Patent ID: 7117977

Claim:
An elevator apparatus comprising: a hoistway; a driving machine having a driving sheave and arranged in the hoistway; a car caused to ascend and descend in the hoistway by the driving machine; first and second car suspending pulley devices provided on the car; a counterweight caused to ascend and descend in the hoistway by the driving machine; first and second counterweight suspending pulley devices provided on the counterweight; a car side return pulley device arranged in an upper portion of an interior of the hoistway; a counterweight side return pulley device arranged in an upper portion of the interior of the hoistway; and a main rope body for suspending the car and the counterweight, which has first and second end portions connected to a fixing portion in the hoistway and which extends from the first end portion to be sequentially wrapped around the first car suspending pulley device, the car side return pulley device, the second car suspending pulley device, the driving sheave, the first counterweight suspending pulley device, the counterweight side return pulley device, and the second counterweight suspending pulley device in that order, ending in the second end portion, wherein a portion of the main rope body extending from the first car suspending pulley device to the first end portion and a portion of the main rope body extending from the second car suspending pulley device to the driving sheave are respectively arranged on sides opposite to each other with respect to a central portion in a width direction of the car within a vertical plane of projection.