ASME Standards

This Standard covers anti-siphon fill valves intended to be installed in water closet tanks. Note: In this Standard, anti-siphon fill valves are also referred to as “devices”.

Equipment Covered byThis Standard. This safety Standard covers the design, construction, installation,operation, inspection, testing, maintenance, and repair of inclined stairway chairlifts and inclined and vertical platform lifts intended for transportation of a mobility-impaired person only. The device shall have a limited vertical travel, operating speed, and platform area. Opera-tion shall be under continuous control of

The requirements of this Standard apply to the ollowing electrical equipment for elevators, escalators,moving walks, dumbwaiters, material lits, and elevating devices for persons with physical disabilities (platform lifts and stairway chairlifts): a) motor controllers; b) motion controllers; c) operation controllers; d operating devices; and e) all other electrical equipment not listed/certified and labelled/marked according to

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has published since 1921 a safety code for elevators, escalators,and related equipment. The following is a brie fhistory  of how the various editions of this Code addressed the matter of retroactive requirements for existing installations. The 1921 edition did not differentiate between new and existing installations.