Patent ID: 7740113

Claim:
In an elevator installation including a car and a counterweight moving in opposite directions in an elevator shaft and connected together and supported by a support belt, the support belt having two ends, wherein each end is fastened by a belt end connection to one of the car, the counterweight and the elevator shaft, the belt end connection comprising: a wedge housing including a wedge pocket for receiving a wedge and for fixing the support belt in said wedge pocket; a support bolt disposed within said wedge housing and connecting said wedge housing to one of the car, the counterweight and the elevator shaft; a loss prevention device preventing said wedge from slipping out of said wedge pocket, wherein the loss prevention device is removably positioned on the wedge housing and abuts the support bolt, and the loss prevention device is entirely removable from the wedge housing; and a support bolt securing means disposed through the loss prevention device, the support bolt, and the housing, the support bolt securing means securing the loss prevention device directly to the support bolt, thereby preventing all substantial relative movement of said support bolt and said wedge housing.