Patent ID: 8739937

Claim:
An elevator comprising: an elevator car movable in an elevator shaft along guide rails; a counterweight; a support means connecting and supporting said elevator car and said counterweight; a drive for driving said support means; a fixing point attaching an end of said support means in said elevator shaft, said fixing point including a slide and a damping element, said slide carrying said support means end and being held in a starting position by a mechanism during normal operation of said elevator car, said slide being releasable in an emergency stop situation of the elevator by said mechanism when said mechanism is triggered by a safety circuit of the elevator, wherein retardation forces applied to said support means by said elevator car and said counterweight during an emergency stop of said drive produce a displacement of said slide away from the starting position against a damping capability of said damping element; said fixing point being arranged at one of said guide rails of the elevator and said slide being guided by guide shoes along a free limb of said one guide rail; a yoke carrying connecting elements of said support means end arranged at said slide and said damping element being arranged between a bracket of said one guide rail and said yoke, said mechanism for holding and releasing said slide being arranged at said one guide rail; and a hook lock of said mechanism detents with a pin of a strap arranged at said yoke and frees said pin in case of an emergency stop operation of said hook lock, said hook lock being actuable by a toggle joint, said toggle joint being kinked by a double-arm lever, and said double-arm lever being actuable by a coil and a compression spring, wherein upon actuation said double-arm lever blocks said toggle joint in a rest position against kinking.