Patent ID: 7303050

Claim:
An elevator installation with a guide rail fastened to a wall by a sound-damping and/or vibration-damping fastening element comprising: an elevator guide rail positioned adjacent to a wall in an elevator installation; an anchor rail including a longitudinally extending anchor base plate and a pair of generally L-shaped anchor profiles extending from said anchor base plate, said anchor rail being coupled to said elevator guide rail; a support rail including a support base plate extending generally parallel to a longitudinal extent of said anchor base plate and a pair of generally L-shaped support profiles extending from said support base plate, said support rail being attached to the wall; and a damping medium attaching said anchor rail and said support rail together, said anchor rail being at least partially embedded in said damping medium, said anchor profiles and said support profiles being spaced apart by at least one slot filled by said damping medium whereby the fastening element provides sound-damping and/or vibration damping between the wall and said elevator guide rail.