Patent ID: 6481538
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: B66B

Abstract:
A device for supporting at least 2 guide rails within an elevator hoistway, comprising:a plurality of first bracket members adapted to be secured at spaced vertical intervals to a hoistway wall; a plurality of second bracket members, each secured to a different one of the first bracket members, each second bracket member supporting the at least two guide rails and having at least two free support ends projecting away from the first bracket member and immovably positioned relative to a remainder of the second bracket member for supporting the at least 2 guide rails, the support ends having a fixed distance between them; and a clip member associated with each support end, the clip members and support ends cooperating to maintain each guide rail in a desired position in which a guide portion of the guide rail is spaced farther than the support end from the hoistway wall.