Patent ID: 8336677

Claim:
A safety system for an elevator, comprising: slip detection means for detecting a slip between a drive sheave and a main rope; a safety gear mounted to a car, the safety gear being electrically operated by an actuator to cause the car to make an emergency stop regardless of whether a running direction of the car is upward or downward; and a safety gear controller for cutting power supply to a hoisting machine motor and causing the safety gear to make a braking operation upon detection of the slip between the drive sheave and the main rope by the slip detection means, wherein the slip detection means comprises: a temperature measuring device for generating a signal according to a temperature of a surface of the drive sheave and a surface of the main rope, the surfaces being brought into contact with each other; and a slip detection circuit for judging occurrence of the slip between the drive sheave and the main rope based on the signal from the temperature measuring device.