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| 20080223664 | Method To Increase The Head Rope Life For Single Conveyance Friction Mine Hoists For Deep Shafts - The invention relates to a device and system for underground transport of ore, material and people, which includes electrical and mechanical drive systems, a plurality of hoisting devices, head ropes and balance ropes. The mass per meter of the balance ropes is significantly smaller than the mass per meter of the head ropes. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080314691 | Elevator traction sheave and elevator - In the elevator of the invention, the hoisting rope is roped to meet the traction sheave in two different rope grooves, which have differ from each other in respect of their holding properties. In the traction sheave of the invention, at least two adjacent rope grooves have cross-sectional shapes differing from each other. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090071758 | ELEVATOR - Provided is an elevator car frame, comprising: an elevator cage, a main elevator car frame comprising a pair of main columns, an upper main beam and a lower main beam, and a pair of diversion sheaves; wherein the main columns are disposed on both sides of the elevator cage; the upper main beam is disposed above the elevator cage; the lower main beam is disposed below the elevator cage; the diversion sheaves are disposed on one side of the upper main beam; and a line connecting centers of the diversion sheaves is parallel to the upper main beam. The invention features increased working space, reduced height of the elevator car roof, and lower cost. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090071759 | TRACTION DRIVE ELEVATOR - A traction drive elevator, comprising: an elevator car, a pair of guide rails, a counterweight, a traction drive motor comprising a housing, a stator, a rotor and a traction sheave; wherein the guide rails are disposed in a hoistway; both ends of the housing are symmetrically fixed to a side wall of the hoistway; the housing operates as a bearing beam; and the elevator car and the counterweight are suspended on the traction sheave of the traction drive motor via a plurality of wire ropes. Since the traction drive motor occupies no additional vertical space in the hoistway, space utilization ratio of the vertical space in the hoistway is increased, the height of the top floor is decreased, and building materials are saved. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090071760 | MACHINEROOMLESS ELEVATOR - The present invention provides a machineroomless elevator system | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090084634 | VERSATILE SPROCKET SHEAVE ASSEMBLY - An elevator system may include a motor having a common shaft which is suitable to engage any one of a plurality of interchangeable drive component assemblies, and a drive component assembly selected from the plurality of different interchangeable drive assemblies and engaged to the common shaft. The plurality of interchangeable drive component assemblies can be a sheave assembly or a sprocket assembly. The motor can be a direct drive motor, e.g., a permanent magnet (PM) brushless motor or a synchronous motor. The plurality of interchangeable drive component assemblies may also include one or more components which are interchangeable between the assemblies, e.g., a manual lowering device (MLD) or a spacer or a hub. The plurality of interchangeable drive component assemblies may each be assembled from a set of pre-configured assembly components configured for use with the common shaft. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090107776 | Tension member for an elevator - A tension member for an elevator system has an aspect ratio of greater than one, where aspect ratio is defined as the ratio of tension member width w to thickness t (w/t). The increase in aspect ratio results in a reduction in the maximum rope pressure and an increased flexibility as compared to conventional elevator ropes. As a result, smaller sheaves may be used with this type of tension member. In a particular embodiment, the tension member includes a plurality of individual load carrying cords encased within a common layer of coating. The coating layer separates the individual cords and defines an engagement surface for engaging a traction sheave. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090133964 | Elevator Apparatus - In an elevator apparatus, a brake control device has a first brake control portion, a second brake control portion, and a third brake control portion. The first brake control portion operates a hoisting machine brake to stop a ascending/descending body as an emergency measure when an abnormality is detected. The second brake control portion reduces a braking force of the hoisting machine brake when a deceleration of the ascending/descending body becomes equal to or higher than a predetermined value during an emergency braking operation of the hoisting machine brake. The third brake control portion monitors a slip speed of a main rope with respect to a drive sheave during emergency braking operation of the hoisting machine brake, and reduces a braking force of the hoisting machine brake when the slip speed of the main rope becomes equal to or higher than a predetermined value. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090166132 | Elevator System Having a Flat Belt with Wedge-Shaped Ribs - An elevator installation is provided that includes an elevator cage, a drive pulley, at least one support means formed as a flat belt, and a drive engine which drives the at least one support means, which carries the elevator cage, by way of the drive pulley. In the elevator installation, the support means has, at least on a running surface facing the drive pulley, several ribs of wedge-shaped or trapezium-shaped cross-section which extend parallel in a longitudinal direction of the support means and further has several tensile carriers oriented in the longitudinal direction of the support means. The tensile carriers are sized so that a total cross-sectional area of all the tensile carriers amounts to 30%-40% of a cross-sectional area of the support means. The tensile carriers may be distributed in a transverse direction of the support means so that exactly two tensile carriers are associated with each of the ribs, the tensile carriers having an outer diameter equal to 35%-40% of a rib spacing (T). | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090188759 | Roping System for Elevators and Mine Shafts using Synthetic Rope - Versions of an elevator system are shown having a drive system including a driven sheave and a non-driven sheave. The driven sheave is configured to move an elevator car in a generally upward and downward direction. The non-driven sheave is configured to support the elevator car in the event of a loss of traction. The driven sheave is fixedly coupled to a drive shaft of the motor and the non-driven sheave is supported by the drive shaft but is freely rotatable relative to the drive shaft. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20100084224 | MACHINE MOUNTING IN A MACHINE ROOMLESS ELEVATOR SYSTEM - An elevator system includes a car ( | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100101896 | ELEVATOR APPARATUS - Provided is an elevator apparatus including a first electromagnetic switch and a second electromagnetic switch provided between a first electromagnetic coil and a second electromagnetic coil of a first brake device and a second brake device and a power source. The brake control section includes: a first electromagnetic coil control switch provided between the first electromagnetic coil and a ground section; a second electromagnetic coil control switch provided between the second electromagnetic coil and the ground section; a first processing section for opening and closing the first electromagnetic switch and the first electromagnetic coil control switch in response to a braking operation command issued from an operation control section; and a second processing section for opening and closing the second electromagnetic switch and the second electromagnetic coil control switch in response to the braking operation command. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100101897 | BRAKE DEVICE FOR ELEVATOR - In an elevator device, movement of a car is braked by a brake device in a state in which driving of a hoist is stopped. While the drive of the hoist is stopped, braking force of the brake device is controlled by a brake control device based on a signal from a movement detector that generates a signal corresponding to movement of the car. The brake control device generates a target pattern for at least one of speed and acceleration of the car and controls braking force of the brake device such that the movement of the car follows the target pattern. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100126807 | Screw elevator - A screw elevator comprises a pair of counterweight guide rails, a pair of deflection wheels, a counterweight frame, a screw, a power unit, a cable, a car and a car guide rail. The power unit, the screw and the counterweight frame are all disposed between the pair of counterweight guide rails. The power unit drives the screw and the counterweight frame to move, and then the movement of the screw will drive the cable to make the car move upwards and downwards along the car guide rail. The cable has one end fixed at a position above the counterweight rails and the other end of the cable is finally fixed at the center of the top of the car after being wound around a traction wheel and straddled over the deflection wheels. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100163347 | ELEVATOR ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD - Arrangement and method for the construction-time use of an elevator, which arrangement comprises an elevator car ( | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100175952 | NOISE CONTROL STRATEGY FOR AN ELEVATOR SYSTEM - A method of controlling noise noticeable within an elevator car ( | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100200337 | Elevator - Elevator, preferably an elevator without machine room. In the elevator, a hoisting machine engages a set of hoisting ropes by means of a traction sheave. The set of hoisting ropes comprises hoisting ropes of substantially circular cross-section. The hoisting ropes support a counterweight and an elevator car moving on their respective tracks. The hoisting rope has a thickness below 8 mm and/or the diameter of the traction sheave is smaller than 320 mm. The contact angle between the hoisting rope or hoisting ropes and the traction sheave is larger than 180°. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100243378 | ELEVATOR HAVING A SUSPENSION - An elevator includes a car, a counterweight, a suspension working together with the car and the counterweight, and a wheel at least partially wound around by the suspension, wherein the suspension comprises a tie beam arrangement made of two tie beams and a shell encasing the tie beam arrangement, said shell comprising a longitudinal structure in an area of an outer surface partially winding around the wheel, and wherein the ratio of the width of the suspension to the height thereof is greater than one and less than or equal to three. The wheel comprises a groove for guiding the suspension on the sides, in which the suspension is at least partially received, and the groove floor thereof being formed flat. The shell is coated, at least in areas, on the outer surface thereof, wherein the coating optionally has a friction-reducing, friction-increasing, and/or wear-reducing effect. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110000746 | ROPE FOR A HOISTING DEVICE, ELEVATOR AND USE - A hoisting device rope has a width larger than a thickness thereof in a transverse direction of the rope. The rope includes a load-bearing part made of a composite material, said composite material comprising non-metallic reinforcing fibers, which include carbon fiber or glass fiber, in a polymer matrix. An elevator includes a drive sheave, an elevator car and a rope system for moving the elevator car by means of the drive sheave. The rope system includes at least one rope that has a width that is larger than a thickness thereof in a transverse direction of the rope. The rope includes a load-bearing part made of a composite material. The composite material includes reinforcing fibers in a polymer matrix. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110061976 | Battery counterweighted elevator - The battery counterweighted elevator is adapted for rack and pinion or cable traction elevators. The elevator uses electrical power from a solar cell array to charge or recharge storage batteries, which, in turn, provide the electrical power to drive the elevator. The storage batteries serve as counterweights for at least a substantial portion of the weight of the elevator car, and travel up and down opposite the car. A traveling cable connects the elevator car with the batteries in the counterweight in the case of the rack and pinion elevator, with the cable providing power to the drive motor situated with the car and also providing control of the system from the car. The cable traction elevator has a traveling control cable extending to a fixed junction box, with power supplied from the batteries to the junction box and thence to the fixed motor at the top of the hoistway. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110108367 | GUIDING APPARATUS OF CAR AND COUNTERWEIGHT OF ELEVATOR - An elevator includes a pair of vertical shafts, each of which have a vertical first rail and a vertical second rail; a car engaged with the first rails of the shafts that the car moves along the shafts; a counterweight engaged with the second rails of the shafts that the counterweight moves along the shafts; and a driving unit having ropes with opposite ends connected to the car and the counterweight to drive the car to move. The elevator of the present invention only has the shafts to guide both of the car and the counterweight that there may be more space for the car to provide a great capacity in the same hoistway. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110132694 | ELEVATOR - A fixing point arranged at a guide rail consists substantially of a slide, which is movable along the guide rail and which is guided by guide shoes at the free limb of the guide rail and carries a yoke. A bracket, at which a damping element is supported, is arranged at the guide rail. The end of a belt is held by a connecting element, which in turn is suspended by a tie rod and nuts at the yoke. In the case of an emergency stop situation in which the brake of the drive unit retards the elevator car to standstill, the retardation forces arising in that case are transmitted by belt, connecting element and tie rod to the yoke, wherein the retardation forces produce a displacement of the slide downwardly into the spring-stressed position against the damping capability of the damping element. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110147129 | SUPPLEMENTAL ELEVATOR BRAKE AND RETROFITTING INSTALLATION PROCEDURE - An exemplary method of retrofitting a brake onto an elevator machine that was previously installed in an elevator system includes selecting a surface of the elevator machine that rotates as a sheave of the machine rotates. A braking surface is provided on the selected surface. At least one brake member is installed in a position to selectively engage the braking surface. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110192683 | ELEVATOR SYSTEM WITH SUPPORT MEANS STATE DETECTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A STATE OF A SUPPORT MEANS - The invention relates to an elevator system having an elevator car, a load carrier for holding and/or moving the elevator car, and a detector device for detecting a condition of the load carrier, the detector device having an ultrasonic emitter for generating and coupling ultrasonic waves into the load carrier and for generating ultrasonic waves in the load carrier, and an ultrasonic receiver for detecting ultrasonic waves of the load carrier. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110266097 | ELEVATOR - Elevator, preferably a passenger elevator, which comprises an elevator car, and at least one hoisting rope for moving and supporting the elevator car, a traction sheave that acts on the hoisting rope, and a power source for rotating the traction sheave. The counterweight of the elevator comprises a brake for decelerating and/or preventing at least upward movement of the counterweight. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110272215 | ECCENTRICALLY SUSPENDED ELEVATOR CAR - An elevator system has at least one elevator car and at least one counterweight which are displaced in opposing directions along at least one guide track in an elevator shaft by a supporting and driving apparatus that is guided by a drive pulley of a drive. The supporting and driving apparatus is fastened directly to the elevator car eccentrically with respect to a center of gravity of the elevator car so that a tilting or load moment results thereby, wherein the tilting or load moment can be compensated by a compensation device. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110290592 | ELEVATOR PROVIDED WITH LOCKING APPARATUS TO PREVENT MOVEMENT OF THE ELEVATOR CAR AND LOCKING APPARATUS TO PREVENT MOVEMENT OF THE ELEVATOR CAR - An elevator and a locking apparatus for preventing rotational movement of the traction sheave of the elevator are provided. The elevator includes at least a hoisting machine provided with a traction sheave, a frame and at least one brake. A holding device is disposed in connection with the hoisting machine, which holding device is arranged to prevent rotational movement of the traction sheave. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110303493 | BRAKE TORQUE CONTROL - An exemplary brake device includes a brake element configured to apply a braking force to resist rotation of an associated component. A mounting member is configured to mount the brake device to a stationary surface. The mounting member is at least partially moveable relative to the stationary surface responsive to a torque on the brake device. A sensor provides an indication of a force associated with any movement of the mounting member relative to the stationary surface responsive to the torque. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120037459 | TRACTIVE DEVICE FOR AN ELEVATOR SYSTEM - The object is achieved, according to the invention, in that the traction device ( | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120061188 | METAL ROPE, ELEVATOR PROVIDED WITH METAL ROPE, AND USE OF LUBRICANT FOR LUBRICATING THE METAL ROPE - The object of the invention is a traction sheave elevator and a rope ( | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120085593 | GRAVITY DRIVEN START PHASE IN POWER LIMITED ELEVATOR RESCUE OPERATION - When main power to an elevator system | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120211310 | ELEVATOR SYSTEM AND LOAD BEARING MEMBER FOR SUCH A SYSTEM - An elevator system has a suspension member for supporting and/or moving an elevator car and being guided and driven by a traction sheave of a drive unit. The suspension member is a cord or rope that includes a body made of a polymer and at least one tension member made of wires extending in the longitudinal direction of and embedded in the body. A thickest wire in the tension member has a bending stress σb in a range from 350 N/mm | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120312637 | METAL ROPE, ELEVATOR PROVIDED WITH METAL ROPE, AND USE OF LUBRICANT FOR LUBRICATING THE METAL ROPE - The object of the invention is a traction sheave elevator and a rope that contains metal as a load-bearing material, such as the suspension rope of an elevator, which rope comprises at least one or more strands laid from metal wires and which rope is lubricated with a lubricant. Another object is the use of the aforementioned lubricant for lubricating the rope. The lubricant comprises at least oil and thickener, which thickener in the lubricant comprises at least 10% or more of the mass of the lubricant. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120318615 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OR MODERNIZING A TRACTION SHEAVE ELEVATOR, AND TRACTION SHEAVE ELEVATOR - The object of the invention is a method for modernizing an elevator, and a traction sheave elevator, which elevator comprises at least an elevator car and a traction sheave that moves the elevator car by means of elevator ropes, the rim of which traction sheave comprises one or more rope grooves. In connection with modernization a traction sheave is installed as the traction sheave of the elevator, the rope grooves of which traction sheave comprise a material, the frictive traction achieved by which is greater than the frictive traction between the parent material of the metallic traction sheave and the elevator ropes. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20130001020 | SAFETY DEVICE FOR ELEVATOR AND ROPE SLIP DETECTION METHOD - In a safety system for an elevator, slip detection means detects a slip between a drive sheave and a main rope. A safety gear is mounted to a car, the safety gear being electrically operated by an actuator to cause the car to make an emergency stop regardless of whether a running direction of the car is upward or downward. A safety gear controller cuts power supply to a hoisting machine motor and causes the safety gear to make a braking operation upon detection of the slip between the drive sheave and the main rope by the slip detection means. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130037353 | Traction member having traction control - A traction member for use with driving pulleys, consisting of one or more load-bearing elements and a plastics part which is arranged between the load-bearing elements and a force-transmission surface of the traction member. The overall friction value results from the fact that the force-transmission surface, which comes into contact with the driving pulley, has at least two regions, and that these regions are formed from different materials A and B having different coefficients of friction. The regions are in the form of strips in the longitudinal direction of the traction member. The carrier material A is softer and has a higher coefficient of friction and the further materials B | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130081904 | FIXING ARRANGEMENT FOR A HOISTING MACHINE, AND ELEVATOR ASSEMBLY - The invention relates to a fixing arrangement of a hoisting machine, in which arrangement the hoisting machine comprises a stationary structure as well as a rotating structure; which rotating structure comprises a traction sheave, which comprises a traction surface for exerting a force effect; and in which fixing arrangement the hoisting machine is fixed with fixing means to an elongated support structure such that the hoisting machine is fixed to the support structure from at least two points that are situated apart in the width direction (w) of the support structure for damping the vibration caused by the operation of the hoisting machine. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130126275 | Cabling Configuration for Railless Elevators - An elevator including a car is arranged in a shaft. A set of compensator cables are attached to a bottom of the car and engaged with a compensator drum. A set of hoist cables are attached to a top of the car and engaged with a hoist drum to move the car vertically in the shaft, wherein the set of compensator cables and the set of hoist cables are configured to only move the car vertically. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130206516 | ROPE OF A LIFTING DEVICE, AN ELEVATOR AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ROPE - A rope of a lifting device, more particularly of a passenger transport elevator and/or freight transport elevator, an elevator, and a method for manufacturing the rope are disclosed. The rope includes an unbroken load-bearing part, the profile of which is essentially of rectangular shape, and the width of the cross-section is greater than the thickness and which load-bearing part comprises glass fiber reinforcements and/or aramid fiber reinforcements and/or carbon fiber reinforcements and/or polybenzoxazole fiber reinforcements and/or polyethylene fiber reinforcements and/or nylon fiber reinforcements in a polymer matrix material. The long sides of the cross-section of the load-bearing part include one or more grooves symmetrically or asymmetrically in the longitudinal direction of the rope, which grooves divide the load-bearing part into smaller parts. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130220739 | ELEVATOR APPARATUS - In an elevator apparatus, a car is suspended by a suspending means. The car is raised and lowered by a driving apparatus by means of the suspending means. The car is braked by a braking apparatus. An abnormal acceleration detecting mechanism operates the braking apparatus to stop the car if acceleration that exceeds a preset set value arises in the car. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130248297 | SLACK SENSOR FOR A STORAGE LIBRARY - Systems and methods are described for providing sensing slack on cabling coupled between a drive mechanism and a carriage. Embodiments of the carriage are configured so that the cables are substantially in tension when Z-directional movement of the carriage is substantially unimpeded and at least one cable manifests slack when Z-directional movement is impeded. Accordingly, detecting slack on the cables can be used to detect impedance to Z-directional movement of the carriage. According to some embodiments, a novel slack sensor translates tension on the cables into a forward pulling force that holds the slack sensor in a deactivated state. A reverse force is maintained on the slack sensor in a magnitude and direction that causes the slack sensor to move to an activated state whenever sufficient tension is not manifest on the cables. Slack can thus be detected by detecting when the slack sensor is in its activated state. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130292211 | System And Method For Reducing Belt Noise - The present invention is directed to an elevator system. The elevator system comprises a car, a counterweight, at least one belt connecting the car and counterweight, and at least one sheave having a surface that engages with the belt. At least part of the surface of the sheave that interfaces with the belt has a plurality of features for reducing unwanted noise created due to the interaction between the belt and the sheave surface. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20140008154 | ELEVATOR TENSION MEMBER - A belt for suspending or driving an elevator car includes a plurality of wires arranged into one or more cords; and a jacket substantially retaining the one or more cords. At least one of the one or more cords includes a plurality of non-load bearing filler filaments interposed between adjacent wires of the plurality of wires. An elevator system includes an elevator car, one or more sheaves, and one or more belts operably connected to the car and interactive with the one or more sheaves for suspending or driving the elevator car. Each belt of the one or more belts includes a plurality of wires arranged into one or more cords and a jacket substantially retaining the one or more cords. At least one of the one or more cords includes a plurality of non-load bearing filler filaments interposed between adjacent wires of the plurality of wires. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140027207 | ELEVATOR SYSTEM INCLUDING A 4:1 ROPING ARRANGEMENT - An exemplary elevator system includes an elevator car. A plurality of belts are situated relative to the elevator car such that movement of the belts for causing movement of the elevator car is approximately four times a corresponding movement of the elevator car. First, second, third and fourth sheaves are supported for vertical movement with the elevator car and rotational movement relative to the elevator car. Each belt has a portion extending across the elevator car between the first and second sheaves that is vertically aligned with another portion of the same belt extending across the elevator car between the third and fourth sheaves. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140076669 | Elevator Tension Member - Elevator tension members are disclosed. The disclosed tension member longitudinally extends along a longitudinal axis and includes a plurality of fibers formed into one or more primary strands or cords extending parallel to the longitudinal axis and a plurality of fibers formed into one or more secondary strands or cords extending parallel to the longitudinal axis and through less than the full length of the belt, and a jacket retaining the primary and secondary strands or cords. The secondary strands or cords have a tensile modulus greater than a tensile modulus of the jacket and less than a tensile modulus of the primary strands or cords. Methods of making the tension member are also disclosed. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140110194 | MINING ELEVATOR - A mine elevator is provided having an anti-explosion traction system, an anti-explosion lift car protection system, a flexible guide rail guiding system, a compound lift car, and a counterweight system. The anti-explosion traction system comprises a traction rope tension regulating device, an anti-explosion traction machine, and an anti-explosion control cabinet. The anti-explosion lift car protection system comprises a rope holder, a speed limiter, two hydraulic buffers, a safety clamp, a brake rope, and a brake rope tension buffer device. The flexible guide rail guiding system comprises a steel wire rope guide rail, a guide rail tension device connected to the steel wire rope guide rail and fixed to the an upper platform, a guide rail connection device connected to the steel wire rope guide rail and fixed to a lower platform, and a flexible guide rail guide sleeve fixed to the compound lift car and the counterweight system. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140124301 | ELEVATOR - An elevator may include an elevator car; a traction sheave that comprises a plurality of grooves; a hoisting machine configured to drive the traction sheave; and a plurality of beltless hoisting ropes configured to interact with the traction sheave to move the elevator car. An overall contact between the traction sheave and the hoisting ropes may exceed a contact angle of 180°. A diameter of the traction sheave may be less than 320 mm. The hoisting ropes may include a load-bearing part twisted from steel wires. A thickness of the load-bearing part twisted from the steel wires may be less than 8 mm. Each of the hoisting ropes may further include an individual exterior coating. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140182976 | ELEVATOR - An elevator includes an elevator car and a counterweight; a first roping between the elevator car and counterweight and including at least one rope; a second roping between the elevator car and counterweight and including at least one rope; and a rope wheel arrangement, having at least one rope wheel, around which the at least one rope of the second roping passes. The longitudinal force transmission capability of the at least one rope of the second roping is based essentially on non-metallic fibers and is a belt-like rope having at least one contoured side provided with guide rib(s) and/or guide groove(s) oriented in the longitudinal direction of the rope, the side being fitted to pass against a contoured circumference of a rope wheel of the rope wheel arrangement, the circumference being provided with guide rib(s) and/or guide groove(s) so as to form a counterpart for the contoured side of the rope. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140202797 | REDUCING OVER-TRACTION IN AN ELEVATOR - An elevator installation has a car, a counterweight, a traction device interconnecting the car and the counterweight, a motor and a traction sheave engaging the traction device. The elevator installation is monitored for over-traction and an air cushion is created between the traction sheave and the traction device when over-traction is detected. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140246275 | TRACTION SHEAVE ELEVATOR - The invention relates to a traction sheave elevator comprising a drive machine having an output shaft which is connected to the traction sheave via an endless drive member, whereby
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| 20140251735 | DOOR SILL UNIT AND METHOD FOR AN ELEVATOR LANDING DOOR UNIT - The door sill unit includes a bottom support, a support construction extending upwards from the bottom support and a support member being supported by a pivot on the support construction so that the support member can be rotated around the pivot between a first position and a second position. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140291075 | BRAKE AND AN ELEVATOR - A brake comprising a frame, a braking member mounted on the frame movably between braking position and released position, and a rotatable lever mounted on the frame, the lever being functionally connected to the braking member such that movement of the lever axially away from frame moves the braking member towards released position. At least one cylindrical roller is mounted on one of the brake frame and lever, to be positioned between the brake frame and the lever, and the other of the brake frame and lever comprises a recess for receiving said cylindrical roller, and in that rotation of the lever is configured to cause said cylindrical roller to roll outwards from the recess along an edge portion of the recess forcing the lever to move axially away from the frame, thereby causing the braking member to move towards released position. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140305744 | ROPE OF A LIFTING DEVICE, A ROPE ARRANGEMENT, AN ELEVATOR AND A CONDITION MONITORING METHOD FOR THE ROPE OF A LIFTING DEVICE - In a rope of a lifting device, particularly of a passenger transport elevator and/or freight transport elevator, the width of which rope is greater than the thickness in the transverse direction of the rope, which rope includes a load-bearing part in the longitudinal direction of the rope, which load-bearing part includes carbon-fiber reinforced, aramid-fiber reinforced and/or glass-fiber reinforced composite material in a polymer matrix, and which rope includes one or more optical fibers and/or fiber bundles in connection with the load-bearing part and the optical fiber and/or fiber bundle is laminated inside the load-bearing part and/or the optical fiber and/or fiber bundle is glued onto the surface of the load-bearing part and/or and that the optical fiber and/or fiber bundle is embedded or glued into the polymer envelope surrounding the load-bearing part, as well as to a condition monitoring method for the rope of a lifting device. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140345978 | TRAVELLING CABLE OF AN ELEVATOR, AND AN ELEVATOR - A travelling cable of an elevator, more particularly of a passenger transport elevator and/or freight transport elevator, includes a protective envelope, conductors for transmitting electrical energy and data between the elevator car and the elevator hoistway, and one or more load-bearing bearer parts of essentially the length of the travelling cable for fixing the travelling cable at its first end to the elevator car and at its second end to the elevator hoistway, and which bearer part includes glass-fiber reinforcements and/or aramid-fiber reinforcements and/or carbon-fiber reinforcements and/or polybenzoxazole-fiber reinforcements and/or polyethylene-fiber reinforcements and/or nylon-fiber reinforcements in a polymer matrix material. An elevator includes the travelling cable. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140353089 | VEHICLE ELEVATOR SYSTEM - A vehicle elevator system including a transport platform for transporting a vehicle to and from a parking floor in a multi-story parking facility; a hoisting element attached at one end to the transport platform and at another end to a counterweight; a motor-driven hoist transport element to impart motion to the hoisting element; a tensed cable attached at one end to the transport platform and at another end to the counterweight; and a pulley to allow sliding motion of the tensed cable. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140374195 | ROPE FOR LIFTING AND AN ELEVATOR COMPRISING THE ROPE | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150027815 | TRACTION MACHINE BASE OF ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR DEVICE - A traction machine base includes a top member, a bottom member, a bottom member, first bolts, and second bolts. The top member is intended for supporting a traction machine. A plurality of attachment holes for fixing the top member are formed in the bottom member. A plurality of attachment holes for fixing the top member are formed in the bottom member. The first bolts pass through the attachment holes and fix the top member to the bottom member. The second bolts pass through the attachment holes and fix the top member to the bottom member. The top member is fixed to the bottom member using a smaller number of the first bolts than the number of the attachment holes. The top member is fixed to the bottom member using a smaller number of the second bolts than the number of the attachment holes. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150041256 | ELEVATOR APPARATUS - In an elevator apparatus, an abnormal acceleration detecting mechanism includes a mass body that operates in connection with movement of the car, the abnormal acceleration detecting mechanism operating a safety device using a force of inertia that is generated by the mass body if an acceleration that exceeds a predetermined set value arises in a car. A breakage detecting means detects breakage of a suspending means that suspends the car. A resistance force applying apparatus applies a resistance force to a mechanism for activating the safety device such that the resistance force is applied when breakage of the suspending means is not detected by the breakage detecting means and the resistance force is reduced if breakage of the suspending means is detected by the breakage detecting means. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150083525 | METHOD OF INSTALLING A MACHINE IN AN ELEVATOR SYSTEM - A method for installing an elevator drive machine in a machine room-less elevator system is provided. A drive machine assembly is fastened to a counterweight. The counterweight is then lifted vertically along a set of counterweight guide rails to the top of the hoistway. There, the drive machine assembly is mounted to the ends of the counterweight guide rails. Once in place, the drive machine assembly is then disconnected from the counterweight. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150101889 | ROPE TERMINAL ASSEMBLY AND AN ELEVATOR - A rope terminal assembly of an elevator fixes an elevator rope to a fixing base such as an elevator unit, said elevator being suitable for transporting passengers and/or goods, which assembly includes at least the following components: an elevator rope, whose width is larger than its thickness in a rope transverse direction, with at least one end having an end face, one or more wedge elements, and a wedge housing, the rope terminal assembly including a rope gap through which said elevator rope passes and said wedge element is arranged to wedge between said rope and said wedge housing thus locking said elevator rope in the gap, and at least one component of the rope terminal assembly made of fiber reinforced polymer composite material, and an elevator. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150144432 | ELEVATOR ROPE AND ELEVATOR APPARATUS THAT USES SAME - In an elevator rope, an inner layer rope has: an inner layer rope fiber core; a plurality of inner layer strands; and a resin inner layer rope coating body that is coated onto an outer circumference. Inner layer strands are twisted together on an outer circumference of the inner layer rope fiber core. The inner layer strands have: an inner layer strand fiber core that is disposed centrally; and a plurality of steel inner layer strand wires that are twisted together on an outer circumference of the inner layer strand fiber core. In addition, a plurality of steel outer layer strands are twisted together on an outer circumference of the inner layer rope. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150291395 | SYSTEM INCLUDING STRUCTURALLY INDEPENDENT ELEVATOR MACHINE GUIDERAIL MOUNTS - An elevator system is provided that includes a car guiderail, a first counterweight guiderail, a second counterweight guiderail, an elevator machine, a first guiderail mount and a second guiderail mount. The elevator machine includes a frame, a motor, a brake and a sheave. The first guiderail mount structurally connects the frame to the first and the second counterweight guiderails. The second guiderail mount structurally connects the frame to the car guiderail independent of the first guiderail mount. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150298940 | ELEVATOR SYSTEM FOR A BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION - The invention relates to an elevator system ( | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150307321 | Elevator Hoisting Member and Method of Use - A hoisting member for an elevator system includes a core having strength components embedded in a matrix material. A coating can surround the core to protect the core and control the coefficient of friction of the outer surface based on a range of desired friction properties to prevent or inhibit slippage of the hoisting member when used in a traction elevator system. The strength components may be made from carbon nanotube material with the matrix material made from a polymer material. The hoisting member may also include other conductive material or fiber optic material. The hoisting member may also serve as the trailing cable in an elevator system. In doing so the hosting member transmits power and data between the elevator car and the elevator controller thereby eliminating the need for a traditional trailing cable. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150307322 | TRAVELLING CABLE CLAMP ASSEMBLY, AN ELEVATOR ARRANGEMENT, AND A METHOD - The present disclosure is related to a travelling cable clamp assembly fixing an elevator travelling cable to a fixing base, such as to a first movable support structure in the hoistway for supporting said at least one elevator unit movable in the hoistway, including at least an elevator car. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150314989 | Material Lift Hoist Assembly - The present invention provides a safe, self-supporting, and a secure material lift assembly. The material lift assembly comprises a hollow central pole having a track for raising a load bearing platform on the track. The track is connected to a cable running inside the central pole having its one end connected to a motor and the second end connected to the track. The load bearing platform is attached to the central poles through a hinge assembly having a plurality of hinge parts and pins preventing the lateral movement of the platform when the hinge assembly is connected through pins and allowing the swivel movement of the platform when the pins are removed. The load-bearing platform is tiltable in three different directions and may swing inside a building facilitating safe and convenient material transport. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150314990 | DOUBLE-DECKER ELEVATOR WITH ADJUSTABLE INTER-CAR SPACING - An elevator installation has an elevator car carrier that can be displaced in a travel space, a first elevator car arranged on the carrier in an adjustable manner, and a second elevator car arranged on the carrier. A drive unit on the carrier drives a traction device to adjust the first elevator car relative to the carrier. The traction device forms a closed loop and is guided over a drive roller and at least one guide roller, which rollers are arranged on the carrier. The guide roller is displaceable on the carrier to set tensioning of the traction device. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150329319 | ELEVATOR - The invention relates to an elevator comprising
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| 20150344267 | ELEVATOR - The invention relates to an elevator comprising
| 12-03-2015 |
| 20150353325 | MACHINE FOR DRIVING A LIFT - An electrical machine for driving a pulley, including: a shaft whereon the pulley is mounted; a motor for driving the shaft; at least one brake; a first front bearing for supporting the motor, the first front bearing being arranged on one side of the pulley, carrying a front ball bearing and being supported by at least one damping element; and a second front bearing arranged on the opposite side, carrying at least one ball bearing and supported by at least one damping element. The machine does not contain a rigid connection between the first front bearing for supporting the motor and the second front bearing. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150375960 | BRAKE, AND ELEVATOR SYSTEM - A brake, which includes a frame part of the brake, an armature part movably supported on the frame part, and attached to the frame part a limit switch, the switching state of which changes when movement is exerted on the limit switch in the operating direction of the limit switch. The brake also includes a measuring pin that is movably supported on the frame part of the brake and that is separate from the armature part, which measuring pin is connected to the limit switch. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150375963 | ELEVATOR CORD HEALTH MONITORING - A method of fault detection of a belt or rope includes connecting a fault detection unit to at least a portion of a belt or rope including a plurality of wires arranged in a plurality of strands and/or cords. At least the portion of the belt or rope is subjected to an AC voltage of high frequency range and an electrical impedance of the portion of the belt or rope is measured via the fault detection unit. Using at least the measured electrical impedance of the portion of the belt or rope, a fault condition of the belt or rope is determined. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160002006 | ELEVATOR CORD HEALTH MONITORING - A method of fault detection of a belt or rope includes interconnecting a plurality of cords of the belt or rope, the cords including a plurality of wires, to form a bridge circuit. A fault detection bridge circuit is subjected to a voltage excitation and outputs a voltage which is indicative of the belt or rope damage but remaining insensitive to other environmental noises. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160023864 | ACTIVE DAMPING OF VERTICAL OSCILLATION OF A HOVERING ELEVATOR CAR - A system and a method are provided for damping vertical oscillations of an elevator car hovering at an elevator landing. The system includes a sensor, a controller and an elevator machine connected to a traction sheave. The sensor is adapted to provide a sensor signal indicative of rotation of the traction sheave, wherein the rotation of the traction sheave corresponds to the vertical oscillations of the hovering elevator car. The controller is adapted to provide a control signal based on the sensor signal. The elevator machine is adapted to reduce the vertical oscillations of the hovering elevator car by controlling the rotation of the traction sheave based on the control signal. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160031674 | BRAKING APPARATUS AND ELEVATOR HOISTING MACHINE THAT USES SAME - In a braking apparatus, a buffering member that is formed using a flexible material is disposed between a fixed portion and a movable portion. An accommodating recess portion that accommodates and holds the buffering member is disposed on a buffering member holding portion that includes at least one of the fixed portion and the movable portion. An opening portion that communicates with an external portion of the buffering member holding portion is disposed on a portion of a side surface of the accommodating recess portion. The buffering member is removable from and insertable into the accommodating recess portion through the opening portion from a direction that is perpendicular to a direction of displacement of the movable portion. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160031677 | ELEVATOR - An elevator includes a car and a counterweight suspended on hoisting ropes which are driven by a drive machine. The counterweight has a first side facing the elevator car path and a second side opposite to the car path. The counterweight includes at least one connecting passage between the first and second side of the counterweight. With this solution, air pressure built between the car and the counterweight when passing in the elevator shaft is reduced and the travel comfort is improved. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160039637 | BRAKING APPARATUS, ELEVATOR HOISTING MACHINE THAT USES SAME, AND BUFFERING REACTION FORCE ADJUSTING METHOD FOR A BRAKING APPARATUS - In a braking apparatus, a forcing device forces a movable portion in a direction that places a friction member in contact with a rotating body. A braking force releasing device displaces the movable portion in a direction in which the friction member separates from the rotating body in opposition to the forcing device. A buffering member is disposed between a fixed portion and the movable portion, and is made of a flexible material. A deforming device deforms the buffering member by pressing the buffering member in a direction that is perpendicular to the direction of displacement of the movable portion. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160039640 | TRACTION SHEAVE FOR ELEVATOR SYSTEM - A traction sheave for an elevator system includes an outer sheave surface having a distance from a sheave axis that varies along a width of the traction sheave. The outer sheave surface includes a first portion having a first coefficient of friction and one or more second portions having a second coefficient of friction less than the first coefficient of friction. An elevator system includes an elevator car, a motor and a traction sheave operably connected to the motor to drive rotation of the traction sheave. The traction sheave includes an outer sheave surface having a distance from a sheave axis that varies along a width of the traction sheave. The outer surface includes a first portion having a first coefficient of friction and one or more second portions having a second coefficient of friction less than the first coefficient of friction. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160046463 | ELEVATOR - An elevator comprising | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160075536 | DRIVE MACHINE FOR AN ELEVATOR AND AN ELEVATOR - A drive machine for an elevator includes a motor module including at least a motor, a drive shaft, and a first transmission wheel, which are provided with a common rotational axis and connected coaxially to each other. The drive machine further includes a traction module including at least a traction wheel engageable with elevator hoisting ropes, and a second transmission wheel, which are provided with a common rotational axis and connected coaxially to each other. The motor module and the traction module are positioned side by side with their rotational axes parallel, such that the traction wheel and the drive shaft are side by side, and the first and second transmission wheels are side by side. The drive machine further includes an endless drive member passing around the first and second transmission wheels. An elevator comprising said drive machine is also disclosed. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160101963 | BRAKE CONTROLLER AND AN ELEVATOR SYSTEM - A brake controller and an elevator system including the brake controller are disclosed. The brake controller includes a DC link for supplying power, the DC link including a positive DC link rail and a negative DC link rail; output terminals for connecting to a magnetizing coil of an electromagnetic brake; a current path established between the DC link and the output terminals for conducting DC link power to the magnetizing coil; and two solid-state switches fitted into the current path. Both solid-state switches are configured to adjust output terminal voltage by modulating the DC link voltage. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160101965 | ELEVATOR WITH LOW OVERHEAD AND LOW PIT - Embodiments are directed to obtaining an elevator with low overhead space and low pit space by positioning a car of the elevator to have a space from a vertical wall of a hoist-way, mounting a governor in the space between the car and the wall, and mounting a sheave to the car, wherein the sheave is positioned in a projection of the car to the wall. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160101966 | ELEVATOR MACHINE WITH RECESSED BEARINGS - Embodiments are directed reducing the size of an elevator machine by establishing an envelope associated with a sheave of the machine, and recessing at least one bearing associated with the machine at least partially within the envelope. Embodiments are directed to an elevator machine comprising a motor, a sheave, and a plurality of bearings recessed at least partially within an envelope of at least one of the motor and sheave. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160126810 | COOLING OF MACHINE FOR ELEVATOR SYSTEM - In one embodiment, an electric machine includes a rotor including a plurality of permanent magnets and rotatable about a central axis of the machine. The machine further includes a stator including a cylindrical stator shell and a plurality of stator windings positioned at the stator shell and located radially inboard of the plurality of permanent magnets. A plurality of heat sink segments are secured to a radially inboard surface of the stator shell. Each heat sink segment of the plurality of heat sink segments includes a base portion located at the radially inboard surface and a plurality of fins extending radially inwardly from the base portion. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160145074 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR - A method for controlling an elevator includes controlling the speed of a vertically moving elevator car during its run from a starting landing to a destination landing according to speed settings, the speed settings defining a constant target speed for the elevator car. The method includes obtaining measurement data of the ongoing run, which measurement data describes vertical speed and/or vertical acceleration of the vertically moving elevator car, determining whether the measurement data meets one or more predetermined criteria indicating unintended vertical speed and/or unintended vertical acceleration, and changing the speed settings of the current run by lowering the constant target speed from a first constant target speed to a second constant target speed if the measurement data meets said one or more predetermined criteria, continuing the run without intermediate stops to said destination landing. An elevator is provided to implement the method. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160152443 | ELEVATOR ROPE AND ELEVATOR APPARATUS THAT USES SAME | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160159614 | ELEVATOR CAR - The object of the invention is an elevator car intended for transporting people and freight, in an elevator wherein the elevator car is supported resting on suspension members and arranged movably in an elevator hoistway when moved by a hoisting machine. At least the floor and roof of the elevator car are composed of dimensionally precise modular elements fabricated by casting, extruding and/or pressing into their shapes and dimensions. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160200550 | CABLE CLAMP, AND LIFT SYSTEM HAVING A CABLE CLAMP | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160251203 | COOLING OF MACHINE FOR ELEVATOR SYSTEM | 09-01-2016 |
| 20180022578 | TENSION MEMBER FOR ELEVATOR SYSTEM | 01-25-2018 |
