EPCO Fixtures
Survivor
Survivor is EPCO's standard fixture, taken over from Adams in 2004. It consists of a round white plastic button that lights up, and can also be found in a recessed form. It is one of the most common elevator fixtures in the United States.
Produced by EPCO 2004-present
Rarity Rating: 1/10
Classic
Classic is a variant of Survivor, with a wraparound braille plate.
Survivor Plus
Survivor Plus is EPCO's standard vandal resistant fixture, taken over from Adams in 2004. Consisting of a stainless steel button with a light in the center, it has a similar appearance to Dover's Vandal Resistant buttons. Survivor Plus is very common for high-traffic public elevators in urban areas, such as in transit stations or parking garages.
Survivor Plus's California code compliant variant is used as part of Schindler's HT Vandal Resistant and first generation "5500 Vandal Resistant" fixtures, but with different switches than standard Survivor Plus.
Produced 2004-present
Rarity Rating: 1/10
Designer
Designer (aka WN Signature) is a fixture similar to Classic, consisting of a white square button (similar to the round Survivor button) with a wraparound braille. This fixture was taken over from Adams in 2004.
Circleline
Circleline (aka CL) is a round button with a black halo. It looks very similar to Westinghouse's AE buttons, and was commonly used on Westinghouse elevators in the late 1970s-early 1980s.
Produced c.1977-present
Rarity Rating: 3/10
SSL
SSL is a round, convex, metal vandal resistant button with a light in the center. It is narrower than Survivor Plus and does not have a halo.
The SSL series also includes lanterns, which consist of steel plates with illuminated cutout arrows.
Produced 2004-present
Rarity Rating: 3/10
WGH
WGH is a metal button with an illuminating halo and a wraparound braille. It is similar in size to Westinghouse/Schindler RT. WGH is often confused with Singapore, which is larger and has different switches.
Touch-sensitive WGH
The WGH series included a touch-sensitive steel button. These buttons are extremely rare and discontinued. They were used on some Schindler 300A and 700A elevators in the late 1990s, and were often paired with OIP lanterns and plates.
Singapore
Singapore is a metal button with an illuminating halo. It comes in both square and circle forms, and is most commonly seen on the INCHline series of hall stations. Singapore is often confused with WGH, which is smaller and has different switches.
Singapore-W
Singapore-W is a variant of Singapore with a white plastic button.
WNR
WNR is a fixture that incorporates Circleline buttons with rectangular wraparound braille plates. WNR is most commonly seen on Northern and ThyssenKrupp Northern elevators.
Produced c.1995-present
Rarity Rating: 5/10
Flushline
Flushline (aka FL) is a square button, similar to Circleline. It has a black halo, and looks similar to US's Square buttons. Flushline has been discontinued since the 2000s.
Produced c.1977-c.2000
Rarity Rating: 5/10
Haloline
Haloline (aka WS) is a round button with an integrated halo. Haloline is known to have been produced at least since the late 1960s.
Chevron
Chevron (aka Type C) is a lantern commonly used with Survivor buttons.
Endurance
Endurance is EPCO's newest fixture, used as part of the newer vandal resistant fixtures on Schindler 3300 XL or 5500 elevators. They look very similar to MAD BP.
INCHline
INCHline is a series of surface-mounted hall fixtures that incorporates Singapore buttons.
OIP
OIP (Oval INCHline Plus) is a variant of INCHline with rounded ends.
VIP
VIP (Variable INCHline Plus) is an octagonal variant of INCHline, with grooves along the long sides. VIP is extremely rare.
Unknown vandal resistant buttons
These are a special type of convex vandal resistant buttons, only seen on elevators from Thyssen and their then-subsidiaries US and Northern. US offered these fixtures as a vandal resistant option for soft touch. These buttons include no halo and have a light up jewel in the middle. They are thought to be made by EPCO.
Documents
EPCO_Fixtures_2011.pdfEPCO catalog (2013)
EPCO_Fixtures_2018.pdfEPCO catalog (2018)