Patent ID: 6050370
Filing Date: 2000-04-18
Classification: B66B

Abstract:
A guide roller assembly for an elevator car used in an elevator system, comprising:a frame adapted to be attached to an elevator car;a lever member having a lower portion fixed to said frame and an upper portion pivotably attached to said lower portion, said upper portion having an insertion hole formed therethrough;a guide roller rotatably mounted on said upper portion of said lever member;a vertical support mounted on said frame;an elastic support connecting a portion of said vertical support and said upper portion of said lever member;a control rod having one end thereof fixed to said vertical support and a second end thereof received in said insertion hole;a stopper member mounted on said control rod intermediate said upper portion of said lever member and said vertical support; andan elastic member mounted on said control rod intermediate said upper portion of said lever member and said stopper member, wherein said elastic member has a rounded surface opposite said lever member, and a substantially flat surface opposite said stopper member.