Patent ID: 6390243
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: B66B

Abstract:
An elevator apparatus comprising:a pair of elevator guide rails disposed in an elevator path; an elevator car for rising and falling along the elevator guide rails in the elevator path; weight guide rails disposed in the elevator path; a balance weight for rising and falling along the weight guide rails in the elevator path; a suspension rope for suspending the elevator car and the balance weight; a driving unit for driving a traction sheave about which the suspension rope is wound; and turning sheaves arranged on a back face of the elevator car and the balance weight, wherein the driving unit is positioned between a back wall of the elevator path and a space occupied by the elevator car rising and falling in the elevator path and the driving unit is constructed so as to become thin, and wherein the suspension rope is wound round the turning sheaves on the back face of the elevator car and the balance weight, while both ends of the suspension rope are connected to supporting members mounted on an upper end of the elevator path.