Elevator with linear motor

An elevator, comprising:

• at least one elevator shaft;
• at least one elevator car traveling in said at least one elevator shaft;
• at least one elevator motor comprising at least one linear stator located vertically along the at least one elevator shaft and at least one mover located in connection with the at least one elevator car and co-acting with the at least one linear stator;
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• a vertical stator beam supporting the at least one linear stator, the vertical stator beam having at least one side face carrying ferromagnetic poles of the at least one linear stator spaced apart by a pitch, wherein the at least one mover comprises at least one counter-face facing said at least one side face of the vertical stator beam, electro-magnetic components of the at least one mover being located in said at least one counter-face,
• wherein the vertical stator beam includes at least two side faces each carrying ferromagnetic poles, the mover includes at least two arms corresponding to the two side faces of the vertical stator beam, and each arm has a counter-face carrying counter-face electro-magnetic components that face and co-act with the corresponding ferromagnetic poles of the corresponding side face,
• wherein the elevator includes at least two of said elevator shaft located side by side and being connected at least at their top and/or bottom ends by a horizontal passage, the two elevator shafts being configured to accommodate more than two elevator cars traveling therein,
• wherein in the horizontal passage(s) a horizontal moving mechanism is provided for moving the at least one elevator car in horizontal direction between the at least two elevator shafts, and
• wherein the horizontal moving mechanism comprises a horizontal moving means mounted in connection with the at least one elevator car, comprising rollers, whereby at least one of the rollers is driven, and which horizontal moving mechanism comprises at least one horizontal guide track(s) located in the horizontal passage and extending into the at least two elevator shafts on both sides of the horizontal passage, wherein the rollers are movable from a retracted position into a drive position, wherein the rollers co-act with the at least one guide track.

An elevator, comprising:

• at least one elevator shaft;
• at least one elevator car traveling in said at least one elevator shaft;
• at least one elevator motor comprising at least one linear stator located vertically along the at least one elevator shaft and at least one mover located in connection with the at least one elevator car and co-acting with the at least one linear stator;
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• a vertical stator beam supporting the at least one linear stator, the vertical stator beam having at least one side face carrying ferromagnetic poles of the at least one linear stator spaced apart by a pitch,
• wherein the at least one mover comprises at least one counter-face facing said at least one side face of the vertical stator beam, electro-magnetic components of the at least one mover being located in said at least one counter-face,
• wherein the vertial stator beam includes at least two side faces each carrying ferromagnetic poles, the mover includes at least two arms corresponding to the two side faces of the vertical stator beam, and each arm has a counter-face carrying counter-face electro-magnetic components that face and co-act with the corresponding ferromagnetic poles of the corresponding side faces,
• wherein the at least one elevator motor is a flux-switching permanent magnet motor (FSPM), and
• wherein at least two parallel stator beams are located in the at least one elevator shaft and the at least one elevator car has at least two movers located parallel to each other and in a horizontal distance of at least a half of the car width, each of which co-acting with one of the stator beams.