Patent ID: 6991069
Filing Date: 2006-01-31
Classification: B66B

Abstract:
1. A cable elevator, comprising: an elevator shaft; first parallel guides arranged in a first vertical plane; second parallel guides separate from the first parallel guides and arranged in a second vertical plane parallel to and spaced from the first vertical plane, the first and the second guides being discontinuously connected in vertical and horizontal directions of the guides; a cage movably arranged on the first guides; a counterweight movably arranged on the second guides; an engine mount fastened to the first guides and to the second guides; a drive engine arranged on the engine mount, said first guides, said second guides, said engine mount and said drive engine being arranged in the elevator shaft, the first guides being connected to and extending upwardly beyond the engine mount; and a pair of guide elements fixed to said cage and engaged to said first parallel guides so that the guide elements are movable along the first parallel guides above and below the engine mount, the engine mount being arranged so that a vertical movement of the counterweight is restricted to a path below the engine mount.