Rope terminal arrangement and an elevator

Abstract

A rope terminal arrangement of an elevator includes a belt-shaped hoisting rope, and a gripping device arranged to grip a rope section of the belt-shaped rope via first and second gripping face facing each other and set against opposing first and second side of the rope section placed in a gap between them, the gripping device including a wedge frame delimiting a wedge-shaped space wherein said rope section is placed; and a first gripping member in the wedge shaped space, the first gripping member having said first gripping face set against the first side of said rope section, said first gripping face being provided with an uneven surface pattern for facilitating grip between said first gripping face and said first side of the rope section; and a first wedge member wedged in the wedge shaped space between the wedge frame and the first gripping member such that it wedges the first gripping member to press with said first gripping face against the first side of the rope section. An elevator includes said rope terminal arrangement.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.