?!
Image provided by: T. Krupp
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A friction governor installed in the hoistway on a ThyssenKrupp ISIS.
Please note the Kevlar ropes and the warning sign...
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A close-up of the governor...
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The governor rope tension sheave and tension switch...
A contact is required to alert the system if there is a loss of governor rope tension.
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Europa Passage, Hamburg, Germany
Image provided by: Fritz Meyer
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