Patent ID: 7762376
Filing Date: 2010-07-27
Classification: B66B

Abstract:
1. An elevator with at least two elevator cars which are disposed one above the other in an elevator shaft having a first shaft sidewall and a second shaft sidewall disposed opposite one another in the elevator shaft, which cars are vertically movable, comprising: a first elevator car of the at least two elevator cars connected to a first counterweight by a first traction means; a first drive fixed in a region of a head of the elevator shaft at the first shaft side wall and having a first drive pulley for driving said first traction means; a second elevator car of the at least two elevator cars connected to a second counterweight by a second traction means; a second drive fixed in the region of the head of the elevator shaft at the second shaft side wall having a second drive pulley for driving said second traction means, said first counterweight being positioned adjacent the second shaft side wall and said second counterweight being positioned adjacent the first shaft side wall, said first counterweight and the second counterweight being positioned in the same elevator shaft; and a first deflecting roller associated with said first drive and being positioned at the second shaft side wall above said first counterweight whereby said first traction means is led from said first counterweight over said first deflecting roller to said first drive pulley and from there directly to said first elevator car.