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US 2004/0104079 A1Published application
Drive motor for an elevator installation and method of mounting a drive motor
AssigneeInventio AG
InventorDaniel Fischer
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Abstract
An elevator installation includes a drive unit moving a car and a counterweight in an elevator shaft. The drive unit has a drive motor and a brake coupled to a drive shaft and mounted on a crossbeam in the elevator shaft or on the shaft ceiling. The drive unit has two spaced-apart drive zones and the drive motor is arranged to the left or the right of the two drive zones with the brake on the same side or the opposite side of the drive zones.
Claims22
A drive unit for an elevator installation having a car and a counterweight movable in a shaft comprising:
- a drive motor and a brake coupled to a drive shaft;
- at least two drive means connected to said drive shaft and driven by said drive motor, and adapted to be connected to the car and the counterweight;
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- at least two mutually spaced-apart drive zones through which said drive shaft extends, each one of said at least two drive means being arranged in an associated one of said at least two drive zones and wherein at least one of said drive motor and said brake is arranged to one side of said at least two drive zones.
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An elevator installation comprising:
- an elevator car and a counterweight movable in an elevator shaft along guide rails;
- a drive unit including a drive motor and a brake coupled to a drive shaft, said drive unit being mounted on one of a crossbeam attached to said guide rails and a ceiling of the elevator shaft;
- a least two spaced-apart drive zones through which said drive shaft extends;
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- a drive means arranged in an associated one of said at least two drive zones, each said drive means being connected to said car and said counterweight and driven by said drive shaft, and wherein at least one of said drive motor and said brake is arranged to one side of said at least two drive zones.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.