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US 2010/0133047 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.
Claims9
An elevator installation comprising:
- an elevator car movable along one or more car guide rails;
- a counterweight movable along one or more counterweight guide rails;
- a drive unit including a drive motor, a shaft driven by the drive motor and a brake coupled to the drive shaft, wherein the drive unit is mounted on a crossbeam attached to an upper end of one of the car guide rails;
- said shaft having at least two drive zone portions located on opposite sides of the car guide rail attached to the crossbeam, each drive zone portion operable to engage a driving element coupled to the elevator car and the counterweight.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.