Patent ID: 8550217

Claim:
An elevator provided with a safety gear arrangement, the elevator comprising: at least an elevator car arranged to travel back and forth substantially vertically along guide rails; at least two safety gear mechanisms disposed in conjunction with the elevator car; and at least one speed limiter, which includes: at least a speed limiter pulley; a diverting pulley; and a continuous single speed limiter rope fitted as a loop around at least the speed limiter pulley and the diverting pulley, said speed limiter rope being connected at least to a first safety gear mechanism and a second safety gear mechanism, the second gear mechanism being arranged to be triggered after a triggering of the first safety gear mechanism, wherein the speed limiter rope is releasably connected to the first safety gear mechanism by means of a first clamping element, and fixedly connected to the second safety gear mechanism by means of a second clamping element, and wherein a portion of the speed limiter rope which is between the first clamping element of the first safety gear mechanism and the second clamping element of the second safety gear mechanism has been arranged to form a substantially slack link, the length of this slack link being substantially greater than the distance between the first and second clamping elements when a gripping action has been performed by the first safety gear mechanism.