Elevator arrangement
AssigneeKone Corporation
InventorsGert VAN DER MEIJDEN, Jos VAN DEN HEUVEL
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Abstract
The invention concerns an arrangement in the supply of rope to the speed limiter of an elevator. The arrangement comprises at least a braking device for braking the rope being supplied to the speed limiter. As new rope is being fed to the speed limiter, the new rope has been fitted to run via the braking device and under a diverting pulley in the lower part of the elevator shaft and passed further from the diverting pulley over an upper speed limiter pulley to act on the safety gear of the elevator.
Claims20
Arrangement in the supply of rope to the speed limiter of an elevator, said elevator comprising at least a hoisting machine and an elevator car suspended to be supported by the hoisting machine and fitted to move along guide rails in an elevator shaft, and said speed limiter comprising at least an upper rope pulley placed essentially in conjunction with the speed limiter, over which pulley the speed limiter rope has been fitted to run, and a diverting pulley which is placed essentially in the lower part of the shaft and under which the speed limiter rope has been fitted to run, and a safety gear, to which the rope is secured, wherein the arrangement comprises at least a braking device for braking the rope supplied to the speed limiter, said braking device being fitted to maintain a sufficient tension of at least that portion of the rope which runs over the rope pulley to permit gripping during the supply of new rope.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.