(I) These Rules may be called TheWest Bengal Lift, Escalator and Travelator Rules, 2022.
(2) They shall come into force on the date oftheir publication in the official Gazette.
2. Definitions-(1) In this Rules, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context
(i) "Act" means the West Bengal Lifts, Escalators and Travelators Act. 2019 (West Ben. Act XXII of2019);
(ii) "Automatically Controlled Lift" means a Lift installation in which the Lift car set in motion and caused to stop automatically at any required Lift landing by the operation ofa push button or switch;
(iii) "Bottom Clearance" means
(a) For a Lift Car-the distance between the pit floor and the bottom ofthe car rests on its fully compressed;
(b) For the CounterWeight -the distance which the CounterWeight can travel below theposition it occupies when the Car-Floor is at the top of Landing, until the full weight of the Counter Weight rests on the buffer and includes the buffer compression;
(iv) "Buffer" means a device designed to absorb the impact of the Lift Car or Counter Weight at the extreme Bottom Limit oftravel;
(v) "BIS"- Bureau ofIndian Standards.
(vi) "CEA"- Central Electricity Authority oflndia.
(vii) "Car Frame" means the supporting frame to which the Platform of a Lift Car, it's Safety Gear, Guide Shoes and Suspension Ropes are attached;
(viii) "Car platform" means the part of the car which forms the floor and directly supports the load;
(ix) "Counter weight" means a weight or series ofweights to counter-balance the weight ofthe Lift car and part of the rated load;
(x) "Deflector sheave" means an idle pulley used to change the angle or the direction ofa rope lead;
(xi) "Door closer" means a device which automatically closes a manually opened door;
(xii) "Electrical and mechanical Interlock" means an arrangement provided to control the operation ofthe car;
(xiii) "Electro-mechanical lock" means a device which combines in one unit, electrical and mechanical inter lock arrangement used jointly for the landing and/or car doors;
(xiv) Fee" means the amount payable in pursuance ofthe provisions ofthe Act and these Rules for the purposes as may be notified appended to these Rules and includes any modifications as may be made thereto;
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(xvi) "Form" means a form appended to these Rules with such modifications or variations as the circumstances of each case may require shall be used for the purpose mentioned therein and where no form is prescribed to cover a contingency, a form as may be approved by the ChiefElectrical Inspector, shall be used;
(xvii)"Gate Lock or Door Lock" means a Lock for the Lift Car or for the Lift Landing Door, which is so designed that the gate or door may be opened only when the Lift Car is in the landing zone or by a special key;
(xviii) "Goods Lift" means a Lift designed and intended primarily for the transport ofgoods but which may carry the Lift Attendant and person necessary for loading and unloading ofgoods;
(xix) "Guide rails" means the members used to guide the movement of a Lift car or counter weight in a vertical direction;
(xx) "Guide rails bracket" means the part ofguide fixing which carries the guide seating or bolts and guide clips, and serves to secure them to building or structure;
(xxi) "Guide rails fixing" means the complete assembly comprising the guide rails bracket and its fastenings;
(xxii)"Landing" means that portion of a building or structure which is used for the reception and discharge of passengers or goods into or from a Lift Car;
(xxiii) "Landing Gate or Door" means the hinged or sliding portion ofthe Lift Well enclosure controlling access to the Lift Car at any landing.
(xxiv) "Landing Zone" means the space ofadequate length above and below the landing;
(xxv) "Lift Car Gate and Door" means the gate or door in the Lift car providing for it's entrance and exit;
(xxvi) "Leveling device ofa Lift car" means any mechanism which either automatically or under the control ofthe operator, moves the car within the leveling zone towards the landing only, and automatically stops it at the landing;
(xvii) "Lift landing" means that portion of a building or structure used for the reception and discharge of passengers or goods or both into or from a Lift car;
(xviii) "Lift machine" means the part of the Lift equipment comprising the motor (s) and the control gear therewith, reduction gear (if any), brake (s) and winding drum or sheave, by the which the Lift car is raised or lowered;
(xxix) "Lift pit" means the space in the Lift well below the level ofthe lowest Lift landing served; Pit light and shaft lights are to be supplied from separate switch-fuse/MCB at ground floor.
(xxx) "Lift well" means the unobstructed space within an enclosure provided for the vertical movement ofthe Lift car(s) and any counterweight(s) including the Lift pit and the space for top clearance.
(xxxi) "Lift well enclosure" means any structure which separates the Lift well from its surroundings;
(xxxii) "Lifting beam" means a beam, mounted immediately below the Lift machine room ceiling, to which Lifting tackle can be fixed for raising or lowering parts ofthe Lift machine; s
(xxxiii) "Operating Device" means the Lift car switch, push button or other device employed to actuate the controller;
(xxxiv) "Over speed Governor" means an automatic device which operates the Safety Gear in the event the speed in the descending direction exceeds a predetermined limit;
(xxxv) "Operation" means the method ofactuating the control ofLift machine;
(xxxvi) "Passenger Lift" means a Lift designed and intended primarily for the transport ofpassengers;
(xxxvii) "Position and /or direction indicator" means a device which indicates on the Lift landing or in the Lift car or both the position ofthe Lift car in the Lift well or the direction or both in which the Lift car is traveling;
(xxxviii) "Rated load" means the maximum load which the Lift car is designed and installed to carry safely at its rated speed;
(xxxix) "Rated speed" means the maximum speed attained by the Lift car in the upward and downward direction with rated load in the Lift car;
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(xl) "Roping factor" means a system ofroping where in order to obtain a multiplying factor from the machine to the car, multiple falls ofrope are run around sheaves on the car or counterweight or both. It includes roping arrangements of 2 to 1, 3 to 1 etc;
(xli) "Safety Gear" means a mechanical device attached to the car or Counter Weight Frame or to the Car and Counter Weight Frames designed to stop and hold the Car and Counter Weight to the Guides in the event of a free fall or, ifGovernor operated, to stop and hold the Car or CounterWeight in the event ofthe speed in the descending direction exceeding the predetermined limit and atleast any one ofthe Governor switch or safety switch has to be manual reset type;
(xiii) "Safety gear-instantaneous" means a mechanical device in which the action on the guide rails is effected by means of serrated rollers or cams or wedges applied instantaneously in an emergency;
(xliii)"Safety gear-progressive" means a mechanical device in which the action on the guide rails is effected by means of serrated rollers or cams or wedges applied progressively in an emergency;
(xliv) "Service Lift" means a Lift with a car which moves in guides in vertical direction, has net floor area ofone square meters, total inside height of 1.25 meters, whether or not provided with fixed or removable sheaves and capacity not exceeding 250 Kilograms and is exclusively used for carrying materials and shall not carry any person;
(xiv) "Sheave" means a Rope Wheel, the rim ofwhich is grooved to receive the Suspension Ropes, but to which the ropes are not rigidly attached, and by means ofwhich power is transmitted from the Lift machine to the Suspension Ropes;
(xlvi) "Stroke ofbuffer" means the distance, the contact end ofthe spring can move under a compressive load until the spring is compressed solid;
(xlvii) "Suspension ropes" means the ropes by which the car and counterweight are suspended; Coated steel belts can also be used.
(xlviii) "Terminal stopping device - final" means a device which automatically causes the power to be discontinued to an electric Lift driving machine motor and brake, independent of the functioning of the normal terminal stopping device, the operating device or any emergency terminal stopping device, after the car has passed a terminal landings;
(xlix) "Top car clearance" means the shortest vertical distance between the top of the car cross head and the nearest part of the overhead structure or any other obstruction when the car floor is in level with the top terminal landings;
(1) "Top counterweight clearance" means the shortest vertical distance between top most part ofthe counterweight structure and the nearest part ofthe overhead structure on any other obstruction when the car is in level with the bottom terminal landing;
(Ii) "Top Over Travel" means the distance provide for the Lift Car Platform to travel above the level of the Top Terminal Landing until the car is stopped by the Final Terminal Stopping Device;
(Iii) "Total Headroom" means the vertical distance from the level ofthe top ofthe Lift landing up to the underside of the top of the machinery space over the Lift well;
(2) Words and expressions usedherein andnot definedbut defined in the Act shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Act.
CHAPTER-II General conditions relating to Lift and Escalator or Travelators