Patent ID: 7562744

Claim:
A method for installing an elevator, the elevator to be installed including a structure comprising a number of assembled components of an elevator car of the elevator, a number of diverting pulleys adapted to mount in an upper part of an elevator shaft of the elevator, a number of diverting pulleys adapted to mount in a lower part of the elevator shaft, a plurality of upwards-directed diverting pulleys adapted to mount on the structure, a plurality of downwards-directed diverting pulleys adapted to mount on the structure, and a plurality of hoisting ropes, the method comprising: delivering the plurality of hoisting ropes to a site of installation of the elevator as part of an assembly module that comprises the structure; attaching to the structure at least some of the diverting pulleys adapted to mount in the upper part of the elevator shaft, at least some of the diverting pulleys adapted to mount in the lower part of the elevator shaft, and at least some of the diverting pulleys adapted to mount on the structure; pre-rigging the at least some of the diverting pulleys adapted to mount in the upper part of the elevator shaft, the at least some of the diverting pulleys adapted to mount in the lower part of the elevator shaft, and the at least some of the diverting pulleys adapted to mount on the structure with the plurality of hoisting ropes; bringing the structure and the pre-rigged diverting pulleys into the elevator shaft; detaching from the structure the at least some of the diverting pulleys adapted to mount in the upper part of the elevator shaft and the at least some of the diverting pulleys adapted to mount in the lower part of the elevator shaft; and mounting the detached diverting pulleys in respective locations in the elevator shaft.