Bearing means brake device

A method of introducing a support means of an elevator car into an elevator installation having a shaft, which shaft extends over a plurality of floors of a building, wherein the support means is wound up on a support roller positioned adjacent to the shaft so that the support means can be unwound from the support roller and introduced into the shaft, comprising the steps of:

• arranging a support brake device between the support roller and the shaft;
• introducing the support means into the support brake device and then into the shaft;
• controlling an intake speed of the support means into the shaft using the support brake device;
• and
• regulating a braking force of the support brake device applied to the support means by actuating a brake lever biased by a spring or a weight mass, wherein in an absence of actuation of the brake lever a predetermined value of the braking force is set.

A method of introducing a support means of an elevator car into an elevator installation having a shaft, which shaft extends over a plurality of floors of a building, wherein the support means is wound up on a support roller positioned adjacent to the shaft so that the support means can be unwound from the support roller and introduced into the shaft, comprising the steps of:

• arranging a support brake device between the support roller and the shaft, the support brake device including a traction pulley for receiving a section of the support means, wherein the traction pulley is rotatably mounted in a support frame and the traction pulley is configured so that the support means at least partly loops around the traction pulley, and the support brake device further including a brake device for applying a braking force to the traction pulley and for controlling the intake speed of the support means, wherein the brake device includes a brake lever biased by a spring or a weighting mass wherein a predetermined value of the braking force is settable and applied to the support means in an absence of actuation of the brake lever;
• introducing the support means into the support brake device and then into the shaft;
• controlling an intake speed of the support means into the shaft using the support brake device;
• and
• regulating a braking force of the support brake device applied to the support means by actuating the brake lever.