Patent ID: 9676594
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: B66B,Y10T

Claim:
1. An anti-rotation system for an elevator system that includes an elevator shaft, elevator suspension cables, and a mechanical room, the anti-rotation system comprising: a plurality of elevator suspension cables; a hitch plate disposed on a floor of the mechanical room and at a top of the elevator shaft; a plurality of cable shackles, each cable shackle including a cable locking mechanism on a first end thereof configured to lock one of the elevator suspension cables and a threaded rod on a second end thereof configured to extend through the hitch plate from the elevator shaft to the mechanical room; and a plurality of anti-rotation devices, each anti-rotation device being fixed to the threaded rod of one of the plurality of cable shackles in the mechanical room, and each anti-rotation device being connected to at least one other anti-rotation device, whereby rotation of cable shackles is prevented, each anti-rotation device comprising: wherein the threaded rod includes a transverse hole, and the anti-rotation system further comprises a bolt that is configured to extend through the second aperture of the anti-rotation device and the transverse hole of the threaded rod.