Elevator system
AssigneeKone Corporation
InventorsAntti Kallioniemi, Antti Plathin
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Abstract
An elevator system includes an elongated suspension member, a load-receiving part suspended on the suspension member, a counterweight suspended on the suspension member for supporting the load-receiving part, an elongated traction member for exerting a pulling force on the load-receiving part and on the counterweight, a drive unit, with which the load-receiving part is driven by pulling the traction member and also one or more guide rails, along the path of movement determined by which the load-receiving part is moved. The drive unit is disposed to the side of the path of movement of the load-receiving part.
Claims24
An elevator system, comprising:
- an elongated suspension member;
- a load-receiving part suspended on the suspension member;
- a counterweight suspended on the suspension member for supporting the load-receiving part;
- an elongated traction member for exerting a pulling force on the load-receiving part and on the counterweight;
- a drive unit, with which the load-receiving part is driven by pulling the traction member;
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- one or more guide rails, along the path of movement determined by which the load-receiving part is moved,
- wherein the drive unit is disposed to the side of the path of movement of the load-receiving part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.