Patent ID: 9695012
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: B66B

Claim:
1. An elevator comprising: a car and a counterweight which are at least partly suspended on hoisting ropes and a drive machine driving a traction sheave engaging the hoisting ropes for moving the car in an elevator shaft; and a compensation rope, wherein the compensation rope is led upwards to an upper part of the elevator shaft and from there aside to a balancing area located aside of the travel paths of the car and counterweight, wherein a first part of the compensation rope connected with one of the car and counterweight and a second part of the compensation rope connected with the other of the car and counterweight are led upwards to an upper part of the elevator shaft where they are guided over a first upper diverting pulley and a second upper diverting pulley, respectively, wherein the first part of the compensation rope and the second part of the compensation rope are guided via the corresponding first upper diverting pulley and the second upper diverting pulley to the balancing area and in the balancing area downwards to a third balancing part of the compensation rope connecting the first part of the compensation rope and the second part of the compensation rope.