Patent ID: 8955649
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: A46B,B66B

Abstract:
1. An elevator comprising: a guide rail installed in an elevator hoist way in a vertical direction; an elevator car that ascends and descends along the guide rail; an elevator guide device fixed to the elevator car and guiding the running elevator car along the guide rail without bringing the elevator car into contact with the guide rail while a predetermined clearance is maintained with the guide rail using magnetic force generated by a magnet guide unit; a cleaning jig for the elevator guide device installed on the guide rail so as to come into contact with a magnetic pole of the magnetic guide unit to remove foreign matter attached to a surface thereof when the elevator car passes by the cleaning jig for the elevator guide device; and wherein the cleaning jig for the elevator guide device includes a plurality of cleaning units arranged with a predetermined interval along the guide rail and formed of spatula-shaped members, the plurality of cleaning units protruding from a tooth surface of the guide rail.