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US 6,655,500 B2Granted
Traction sheave elevator
AssigneeKone Corporation
InventorsJaakko Orrman, Jorma Mustalahti
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Abstract
In a traction sheave elevator, the elevator car is suspended on hoisting ropes by a diverting pulley. The diverting pulley used to suspend the elevator car on the hoisting ropes is mounted on one side of the elevator car.
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A traction sheave elevator comprising:
- an elevator car suspended on hoisting ropes by a car rope pulley;
- and
- car guide rails located on one side of the elevator car for guiding the elevator car,
- wherein the car rope pulley is mounted on the one side of the elevator car above a bottom of the elevator car.
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A traction sheave elevator comprising:
- an elevator car suspended on hoisting ropes by a diverting pulley, an upper rope pulley, and a car rope pulley,
- wherein the car rope pulley is mounted on a side and above a bottom of the elevator car, and a middle plane of rotation of the upper rope pulley is at an angle to a middle plane of rotation of the car rope pulley.
A traction sheave elevator comprising:
- an elevator car suspended on hoisting ropes by a car rope pulley,
- wherein the car rope pulley is mounted on a side and above a bottom of the elevator car, and a middle plane of rotation of the car rope pulley is at an angle to a side wall of the elevator car.
A method for suspending an elevator car, comprising the steps of:
- providing car guide rails located on one side of the elevator car for guiding the elevator car;
- and
- providing at least one hoisting rope and a car rope pulley for suspending the elevator car suspended on the at least one hoisting rope by the car rope pulley,
- wherein the car rope pulley is mounted on the one side of the elevator car, a loop opening in an upward direction is formed in the at least one hoisting rope, and the elevator car is suspended in this loop by the car rope pulley.
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