Patent ID: 7147087

Claim:
An elevator, comprising: a passenger car having a tail cord extending therefrom, the tail cord being formed of a flat cable; an elevating space defined so as to encompass the passenger car thereby allowing the passenger car to move up and down therein; a tail-cord duct adjoining the elevating space, the tail-cord duct having a tail-cord flexure space formed therein to extend along the elevating space in a vertical direction thereof, the tail-cord flexure space accommodating the tail cord therein so that the tail cord extends from its free end on the side of the passenger car up to a duct's side suspending position for suspending the tail cord in a U-shaped manner, the tail-cord duct having an opening formed to extend along and open to the elevating space in a vertical direction; an arm part fixed to the passenger car so as to project therefrom toward the tail-cord duct, the arm part having its leading end positioned in the tail-cord duct, the arm part having a through-hole in the opening of the tail-cord duct; and a governor rope arranged in the opening of the tail-cord duct so as to extend along the elevating space, the governor rope passing through the through-hole of the arm part, wherein, in plan view of the elevator, the leading end of the arm part is shifted from the opening of the tail-cord duct in a duct-width direction connecting one plan position of the duct's side suspending position with another plan position of the free end of the tail cord, and the free end of the tail cord is carried by the leading end of the arm part.