Belt with guide elements
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorsBrad Guilani, Richard N. Fargo, Daniel A. Mosher
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Abstract
A belt for an elevator system including a plurality of tension members arranged along a belt width and a jacket material at least partially encapsulating the plurality of tension members defining a traction surface interactive with a traction sheave of an elevator system and a back surface opposite the traction surface. The back surface includes a belt guide feature extending along a belt length and interactive with a complimentary guide sheave feature of a guide sheave of the elevator system to orient the belt to a selected location during operation of the elevator system.
Claims17
A belt for an elevator system comprising:
- a plurality of tension members arranged along a belt width;
- and
- a jacket material at least partially encapsulating the plurality of tension members defining:
- a traction surface interactive with a traction sheave of an elevator system;
- and
- a back surface opposite the traction surface, the back surface including a belt guide feature extending along a belt length and interactive with a complimentary guide sheave feature of a guide sheave of the elevator system to orient the belt to a selected location during operation of the elevator system.
An elevator system comprising:
- a hoistway;
- an elevator car disposed in the hoistway and movable along the hoistway;
- a traction sheave with flat traction surfaces;
- and
- a belt operably connected to the traction sheave and the elevator car to move the elevator car along the hoistway, the belt including:
- a plurality of tension members arranged along a belt width;
- and
- a jacket material at least partially encapsulating the plurality of tension members defining:
- a traction surface interactive with the flat traction sheave;
- and
- a back surface opposite the traction surface, the back surface including a belt guide feature extending along a belt length and interactive with a complimentary guide sheave feature of a guide sheave of the elevator system to orient the belt to a selected location during operation of the elevator system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.