Elevator cage brake device
AssigneeInventio AG
InventorEric Rossignol
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Abstract
An elevator installation comprises an elevator cage movable along guide rails and a counterweight movable along guide rails, wherein provided for braking the elevator cage and the counterweight is at least one brake device in which at least one gearwheel is disposed in mechanically positive connection with the guide rail and the gearwheel can be braked by a brake, wherein a first gearwheel is provided, which when the brake is triggered is disposed in mechanically positive connection with the guide rail, and wherein a second gearwheel is provided, which when the brake is activated is disposed in mechanically positive connection with the guide rail.
Claims17
An elevator brake device, comprising:
- a brake;
- a first gearwheel coupled to the brake;
- and
- a second gearwheel coupled to the brake, the first and second gearwheels being concentrically arranged with each other, the first gearwheel being configured to engage at least a first portion of one or more elevator installation guide rails, and the second gearwheel being configured to engage at least a second portion of the one or more elevator installation guide rails when the brake is activated.
An elevator installation, comprising:
- an elevator cage;
- a counterweight;
- one or more guide rails, the elevator cage and the counterweight being configured to move along the one or more guide rails;
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- a brake device coupled to the elevator cage or the counterweight, the brake device comprising a brake, a first gearwheel coupled to a brake and a second gearwheel coupled to the brake, the first and second gearwheels being concentrically arranged with each other, the first gearwheel being configured to engage at least a first portion of the one or more guide rails, and the second gearwheel being configured to engage at least a second portion of the one or more guide rails when the brake is activated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.