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ASME A17.1a2005Addenda toASME A17.12004Safety Code forElevators and EscalatorsAN AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDThree Park Avenue New York,NY 10016Copyrighted material licensed to Stanford University by Thomson Scientific(),downloaded on Oct-05-2010 by Stanford University User.No further reproduction or distribution is permitted.Uncontrolled when printed.Date of Issuance:April 29,2005ASME is the registered trademark of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers.This code or standard was developed under procedures accredited as meeting the criteria for American NationalStandards.The Standards Committee that approved the code or standard was balanced to assure that individuals fromcompetent and concerned interests have had an opportunity to participate.The proposed manual was made availablefor public review and comment that provides an opportunity for additional public input from industry,academia,regulatory agencies,and the public-at-large.ASME does not“approve,”“rate,”or“endorse”any item,construction,proprietary device,or activity.ASME does not take any position with respect to the validity of any patent rights asserted in connection with anyitems mentioned in this document,and does not undertake to insure anyone utilizing a standard against liability forinfringementofanyapplicableletterspatent,norassumeanysuchliability.Usersareexpresslyadvisedthatdeterminationof the validity of any such patent rights,and the risk of infringement of such rights,is entirely their own responsibility.Participation by federal agency representative(s)or person(s)affiliated with industry is not to be interpreted asgovernment or industry endorsement of this code or standard.ASME accepts responsibility for only those interpretations of this document issued in accordance with the establishedASME procedures and policies,which precludes the issuance of interpretations by individuals.No part of this document may be reproduced in any form,in an electronic retrieval system or otherwise,without the prior written permission of the publisher.The American Society of Mechanical EngineersThree Park Avenue,New York,NY 10016-5990Copyright 2005 byTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERSAll rights reservedPrinted in U.S.A.Copyrighted material licensed to Stanford University by Thomson Scientific(),downloaded on Oct-05-2010 by Stanford University User.No further reproduction or distribution is permitted.Uncontrolled when printed.ASME A17.1a2005Following approval by the ASME A17 Elevator and Escalator Committee,and after public review,ASME A17.1a2005 was approved by the American National Standards Institute on March 18,2005.This is the first Addenda to the 2004 edition of the Code.It was issued on April 29,2005 and iseffective as of October 29,2005.The pages included in this Addenda replace the pages in ASME A17.12004 that have thecorresponding page numbers.Where the length of the change necessitated the inclusion ofadditional pages,the additional pages are numbered sequentially following a decimal point(e.g.,page 10.1 should be inserted following page 10).Revisions are incorporated directly into theaffected pages.It is advisable,however,that this page,the Addenda title and copyright pages,and all replaced pages be retained for reference.SUMMARY OF CHANGESRevisions being made in this Addenda are identified by a margin note,(05a).Changes made tocorrect errors in A17.12004,as well as other new editorial changes,are identified by(ED).Revision designators will remain on the pages up to the publication of the next edition of theCode.The(ED)designators will appear only when the editorial changes are introduced.Thefollowing is a summary of the latest revisions and changes:PageLocationChangeiii,v,viiContentsUpdated to reflect Addenda changesxiForeword,List of EditionsEditorially revised and updatedand Supplements11.1.2(e)Revised1.1.2(v)Editorially revised3Section 1.3Definition of building code revised6,10,10.1,14,15Section 1.3Definitions of door,vertically slidingsequence operation;landing,lower,escalator;landing,lower,moving walk;landing,upper,escalator;landing,upper,moving walk;left,right convention;lowerlanding,escalator;lower landing,movingwalk;sequence operation;upper landing,esclator;and upper landing,moving walkadded20,20.12.3.2.3Added232.5.1.4Revised2.5.1.5.2Editorially revised2.5.1.6Editorially revised27,27.12.8.2.3.2Revised2.8.6Added292.10.2Revised in its entirety(c)Copyrighted material licensed to Stanford University by Thomson Scientific(),downloaded on Oct-05-2010 by Stanford University User.No further reproduction or distribution is permitted.Uncontrolled when printed.PageLocationChange302.11.1.3Revised2.11.3.1Editorially revised31,31.12.11.6.3Revised342.11.12.2Revised in its entirety352.11.13.3.3Revised372.12.2.4.1Editorially revised382.12.3.1(a)Editorially revised392.12.4.1(b)Revised442.14.1.5.1(b)(2)Editorially revised452.14.1.7.1Revised462.14.2.3.1(a)First line corrected by errata50,512.14.5.8.2(a)Revised2.14.7.1.3Revised in its entirety6