Patent ID: 8584806

Claim:
An elevator, comprising: an elevator car; at least one traction sheave; at least two motors for rotating one or more traction sheaves of the least one traction sheave; an elevator shaft; a first machine room above the elevator shaft; a second machine room above the first machine room; at least one hoisting roping, the at least one hoisting roping including a first roping and a second roping separate from the first roping; a first motor of the at least two motors, which is in the first machine room of the elevator, and which motor is on a first level in a vertical direction; and a second motor of the at least two motors, which is on a second level in the vertical direction, which second level (T 2 ) is essentially higher in the vertical direction than the first level, wherein the first motor is connected to a first traction sheave of the at least one traction sheave, and the second motor is connected to a second traction sheave of the at least one traction sheave, wherein the first roping passes via the first traction sheave and the second roping passes via the second traction sheave and the first and second roping are both connected to the car, and wherein the first level is in a space formed by the first machine room and the second level is in a space formed by the second machine room.