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elevator ![click to hear : elevator click to hear : elevator](../../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
Mechanical apparatus with a car that provides automated movement of people between the levels of a building.
car guide rail ![click to hear : car guide rail click to hear : car guide rail](../../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
Metal bar along which the car slides, preventing it from rocking from side to side.
speed governor ![click to hear : speed governor click to hear : speed governor](../../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
Mechanism that triggers the car safety in the event the car moves too quickly.
car safety ![click to hear : car safety click to hear : car safety](../../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
Security device that stops the elevator car in the event that it moves too fast or the hoisting rope is severed or damaged.
counterweight ![click to hear : counterweight click to hear : counterweight](../../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
Mobile unit comprised of a heavy mass whose weight counterbalances that of the elevator car and its passengers.
counterweight guide rail ![click to hear : counterweight guide rail click to hear : counterweight guide rail](../../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
Metal bar along which the counterweight slides; it prevents the counterweight from rocking from side to side.
limit switch ![click to hear : limit switch click to hear : limit switch](../../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
Switch that allows the elevator car to stop at every floor.
governor tension sheave ![click to hear : governor tension sheave click to hear : governor tension sheave](../../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
Device that serves to keep the speed governor cable taut.
buffer ![click to hear : buffer click to hear : buffer](../../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
Piece of equipment that brings the elevator car to a stop and absorbs the impact.
elevator car ![click to hear : elevator car click to hear : elevator car](../../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
The elevator’s mobile compartment, designed to transport passengers.
hoisting rope ![click to hear : hoisting rope click to hear : hoisting rope](../../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
Cable that allows the vertical movement of the elevator car.
winch ![click to hear : winch click to hear : winch](../../../images/speaker-vert.gif)
Mechanism that moves the car by means of the hoisting rope.