Patent ID: 6333865
Filing Date: 2001-12-25
Classification: B66B

Abstract:
A power supplying device for a plural car elevator, comprising:a plurality of elevator cars moving in a single hoistway;a power supplying member disposed at a top of the hoistway for supplying power to each of said elevator cars moving up and down within the hoistway;power receiving members installed on each of said elevator cars for receiving power from said power supplying member; anda plurality of cables, each cable having a substantially rectangular cross-section and conducting power from said power supplying member to a corresponding power receiving member, wherein one end of each respective cable is installed on a side of the corresponding elevator car and each of said cables is disposed along the side of each of said elevator cars in a gap between an inner wall of the hoistway and the side of each of said elevator cars, opposite the inner wall, and the lengthwise side of each cable extends generally perpendicular to the side of said elevator car to which said cable is connected.