# US 2014/0151158 A1 · Arrangement for a capture device intended to be used in surrounding in which there is a risk of explosion > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0151158 A1 - Document ID: US20140151158A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/130,270 - Filed: 2012-06-19 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2011-07-01 - Assignees: Alimak Hek AB - Inventors: Mats Olsson - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140151158A1 ## CPC - B66B 5/18: and applying frictional retarding forces - B66B: ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS ({apparatus for raising or lowering persons on theatrical stages or the like A63J5/12} ; funicular railbound systems with rigid ground-supported tracks and cable traction, e.g. cliff railways, B61B9/00; arrangements of ammunition handlers in vessels B63G3/00; hoists, lifts, or conveyors for loading or unloading in general B65G; braking or detent devices controlling normal movements of winding drums or barrels B66D; ship-lifting devices E02C; garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for lifting vehicles E04H6/12; hoists for feeding ammunition or projectiles to launching apparatus or to loading mechanisms F41A9/00) ## Abstract The invention concerns an arrangement for a capture device (1a) for a lift. A capture device has a brake housing (1c) that surrounds a centrifugal regulator with an axle (2) that rotates with the lift car, a brake with a fixed brake part (6) and a displaceable brake part (8), a spring (16), on activation the axle (2) is coupled to the rotatable brake part (8) in order to compel it to rotate, and to a tension arrangement (22) for the spring (16) arranged to press the displaceable brake part against the fixed brake part. In order to achieve utility in surroundings in which there is a risk of explosion, the brake housing (1c) is designed as an explosion-proof detonation chamber, outwardly limited by a cylinder, the inner surface of which forms the fixed brake part (6), an end plate (1d) and an end plate (28), whereby the brake housing (1c) has a flame pathway (50:1-50:n) designed as a channel that has been given an area for heat exchange that has been so selected that exhaust gases from an explosion in the brake housing deposit sufficient heat during passage through the flame pathway that the exhaust gases that emanate from the brake housing through the flame pathway are sufficiently cooled that they do not risk igniting the surroundings. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An arrangement for a capture device for a lift driven by a cogged rod for use in surroundings in which there is a risk of explosion, where the capture device comprises: a shell-shaped brake housing that surrounds a centrifugal regulator that is of the type that has an axle that, extending out of the housing, rotates due to a coupling with the motion of the lift car, a brake with a fixed brake part and a displaceable brake part that interacts with it, which displaceable brake part can be rotated and displaced towards and away from the fixed brake part, and which in a normal condition is free of the said axle, a spring by which the displaceable brake part is forced in the direction towards the fixed brake part, whereby the centrifugal regulator is arranged such that on activation it couples the said axle to the rotatable brake part in order to compel this to rotate, and to a tension arrangement for the spring, which is arranged to interact with the spring as a consequence of the rotation of the regulator such that the spring presses the displaceable brake part gradually harder against the fixed brake part, wherein the brake housing is designed as an explosion-proof detonation chamber that is outwardly limited by a horizontal hollow cylinder, the inner surface of which forms at the same time the fixed brake part of the capture device and which cylinder is limited at its ends by an end plate and an end plate, whereby the brake housing has been assigned at least one flame pathway designed as a channel, where each flame pathway has been given an area for heat exchange that has been so selected that exhaust gases generated in an explosion in the brake housing deposit sufficient heat during passage through the flame pathway that the exhaust gases that emanate from the brake housing through the flame pathway are sufficiently cooled that they do not risk igniting the surroundings. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The arrangement according to claim 1, whereby each flame pathway is designed as a gas-transfer gap between the adjacent machine parts of the capture device that together limit the interior compartment of the brake housing with respect to the surrounding atmosphere. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The arrangement according to claim 2, whereby a gas-transfer gap for a first flame pathway is located at the interface between the axle and a central opening in the first end plate through which the axle extends. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The arrangement according to claim 2, whereby a gas-transfer gap for a second flame pathway is located at a radially extended flange coupling between the brake housing and the first end plate. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The arrangement according to claim 2, whereby a gas-transfer gap for a third flame pathway is located at the interface between a screw in the brake housing and a threaded drilled hole in the jacket of the brake housing. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The arrangement according to claim 2, whereby a gas-transfer gap for a fourth flame pathway is located at the interface between a cover in the brake housing and a travel limit switch arranged in an internal sub-compartment of the brake housing. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The arrangement according to claim 2, whereby a gas-transfer gap for a fifth flame pathway is located at the interface between a flange coupling between the end plate and the brake housing. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The arrangement according to claim 2, whereby a gas-transfer gap for a sixth flame pathway is located at the interface between an end cover in the brake housing and the end plate.