Elevator trouble reporting system

Claim 1

IN AN ELEVATOR SYSTEM, INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF ELEVATORS ARRANGED IN FIRST AND SECOND GROUPS OF SEVERAL ELEVATORS EACH, AN ARRANGEMENT FOR REPORTING AUTOMATICALLY THE OCCURRENCE OF FAULTY OPERATION OF ANY OF SAID ELEVATORS SAID ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING FIRST AND SECOND SOURCES OF PRERECORDED FAULT MESSAGES ASSOCIATED RESPECTIVELY WITH SAID FIRST AND SECOND GROUPS, EACH SAID SOURCE CONTAINING A PLURALITY OF MESSAGES ARRANGED SEQUENTIALLY AND INDIVIDUAL TO EACH ELEVATOR OF THAT GROUP,, MEANS INDIVIDUAL TO EACH ELEVATOR AND RESPONSIVE TO FAULTY OPERATION OF THAT ELEVATOR FOR PRODUCING AN INDICIA OF SUCH FAULTY OPERATION, MESSAGE REPRODUCING MEANS INDIVIDUAL TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND GROUPS OF ELEVATORS, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE OPERATION OF ANY OF SAID INDICIA PRODUCING MEANS FOR PROGRESIVELY SCANNING EACH SUCH INDICIA PRODUCING MEANS TO SELECT ONE PRODUCING SUCH INDICIA AND TO HALT SAID SCANNING OPERATION, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID SELECTION TO ACTIVATE SAID MESSAGE REPRODUCING MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH THE GROUP OF ELEVATORS CONTAINING SAID OPERATED INDICIA PRODUCING MEANS AT THE START OF REPRODUCTION OF THE PRERECORDED MESSAGE CORRESPONDING TO THE FAULT TO BE REPORTED AND FOR DEACTIVATING SAID REPRODUCING MEANS AT THE CONCLUSION OF THAT MESSAGE, SAID SCANNING MEAND THEREAFTER BEING OPERATIVE TO SELECT OTHER SUCH OPERATED INDICIA MEANS OF EITHER BLANK OF ELEVATORS AND TO CAUSE REPRODUCTION OF THE PRERECORDED MESSAGE INDIVIDUAL TO SUCH INDICIA MEANS.