Patent ID: 6851519
Filing Date: 2005-02-08
Classification: B66B

Abstract:
1. An elevator installation includes a drive unit arranged in an associated elevator shaft laterally at the top thereof and having a drive pulley driving at least one cable, which cable serves as a support and drive cable and is guided over deflecting rollers of an elevator car and a counterweight to move the elevator car and the counterweight up and down in the elevator shaft, wherein the elevator car when travelling to the uppermost stopping point travels pertly past the drive unit, comprising: a drive cable; an elevator car support frame being a rucksack frame; a pair of deflecting rollers arranged laterally on said elevator car support frame, said cable being guided over said deflecting rollers; and a gearless drive unit with a drive pulley driving said cable, said drive unit having a drive axis adapted to extend parallel to a first side wall of an elevator shaft with said drive pulley arranged transversely to the first side wall.