Patent ID: 8006806
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: B66B,B66D

Abstract:
1. An emergency brake device for an elevator comprising: a connecting body configured to be radially and pivotably displaced with respect to an elevator sheave which is rotatable; a brake body provided to the connecting body, the brake body configured to come into and out of contact with an outer periphery of the elevator sheave and configured to be displaced in a rotation direction of the elevator sheave while maintaining contact with the outer periphery of the elevator sheave; a brake drive device which is configured to displace the connecting body so that the brake body comes into and out of contact with the outer periphery of the elevator sheave; and a gripper metal, the gripper metal including wherein the brake body is pressed toward the outer periphery of the elevator sheave by the receiving portion, so that rotation of the elevator sheave is braked.