Patent ID: 8062057

Claim:
A branch connecting structure for a hoistway cable, comprising: a hoistway cable including a sheath which has a shape of a flat band, and a plurality of communication wires which are accommodated in the sheath in such a way as to be spaced apart from each other by predetermined intervals and to be parallel to each other; a branch cable connecting each of the communication wires of the hoistway cable to a hall button or an indicator; a terminal block covering a first surface of the hoistway cable, and equipped with wire terminal members, each of which has an input terminal and an output terminal that are integrated with each other, the input terminal being provided on a first end of the wire terminal member and cutting the sheath of the hoistway cable and penetrating into the sheath to be connected to each of the communication wires, the output terminal being provided on a second end of the wire terminal member and connected to the branch cable; a branch block covering a first surface of the branch cable, and equipped with branch terminal members, each of which has an input terminal and an output terminal that are integrated with each other, the input terminal being provided on a first end of the branch terminal member and cutting a sheath of the branch cable and penetrating into the sheath to be connected to each of the communication wires, the output terminal being provided on a second end of the branch terminal member and connected to the hoistway cable; a first support block covering a second surface of the hoistway cable, and compressed against the terminal block to be coupled thereto, thus supporting the hoistway cable on the terminal block with each of the communication wires being connected to the wire terminal member; a second support block covering a second surface of the branch cable, and compressed against the branch block to be coupled thereto, thus supporting the branch cable on the branch block with each of the communication wires being connected to the branch terminal member; and a cover coupled to cover outer circumferences of the terminal block and the branch block.