Elevator system
AssigneesThyssenkrupp Elevator AG, thyssenkrupp AG
InventorsHolger Zerelles, Bernd Altenburger, Ronald Dietze
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Abstract
An elevator system may have a vertical shaft and at least two cars that are arranged above one another in the shaft and can each be moved upwards and downwards. A first car may be coupled via first suspension means to a first drive and a first counterweight, and a second car may be coupled via second suspension means to a second drive and to a second counterweight, and to a machine room adjacent to the shaft which is spatially separate from the shaft. The first drive is disposed outside the shaft and the second drive is disposed at least partially within the shaft.”
Claims16
-15. (canceled)
An elevator system comprising:
- a first car that is disposed in a vertical shaft and is movable upwards and downwards, with the first car being coupled via first suspension means to a first drive;
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- a second car that is disposed in the vertical shaft and is movable upwards and downwards, wherein the first and second cars are arranged one above another in the vertical shaft, with the second car being coupled via second suspension means to a second drive, wherein the first drive is disposed outside the vertical shaft and the second drive is disposed at least partially within the vertical shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.