Stabilization devices
AssigneeSafeWorks, LLC
InventorsChristopher Gavin Brickell, John Jerome Haigh, David Arevalo Romo
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Abstract
A system for stabilizing the vertical motion of an object in a wind power generating tower comprises at least one static guide, and a guide component attached to the object, e.g., an elevator car, constrained to the proximity of the static guide. In addition, at least one further containment, e.g., a wirefix, coupled to the static guide is able to pass through the first containment as the object moves vertically in the tower. Moreover, the further containment is disposed to maintain the static guide in a fixed relationship to a mounting structure, and the further containment is disposed for in-situ attachment.
Claims16
An elevator system comprising:
- a tower having an upper fixed portion proximate a top of said tower and a lower fixed portion proximate a bottom of said tower;
- a length of guide wire tensioned between the upper fixed portion and the lower fixed portion;
- a wirefix removably coupled between the length of guide wire between the upper fixed portion and the lower fixed portion and a fixed portion of said tower, said wirefix having a channel though which said guide wire passes wherein said wirefix may be decoupled from said guide wire without the need for de-tensioning the guide wire.
A wirefix for use in stabilizing a guide wire in a tower, comprising:
- a channel formed in one portion of the wirefix and operable to couple the wirefix to the guide wire;
- wherein the channel is capable of opening around the guide wire to couple or decouple the wirefix to the guide wire;
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- an attachment point formed in another portion of the wirefix adapted to couple the wirefix to the tower.
A system for stabilizing the vertical motion of an object in a wind power generating tower, comprising:
- at least one static guide, and a guide component attached to the object constrained to the proximity of the static guide;
- at least one further containment coupled to the static guide and able to pass through the first containment as the object moves vertically in the tower;
- wherein the further containment is disposed to maintain the static guide in a fixed relationship to a mounting structure, and wherein the further containment is disposed for in-situ attachment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.