Patent ID: 8312970

Claim:
A method for installing, securing, or installing and securing a pulley device of an elevator, the elevator including a set of ropes that includes a plurality of ropes, the pulley device that includes at least one rope pulley and a counterpiece, an elevator car that includes a frame structure, and elevator car guide rails, the method comprising: arranging the set of ropes and the pulley device, in a rigged or unrigged state, near the elevator car or in a shaft of the elevator; and detachably mounting the pulley device to the frame structure using a quick coupling; wherein the frame structure includes a hole and a tightening element, wherein the counterpiece, the hole, and the tightening element form the quick coupling, wherein the quick coupling allows an operator to detach the pulley device from the frame structure, by acting on the tightening element, so that the tightening element allows the operator to withdraw the counterpiece from the hole, and wherein the quick coupling allows the operator to mount the pulley device to the frame structure by inserting the counterpiece into the hole in a first direction and sliding the counterpiece in a second direction from a first position within the hole to a second position within the hole, the second direction being different from the first direction, and wherein the tightening element tightens the counterpiece in the hole when the counterpiece is slid to the second position in the hole.