(1) Existing hoistway gates located less than 12 inches from the inside edge of the sill shall be not less than 66 inches in height, and shall extend to within 10 inches of the floor level across their entire width.

(2) Existing hoistway gates located 12 inches or more from the inside edge of the sill shall be not less than 42 inches in height; the clearance between the bottom of the gate and the floor shall be not more than 10 inches and telltale chains 48 inches long spaced six inches on centers suspended not more than two inches back from the edge of the car platform shall be provided across the entire width of the openings. Broken links of chain shall be immediately replaced.

(1) The doors at entrances to hoistways hereafter constructed shall be not less than 78 inches in height and so constructed that when open their opening will have a width not in excess of the opening of the elevator car platform.

(2) The gates at entrances to hoistways hereafter constructed shall be not less than 66 inches in height, set flush with the hoistway and shall extend to the floor level across their entire width.

(1) Where entrance to hoistway is on the street or outside of building at ground floor, the gate shall be not less than 66 inches in height and shall extend to the floor level across its entire width.

(2) The cross bars of enclosure gates shall be sufficiently strong to resist 150 pounds pressure at the middle of the span without permanent deformation to the gate or its fastenings.

(3) When made of vertical or horizontal slats or strips the space between members shall be not more than two inches.

(4) When made of wire mesh, the mesh shall be of such dimensions to reject a two-inch diameter ball and not less than No. 10 U. S. gauge set in metal frames.

(5) All gates shall operate in substantial guides of wood or metal and be so guided that the shoe on the gate will have a lap of at least one inch on the guides.

(6) All gates shall be properly balanced and hung with fibre rope not less than three-eighths inch in diameter, or wire rope not less than one-fourth inch in diameter or chains of equivalent strength.

(7) Gate or door counterweights shall be guarded on all exposed sides and shall run in guides from which they cannot be accidentally dislodged. The bottom of the guides shall be of such construction that the counterweights will be securely held if the counterweight ropes should break.