Patent ID: 9604820
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: B66B

Claim:
1. A method in the manufacture of an elevator, which elevator comprises, during a construction-time, an elevator hoistway, an elevator car, hoisting roping for supporting and moving the elevator car during use of the elevator car, a supporting structure movable in a vertical direction for supporting the elevator car below it in the elevator hoistway, which supporting structure comprises: in which method plurality of lifts are performed, in each of which lifts the supporting structure is lifted higher up in the elevator hoistway, while the plurality of support elements is in the retracted position, after which the plurality of support elements is displaced into the extended position and the supporting structure is lowered to rest on top of the structures of the building, whereby the supporting structure is supported by the plurality of support elements in the extended position for a vertical support of the supporting structure in the elevator hoistway, in which method, between lifts, the elevator car is used for transporting passengers and/or freight between floors, wherein the plurality of support elements is above the rope pulley and hoisting roping.