Elevator

An elevator comprising:

• a cage that ascends and descends guided on a pair of left and right cage-side guide rails within a shaft;
• a traction sheave that rotates around an axis line of rotation extending in a forwards/rearwards direction and arranged above one of said pair of left and right guide rails on a cage side;
• a drive device having an axis line that extends in a forwards/rearwards direction and that drives said traction sheave;
• a counterweight that ascends and descends within said shaft while being guided on a pair of front and rear weight-side guide rails below said traction sheave;
• a cage-side sheave provided on said cage;
• a wire rope wound onto said traction sheave and whereof an end thereof suspends said cage by means of said cage-side sheave and the other end thereof suspends said counterweight;
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• a machinery chamber provided above said shaft, which comprises:
• a machine beam that extends in a forwards/rearwards direction between supporting beams mounted on a building along one inside wall surface of a pair of left and right inside wall surfaces that extend in a forwards/rearwards direction facing each other supports said drive device and said traction sheave and a weight-side stop portion that abuts an end of said wire rope on said counterweight side;
• a cage-side stop portion that abuts an end of said wire rope on said cage side;
• a speed governor that checks whether said cage is ascending or descending with an appropriate speed within said shaft;
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• a control panel that controls an operation of said drive device is arranged along an inside wall surface or along the other inside wall surface extending in a left/right direction between said pair of left and right inside wall surfaces.