Patent ID: 8479888

Claim:
A traction device driveable by a traction sheave having a plurality of grooves, the traction device comprising: a plurality of mutually parallel individual ropes; a plurality of elastomeric jackets, each jacket sheathing one corresponding rope of said ropes to form respective tension carrier having an overall diameter and a predetermined length; a connecting layer connecting said tension carriers to each other over substantially all of said predetermined length so as to cause said connecting layer and said tension carriers to conjointly form a composite rope; each one of said tension carriers having a first side engaging a corresponding one of said grooves and a second side facing away from said grooves; said connecting layer being only disposed on said second side of each one of said tension carriers; and, each of said tension carriers engaging into a corresponding one of said grooves to at least 25% of said overall diameter, wherein said plurality of elastomeric jackets is configured from an elastomer which differs from an elastomer of said connecting layer.