Elevator with hoisting and governor ropes

• US 9,315,938 B2
• Filed: 06/03/2003
• Issued: 04/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kone Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kone Corporation
• Inventors: Aulanko, Esko, Mustalahti, Jorma, Rantanen, Pekka, Makimattila, Simo
• Primary Examiner(s): Mansen, Michael
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kruer, Stefan
• Application Number:
  US10/452,311
• Publication Number:
  US 20040016603A1
• Time in Patent Office: 4,704 Days
• Field of Search: 187/254, 187/263, 187/266, 187/251, 187/250, 572/31, 572/32, 572/50, 572/51, 572/58
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 11/00 Main component parts of lifts in, or associated with, buildings or other structures
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 11/08 with hoisting rope or cable operated by frictional engagement with a winding drum or sheave B66B11/008 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 7/06 Arrangements of ropes or cables
• CPC Class Codes: D07B 1/0673 having a rope configuration
• CPC Class Codes: D07B 1/16 Ropes or cables with an enveloping sheathing or inlays of rubber or plastics D07B1/04, D07B1/10 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: D07B 1/165 characterised by a plastic or rubber inlay
• CPC Class Codes: D07B 2201/1036 nine or more strands respectively forming multiple layers
• CPC Class Codes: D07B 2501/2007 Elevators
• CPC Class Codes: F16G 9/00 Ropes or cables specially adapted for driving, or for being driven by, pulleys or other gearing elements ropes or cables in general D07B

Abstract

An elevator may include: a hoisting machine; hoisting ropes; a traction sheave that includes grooves; and diverting pulleys. Each of the hoisting ropes may individually contact one of the grooves. Each hoisting rope may include steel wires of circular, non-circular, or circular and non-circular cross-section, twisted together to form strands. The strands of each hoisting rope may be twisted together to form the hoisting rope. A thickness of each of the hoisting ropes may be greater than or equal to 2.5 mm and less than or equal to 8 mm. A cross-sectional area of the steel wires of the hoisting ropes may be greater than 0.015 mm² and less than 0.2 mm². The strength of the steel wires may be greater than 2,700 N/mm² and less than 3,000 N/mm².

Claims

1. An elevator without a machine room, the elevator comprising:

a hoisting machine;

a set of hoisting ropes;

a traction sheave that comprises a plurality of grooves; and

diverting pulleys;

wherein the hoisting machine engages the set of hoisting ropes via the traction sheave,

wherein each of the hoisting ropes individually contacts one of the plurality of grooves,

wherein each of the hoisting ropes has a substantially round cross-section,

wherein the set of hoisting ropes comprises steel wires of circular, non-circular, or circular and non-circular cross-section, twisted together to form strands,

wherein the strands of each respective hoisting rope are twisted together to form the respective hoisting rope,

wherein a thickness of each of the hoisting ropes is greater than or equal to 2.5 mm and less than or equal to 8 mm,

wherein a cross-sectional area of the steel wires of the hoisting ropes is greater than 0.015 mm² and less than 0.2 mm², and

wherein the steel wires of the hoisting ropes have a strength greater than 2,700 N/mm² and less than 3,000 N/mm².

2. The elevator of claim 1, wherein an outer diameter of the traction sheave is at most about 250 mm.

3. The elevator of claim 1, further comprising:

a speed governor rope;

wherein the speed governor rope is thicker in diameter than the hoisting ropes.

4. The elevator of claim 1, further comprising:

a speed governor rope;

wherein the speed governor rope is of a same thickness in diameter as the hoisting ropes.

5. The elevator of claim 1, wherein at least part of a space between strands and wires in the hoisting ropes is filled with at least one of rubber, urethane, and some other medium of substantially non-fluid nature.

6. The elevator of claim 1, wherein the hoisting ropes have a surface made of at least one of rubber, urethane, and some other non-metallic material.

7. The elevator of claim 1, wherein the traction sheave is coated, at least in the plurality of grooves, with a non-metallic material.

8. The elevator of claim 1, wherein the traction sheave is made of a non-metallic material, at least in a rim part including the plurality of grooves.

9. The elevator of claim 1, wherein a ratio of a traction sheave diameter (D) to a hoisting rope thickness (d) is lower than 40:

1.

10. The elevator of claim 1, wherein at least part of a space between strands or wires in the hoisting ropes is filled with at least one of rubber, urethane, and some other medium of substantially non-fluid nature.

11. The elevator of claim 1, wherein the cross-sectional area of the steel wires of the hoisting ropes is greater than 0.015 mm² and less than 0.2 mm².

12. An elevator with a machine room, the elevator comprising:

a hoisting machine;

a set of hoisting ropes;

a traction sheave that comprises a plurality of grooves; and

diverting pulleys;

wherein the hoisting machine engages the set of hoisting ropes via the traction sheave,

wherein each of the hoisting ropes individually contacts one of the plurality of grooves,

wherein each of the hoisting ropes has a substantially round cross-section,

wherein the set of hoisting ropes comprises steel wires of circular, non-circular, or circular and non-circular cross-section, twisted together to form strands,

wherein the strands of each respective hoisting rope are twisted together to form the respective hoisting rope,

wherein a thickness of each of the hoisting ropes is greater than or equal to 2.5 mm and less than or equal to 8 mm,

wherein a cross-sectional area of the steel wires of the hoisting ropes is greater than 0.015 mm² and less than 0.2 mm², and

wherein the steel wires of the hoisting ropes have a strength greater than 2,700 N/mm² and less than 3,000 N/mm².

13. The elevator of claim 12, wherein an outer diameter of the traction sheave is at most about 250 mm.

14. The elevator of claim 12, further comprising:

a speed governor rope;

wherein the speed governor rope is thicker in diameter than the hoisting ropes.

15. The elevator of claim 12, further comprising:

a speed governor rope;

wherein the speed governor rope is of a same thickness in diameter as the hoisting ropes.

16. The elevator of claim 12, wherein at least a part of a space between strands and wires in the hoisting ropes is filled with at least one of rubber, urethane, and some other medium of substantially non-fluid nature.

17. The elevator of claim 12, wherein the hoisting ropes have a surface made of at least one of rubber, urethane, and some other non-metallic material.

18. The elevator of claim 12, wherein the traction sheave is coated, at least in the plurality of grooves, with a non-metallic material.

19. The elevator of claim 12, wherein the traction sheave is made of a non-metallic material, at least in a rim part including the plurality of grooves.

20. The elevator of claim 12, wherein a ratio of a traction sheave diameter (D) to a hoisting rope thickness (d) is lower than 40:

1.

21. The elevator of claim 12, wherein at least a part of a space between strands or wires in the hoisting ropes is filled with at least one of rubber, urethane, and some other medium of substantially non-fluid nature.

22. The elevator of claim 12, wherein the cross-sectional area of the steel wires of the hoisting ropes is greater than 0.015 mm² and less than 0.2 mm².