Roller guide for elevators

An elevator roller guide assembly comprising:

• a chassis;
• a stop plate mounted on the chassis;
• a face wheel enclosure, supporting a face wheel, wherein the face wheel enclosure at least partially encloses the face wheel and is connected to a plurality of leaf springs attached by an upper portion and a lower portion of the face wheel enclosure;
• a pair of side wheel enclosures connected to the face wheel enclosure by the plurality of leaf springs, wherein the side wheel enclosures each support a side wheel in a fixed relation to the other side wheel and wherein the side wheel enclosures are operably connected to the stop plate by a pair of vertical plates;
• a multi-axis damper extending from the stop plate to engage the face wheel enclosure and dampen oscillation of the face and side wheels by damping the face wheel enclosure during operation of the assembly;
• and
• one or more of the following:
• a wheel force gauge integrated with the face wheel enclosure, indicating face and side wheel loading;
• or
• each wheel has a slightly different diameter on the order of no more than 0.5″ from the other wheels;
• or
• a mounting system of holes that accommodates the bolt patterns of cars or counterweights.