Flat type feeder cable

An elevator system comprising a car, a feeder cable and a stationary terminating means, the feeder cable connected to the car and said stationary terminating means, the improvement wherein said feeder cable comprises:

• (a) a plurality of spaced apart strength members each with their respective axes arranged in a line and in substantially coplanar relationship with one another;
• (b) a plurality of strand members stranded together about each of said strength members to form a core, said strand members comprising a plurality of electrical conductors circumscribed by a sheath and forming first and second alternatingly repeating, substantially equal length, first and second sections, each of said first sections having a common direction and degree of lay and each of said second sections also having a common direction and degree of lay substantially equal to but opposite to that of the first sections;
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• (c) a jacket of flexible material circumscribing said core members.