Elevator guide

An elevator guide configured to ride along an elevator rail, the elevator guide comprising:

• (a) a base configured to be attached to a component that rides on one or more elevator rails, said base having a notch extending through a front face of said base to receive a portion of a rail member of the elevator rail, said notch having a rear face, a first side face and a second side face, said first side face being spaced from said second side face a first distance, said bottom of said base having an adjustment recess extending along said rear face, said first side face and said second side face of said notch, said adjustment recess having a width defined by the portions of the adjustment recess extending along said first side face and said second side face of the notch, the width being greater than said first distance, a first guide configured to ride along a corresponding surface of a rail member of the elevator rail, a first biasing member biasing said first guide in contact with said corresponding surface of the rail member of the elevator rail and a first guide support member having a connection portion connected to said base so that said first guide support member can move relative to said base, said first guide support member further including a guide connection portion for connecting the first guide support member to said first guide for movably supporting said first guide on said base so that said first guide can move toward and away from the corresponding surface of the rail member of the elevator rail;
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• (b) a notch adjustment member operably associated with said adjustment recess of said base for adjusting at least one dimension of the base relative to the rail member of the elevator rail, wherein a first portion of said notch adjustment member is disposed in said adjustment recess.

An elevator roller guide configured to ride along an elevator rail, the elevator roller guide comprising:

• (a) a base configured to be attached to a component that rides on one or more elevator rails, a roller configured to ride along a corresponding surface of a rail member of the elevator rail, a spring biasing said roller in contact with said corresponding surface of the rail member of the elevator rail;
• (b) said roller guide further including at least one of the following:
• (i) a roller support member operably associated with said roller for movably supporting said roller so that said roller can move toward and away from a corresponding surface of the rail member wherein said roller support member has a plurality of spring engagement sections configured to allow a position that the spring contacts said roller support member to be varied to vary a system effective spring rate;
• (ii) the roller including a roller tread and a non-metallic rim molded about a roller bearing and configured to receive the roller tread and the roller tread being mounted on the non-metallic rim, the roller tread having a contact surface configured to contact the corresponding surface of the rail member;
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• (iii) a first stop and a second stop that are independently adjustable and operably associated with a roller support supporting said roller to control movement of said roller;
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• (iv) an opening adjustment member detachably connected to a base of the roller guide about a notch formed in the base of the roller guide to receive a portion of the rail member of the elevator rail to vary the distance between the base of the roller guide and a portion of the rail member of the elevator rail, a portion of the opening adjustment member is disposed in an adjustment recess formed in the base of the roller guide, wherein the adjustment recess has a width greater than a width of said notch.