Roller guide shoe for guiding an elevator car of an elevator

A roller guide shoe for guiding an elevator car of an elevator along a guide rail extending in a longitudinal direction, the guide rail having a U-shaped guide channel, the roller guide shoe comprising:

• two rollers mounted on a common axle and rotating freely about an axis of rotation, the two rollers being adapted to engage and guide along a frontal guide surface of the U-shaped guide channel;
• a guide body adapted to be received in the U-shaped guide channel between facing opposed lateral guide surfaces of the U-shaped guide channel thereby providing lateral guidance of the roller guide shoe along the guide rail;
• a cover covering the two rollers upstream of the two rollers in the longitudinal direction, wherein the cover is adapted to function as an emergency guide for the elevator car;
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• a guide shoe housing to which the two rollers and the guide body are attached.

A roller guide shoe for guiding an elevator car of an elevator along a guide rail extending in a longitudinal direction, the guide rail having a U-shaped guide channel, the roller guide shoe comprising:

• two rollers mounted on a common axle and rotating freely about an axis of rotation, the two rollers being adapted to engage and guide along a frontal guide surface of the U-shaped guide channel;
• a guide body adapted to be received in the U-shaped guide channel between facing opposed lateral guide surfaces of the U-shaped guide channel thereby providing lateral guidance of the roller guide shoe along the guide rail;
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• a guide shoe housing to which the two rollers and the guide body are attached, wherein the guide shoe housing has a support section, the support section supporting at least one of the two rollers and the guide body, and a fastening section adapted to fasten the roller guide shoe to the elevator car, wherein the support section and the fastening section extend at right angles to one another, and wherein the guide shoe housing having the support section and the fastening section is formed from a single sheet metal blank.