Patent ID: 9663326
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: B66B

Claim:
1. A safety brake for an elevator installation with a travel body movable along at least one of a guide rail and a brake rail in an elevator shaft, wherein the safety brake brakes and fixes the travel body at the rail when required, the safety brake comprising: a brake body having a first brake element and a second brake element, wherein the first and second brake elements are movable independently of one another and the first brake element is for braking and fixing only in case of movement of the travel body along the rail in an upward direction and wherein the second brake element is for braking and fixing only in case of movement of the travel body along the rail in a downward direction an axle arranged at the brake body, the first brake element and the second brake element being pivotable about the axle; and wherein the first brake element and the second brake element are coupled together to be freely rotatable about the axle relative to one another within a predetermined displacement angle.