Wire rope coupling for elevator
AssigneeDraka Elevator Products, Inc.
InventorsDillard Hairston Green, Johannes Friedrich Richard Güntsch
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Abstract
An elevator assembly includes an elevator cabin, a counterweight, a compensating cable and a means for suspending the compensating cable from the elevator cabin. The compensating cable includes a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end is coupled with the elevator cabin and the distal end is coupled with the counterweight. The means for suspending the compensating cable is coupled with the elevator cabin and is further coupled with the compensating cable adjacent the proximal end of the compensating cable. The compensating cable has an elastic deformation limit. The means for suspending the compensating cable has a tensile strength that is less than the elastic deformation limit of the compensating cable.
Claims22
An elevator assembly comprising:
- an elevator cabin;
- a counterweight;
- a compensating cable comprising a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end being coupled with the elevator cabin and the distal end being coupled with the counterweight;
- a wire rope coupling comprising a cable having a first end and a second end, the first end being coupled with the elevator cabin and the second end being coupled with the compensating cable adjacent the proximal end of the compensating cable, wherein:
- the compensating cable has an elastic deformation limit;
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- the wire rope coupling has a tensile strength that is less than the elastic deformation limit of the compensating cable.
An elevator assembly comprising:
- an elevator cabin;
- a counterweight;
- a compensating cable comprising a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end being coupled with the elevator cabin and the distal end being coupled with the counterweight;
- a means for suspending the compensating cable from the elevator cabin, the means for suspending the compensating cable coupled with the elevator cabin and further coupled with the compensating cable adjacent the proximal end of the compensating cable, wherein:
- the compensating cable has an elastic deformation limit;
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- the means for suspending the compensating cable has a tensile strength that is less than the elastic deformation limit of the compensating cable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.