Patent ID: 8517150

Claim:
An elevator car with brake equipment, which is arranged in a region of the elevator car, for holding and braking the same, comprising: a brake unit having at least one brake plate which can co-operate with a brake rail, the brake unit having a use setting when the brake plate of the brake unit co-operates with and contacts the brake rail and having an open setting when the brake plate of the brake unit does not co-operate with and does not contact the brake rail; an actuating device which produces an actuator force F A ; and a flexible connecting means which connects the actuating device with the brake unit in a tension force-active manner for transmission of the actuator force F A , wherein the actuator force F A generated in the actuating device is applied to a force translation lever that produces a pressing force F N between the brake plate of the brake unit and the brake rail, which pressing force F N is directly dependent on the actuator force F A , whereby when no actuator force F A is applied to the brake unit the brake unit is in the open setting, and wherein the connecting means is a pull means, by means of which merely tension force can be transmitted.