Patent ID: 7543685
Filing Date: 2009-06-09
Classification: B66B

Abstract:
1. An elevator having an elevator car and a counterweight movable in an elevator shaft, a supporting and driving device connecting the car and the counterweight is guided over redirecting rollers and an elevator drive that drives the supporting and connecting device to move the elevator car and the counterweight comprising: a mechanical drive being the elevator drive and being arranged at a head of the elevator shaft; a belt included in the supporting and driving device and being connected to the car and the counterweight with a 2:1 belt guide; said mechanical drive having at least one drive wheel driven by said mechanical drive; and said mechanical drive having a pair of deflecting rollers adjacent said drive wheel, said deflecting rollers looping said belt about said drive wheel whereby said belt engages said drive wheel and said deflecting rollers and a direction of a belt run at an outlet of said mechanical drive is changed in a range of approximately 0° to approximately 90° relative to a direction of a belt run at an inlet of said mechanical drive.