Welcome to Butler Mobility
Butler Mobility Products is a Pennsylvania manufacturer of premium quality Inclined Platform Wheelchair Lifts (IPLs), Vertical Platform Wheelchair Lifts (VPLs), Courtroom Rostrum Wheelchair Lifts (CRLs), Church Sanctuary Wheelchair Lifts (CSLs),and Dumbwaiters. They are rugged, sturdy units with UL® and CSA certified components.
Butler Mobility Inclined Wheelchair Lifts and Vertical Wheelchair Lifts come standard with battery backup and a quiet, powerful new power unit. The Inclined Platform Wheelchair Lifts have a lifting capacity of either 500 pounds or 750 pounds. Butler Mobility wheelchair lifts are the only Inclined Platform Wheelchair Lifts with UL® and CSA certified components to lift 750 pounds
We have been providing our customers with wheelchair lift and dumbwaiter products that improve the quality of their lives for over 50 years. We deliver freedom, independence and convenience with safe, reliable and unobtrusive dumbwaiters and wheelchair lifts.
We have thousands of satisfied customers all around the USA and Canada. We offer innovative wheelchair lift and dumbwaiter products along with dependable service from us and our qualified dealers. We offer an affordable product line of vertical and incline platform wheelchair lifts and dumbwaiters. Our high quality, rugged assemblies with minimal moving parts are manufactured with pride in the USA. That’s why they are called, "The Lifts that Last™"
For more information or to order Butler Mobility inclined platform wheelchair lift or dumbwaiter products, call us at 717-938-4253 or toll-free at 888-847-0804. Or submit a product inquiry so we can help you as quickly as possible.
If you are interested in learning more about Accessibility, we strongly recommend you enroll in the Butler Mobility Accessibility Institute. Click Here and Register. If you need to learn more about accessibility, please read more below:
Accessibility – here is the international symbol
Accessible Route – a defined path in a building that has no barriers to travel for a wheelchair user or mobility impaired pedestrian. Butler Mobility products remove the barriers to free travel in buildings.
ADA – The Americans with Disabilities Act – This legislation provides broad nondiscrimination protection in employment, public services, public accommodation and services operated by private entities, transportation and telecommunications for individuals with disabilities. Butler Mobility’s products are designed in particular with the Incline wheelchair lifts or the vertical wheelchair lifts or the courtroom rostrum wheelchair lifts to comply with these requirements.
ADAAG: Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines. Developed by the Federal Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (The Access Board) and incorporated in the ADA regulations for new construction and alterations of commercial facilities and government buildings. ADAAG references the 2001 edition of ASME A18.1.
ASME A18.1 - Standards for vertical platform wheelchair lifts and incline platform wheelchair lifts can be found in The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) standard A18.1, Safety Standard for Platform Wheelchair Lifts. Butler Mobility Platform Wheelchair Lifts and Incline Platform Wheelchair Lifts comply with the ASME A18.1 standards.
CSA B355 – The Canadian standards for vertical and incline platform wheelchair lifts can be found in the CSA standard B355, Lifts for Persons with Disabilities. Butler Mobility Platform Wheelchair Lifts and Incline Wheelchair Lifts comply with the CSA B355 standards.
Disability – generally, there are three requirements:
- A physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of such individual
- A record of such an impairment
- Or being regarded as having such an impairment
Inclined Platform Wheelchair Lifts - are designed to transport wheelchair users or mobility impaired pedestrians between building levels. A moving floor surface follows steel tracks, usually in an existing stair case. They can be used as part of an interior or exterior accessible route. The Butler Inclined Platform Wheelchair Lift is an excellent choice for interior applications.
Means of Egress- A continuous and unobstructed path of travel from any occupied portion of a building or structure to a public way.
Vertical Platform Wheelchair Lifts - allow transfer of wheelchair users and mobility impaired pedestrians between one or more levels. They require much less space than a ramp and are often more cost effective. They can be used as part of an interior or exterior accessible route. Vertical Platform Wheelchair Lifts are often used to provide access to stage areas, for judicial courtroom applications and assembly seating. The Butler Vertical Platform Wheelchair Lifts are specifically designed for stage access and judicial facility applications.
Code authorization for Lifts in the 2009 IBC
Existing Structures – IBC 3411.8.3.
Platform wheelchair lifts are permitted as part of an accessible route. Butler’s platform wheelchair lift products are great choices for adding access to existing buildings. Contact us to learn how we can help you.
New Construction – IBC 1109.7
1. Provide access to a performing area or speaker platform in Group A occupancies. Butler Mobility’s Vertical Platform Wheelchair Lift is specifically designed to satisfy this requirement.
2. Provide access to required wheelchair spaces in Group A occupancies.
3. Provide access to spaces that are not open to the general public with an occupant load of 5 maximum. Butler Mobility WheelchairLlifts are cost effective enough to use even in limited applications.
4. Provide access to a dwelling or sleeping unit. Butler Mobility has a residential lift for most applications.
5. Provide access to wheelchair seating spaces in outdoor dining terraces.
6. Provide access to jury boxes and witness stands; raised courtroom stations and to depressed areas such as the well of the court. The Butler Courtroom Wheelchair Lift is specifically designed to interface with the formal interior of a courtroom.
7. Provide access to load and unload areas serving amusement rides.
8. Provide access to play components or soft contained play structures.
9. Provide access to team or player seating areas.
10. Provide access where existing exterior site constraints make use of a ramp or elevator infeasible.
Dumbwaiters
Butler Mobility has been manufacturing both standard dumbwaiters and custom dumbwaiters in the USA for almost 45 years. Our newest design has been on the market for about 10 years. It has proven to be the most reliable dumbwaiter on the market. We make residential dumbwaiters, restaurant dumbwaiters, industrial dumbwaiters, and mezzanine lifts.
Access Openings – a Butler Mobility dumbwaiter can have openings on 1, 2, 3 or even all 4 sides of the dumb waiter car (dumbwaiter container).
Car gate – a car gate on a dumbwaiter is an optional device that goes inside or outside of the dumbwaiter container (dumbwaiter car) and keeps the material inside from falling out. The dumb waiter car gate can have a car switch which does not allow the dumbwaiter to run if the gate is open.
Corner Dumbwaiter – Butler Mobility manufactures two standard sizes of corner dumbwaiters. Our corner dumbwaiter design, as the name implies, will fit into a corner. It is every bit as functional as our other dumbwaiters and can even be manufactured as a food service dumbwaiter.
Custom Dumbwaiter – our modular design allows us to make a custom dumbwaiter specifically for you to fit almost any space. If you need a dumbwaiter for an existing shaftway, if you need a replacement dumbwaiter, if you have a need for a certain size shaftway, or if you are planning to replace a manual dumbwaiter, we have a dumbwaiter for you!
Drive systems – Our dumbwaiter drive system are manufactured in the US. They are completely assembled, aligned, and tested in our factory. The complete dumbwaiter drive assembly is mounted on a frame for quick and easy installation of the complete dumbwaiter system.
Dumbwaiter counterweight – Sometimes it is desirable to include one or two counterweights with a dumbwaiter, either to increase the carrying capacity or increase the stability. Our dumbwaiter counterweights run within the guide rails for increased safety and reliability.
Dumbwaiter car – also called dumbwaiter container, the dumb waiter car is the device that runs up and down within the shaftway. We make most our dumbwaiter cars from cabinet-grade birch ply with a tough interior finish and steel bracing for strength. Our mailbox lifts (mailbox dumbwaiters) are made of powder coated steel. Our food service dumbwaiters (restaurant dumbwaiters or restaurant lifts) are either stainless steel lined or solid stainless steel. We can also make the dumbwaiter car of powder coated steel. Our dumb waiter cars can have openings on one, two (straight through or 45 degree angle), three or even all 4 sides.
Dumbwaiter doors - Butler Mobility will provide fire-rated b-label dumbwaiter shaftway doors, complete with mechanical and electrical interlocks. In many residential dumbwaiter installations, the homeowner prefers to construct their own shaftway doors. In that case, we will provide the dumbwaiter interlocks.
Dumbwaiter interlocks – a dumb waiter interlock is a mechanical and electrical device that will not allow the dumbwaiter car (dumbwaiter container) to run if a door is open and will not allow a door to open if the dumbwaiter car is not at the landing.
Dumbwaiter shaftway – the shaftway is the space within which the dumbwaiter car (dumb waiter container) will travel. The dumbwaiter shaftway must be designed to be fire-resistant with sheetrock inside and out. The dumbwaiter shaftway must be closed off with dumbwaiter doors.
Low voltage electrical control wiring – all of our dumb waiter systems incorporate low voltage electrical control wiring. All our dumbwaiter electrical control wiring is pre-wired for ease of installation.
Mailbox Dumbwaiter – our mailbox dumbwaiter design is commonly used in apartment building to bring mail upstairs.
Mezzanine Lifts – our mezzanine lifts are similar to our dumbwaiters but are specifically designed to carry materials. Unlike dumbwaiters, mezzanine lifts do not have to be installed inside a shaftway. Our mezzanine lifts come pre-assembled and pre-wired for easy installation.
Multi-story – Our dumbwaiters will serve up to 7 stories. The access openings for the dumbwaiter can be on multiple sides of the car and shaftway.
Restaurant Dumbwaiter (Restaurant Lift) – a restaurant dumbwaiter, also called food service dumbwaiter, is specifically sized for standard food trays. The dumbwaiter car (dumbwaiter container) has guides for either 4 or 8 food trays. The dumbwaiter car can be either stainless steel lined or solid stainless steel. Furthermore, both our standard dumbwaiter and custom dumbwaiter designs may also be converted to commercial dumbwaiter standards for use as a restaurant lift. Our food service dumb waiters meet all food service codes.
Standard Dumbwaiter – our standard dumbwaiter comes in 8 off the shelf configurations. Choosing a standard dumwaiter saves you time and money.
