Patent ID: 7469774
Filing Date: 2008-12-30
Classification: B66B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of protecting a belt end connection used for fastening an end of a support belt in an elevator installation, the end of the support belt being fastened to one of an elevator car suspension point, a counterweight suspension point and a shaft suspension point, and the support belt, including the end of the support belt, being aligned in a substantially vertical direction and being arranged in parallel with at least another support belt, comprising the steps of: a. attaching a belt end connection to the end of the support belt; b. attaching a twisting prevention device to the support belt adjacent the belt end connection; c. preventing twisting of the belt end connection and the support belt about a longitudinal axis thereof by attaching the twisting prevention device to one of the another support belt adjacent another belt end connection attached to the another belt and a part of the elevator installation; and d. checking for an unequal tensile stress in the support belts by observing a position of the twisting prevention device when the twisting prevention device is attached to the another support belt.