Patent ID: 8640828
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: B66B,D07B,H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A support belt for supporting a load in an elevator installation, the support belt extending a predetermined length between opposite ends and having a predetermined width, the support belt having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, which sides extend over the width of the support belt, the support belt comprising: at least one strand for absorbing a portion of a load borne by the support belt, said one strand extending over the length of the support belt; a casing formed of electrically insulating material and enclosing said one strand; and wherein the support belt has formed therein at at least one of the opposite ends a recess which extends on the first side over the entire width and over a predetermined length section of the support belt, said casing being removed at said recess and said one strand being exposed at said recess on the first side of the support belt wherein at said recess the support belt has said casing removed on the first side to a plane resting substantially tangentially against said one strand or cutting said one strand, but has said casing remaining on the second side to said plane.