Elevator
AssigneeMitsubishi Electric Corporation
InventorKunio Kato
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Abstract
This invention is concerning a car suspending pulley device including a pair of beams provided parallel to each other on a lower portion of a car and a car suspending pulley arranged between the pair of beams and supported by the pair of beams. A weight suspending pulley is provided on a counterweight. The car and the counterweight are suspended from a main rope wrapped around the car suspending pulley and the weight suspending pulley. A compensating member is suspended between the beams and the counterweight. The compensating member includes a funicular body having a first end portion connected to only one of the pair of beams and a second end portion connected to the counterweight. The first end portion of the funicular body is located in a region of the one beam when viewed in a vertical direction.
Claims4
An elevator comprising:
- a car;
- a counterweight;
- a car suspending pulley device including a pair of beams provided parallel to each other on a lower portion of the car and a car suspending pulley arranged between the pair of beams and supported by the pair of beams;
- a weight suspending pulley provided on the counterweight;
- a main rope wrapped around the car suspending pulley and the weight suspending pulley and suspending the car and the counterweight;
- and
- a compensating member including a funicular body having a first end portion connected to only one of the pair of beams and a second end portion connected to the counterweight, and suspended between the one beam and the counterweight, wherein
- the first end portion is located in a region of the one beam when viewed in a vertical direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.