Patent ID: 9617119
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: B66B

Claim:
1. An elevator apparatus comprising: a car on which first and second car suspending sheaves are disposed, and that is raised and lowered inside a hoistway; first and second car guide rails that are installed inside the hoistway so as to guide the raising and lowering of the car, each of the first and second car guide rails having a front surface that faces the car and a back surface that faces away from the car; a counterweight on which a counterweight suspending sheave is disposed, and that is raised and lowered inside the hoistway; first and second counterweight guide rails that are installed inside the hoistway so as to guide the raising and lowering of the counterweight; a hoisting machine that includes: the hoisting machine being disposed in an upper portion inside the hoistway so as to raise and lower the car and the counterweight; a suspending means that includes a car-side end portion and a counterweight-side end portion, and that is wound sequentially around the first car suspending sheave, the second car suspending sheave, the driving sheave, and the counterweight suspending sheave to suspend the car and the counterweight; a car-side rope fastener portion that is disposed in the upper portion inside the hoistway, and to which the car-side end portion is connected; and a counterweight-side rope fastener portion that is disposed in the upper portion inside the hoistway, and to which the counterweight-side end portion is connected, wherein: the second car suspending sheave, the driving sheave, and the counterweight suspending sheave are disposed on a first side of a car guide rail center line that connects the first and second car guide rails when viewed from directly above; a portion of the motor portion is disposed between the back surface of the second car guide rail and a hoistway side wall; and the driving sheave is disposed so as to overlap with the second car guide rail when viewed from a landing side.