Patent ID: 7014013

Claim:
A guiding device of an elevator, which is provided at a car to be made to ascend/descend in a hoistway, for guiding the car along guide rails arranged on both sides of the hoistway, the guiding device comprising: a non-contact type of actuator configured to generate a magnetic force which keeps the actuator away from surfaces of a guide rail by predetermined distances; a distance detecting unit configured to detect a distance between the guide rail and the car; a unit configured to determine an amount of displacement of the guide rail which is caused by a load which generates at time of guiding the car, based on a value of the magnetic force generated by the actuator and the distance detected by the distance detecting unit; a unit configured to acquire present position information regarding the car; a unit configured to calculate an amount of a warp occurring at time of setting the guide rail, which corresponds to the acquired present position information; and a control unit configured to control the magnetic force generated by the actuator based on a total value of the determined amount of the displacement and the amount of the warp.