Sliding guide shoe, counterweight equipped with sliding guide shoes, and elevator system
AssigneeInventio AG
InventorsRomeo Lo Jacono, Alessandro D'Apice
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Abstract
A sliding guide shoe for guiding a counterweight includes a single-piece guide element made of a plastic material. The guide element has an engagement element that extends in the longitudinal direction and can be brought into interlocking engagement in a cutout formed in a yoke of a counterweight frame. The guide element further includes a collar engaging around the cutout and forming a stop for positionally securing the guide element, the collar adjoining the engagement element.
Claims16
A sliding guide shoe for guiding an elevator car or a counterweight along a guide rail extending in a longitudinal direction, the sliding guide shoe comprising:
- a guide element having a guide channel formed therein;
- the guide element including an engagement element extending in the longitudinal direction and adapted to engage in a recess of a support structure of the elevator car or the counterweight;
- wherein the engagement element has an outer contour shaped to match a complementary shape of the recess to provide a form closure of the recess when the engagement element is engaged in the recess;
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- the guide element including a collar adjoining the engagement element, the collar adapted to engage the support structure around the recess and forming a stop securing the guide element on the support structure in a predetermined position in the longitudinal direction.
A counterweight for an elevator system, the counterweight comprising:
- a counterweight frame adapted to hold a plurality of weight elements, the counterweight frame including at least one yoke;
- at least one sliding guide shoe adapted to guide the counterweight along a guide rail;
- wherein the at least one sliding guide shoe has a guide element having a guide channel formed therein, the guide element including an engagement element extending in the longitudinal direction and adapted to engage in a recess of a support structure of the counterweight, and the guide element including a collar adjoining the engagement element, the collar adapted to engage the support structure around the recess and forming a stop securing the guide element on the support structure in a predetermined position in the longitudinal direction;
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- wherein the at least one yoke has a horizontal yoke plate to which the at least one sliding guide shoe is fastened, wherein the yoke plate has a recess formed therein as an emergency guide into which the guide rail projects and in which recess the at least one sliding guide shoe is received.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.