Elevator

• US 9,573,792 B2
• Filed: 11/18/2004
• Issued: 02/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kone Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kone Corporation
• Inventors: Aulanko, Esko, Mustalahti, Jorma, Rantanen, Pekka, Makimattila, Simo
• Primary Examiner(s): Rivera, William A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kruer, Stefan
• Application Number:
  US10/990,388
• Publication Number:
  US 20050126859A1
• Time in Patent Office: 4,478 Days
• Field of Search: 187/254, 187/263, 187/266, 187/251, 187/250
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 11/004 in the machine room
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 11/008 with hoisting rope or cable operated by frictional engagement with a winding drum or sheave
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 11/009 with separate traction and suspension ropes
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 15/04 Friction sheaves; "Koepe" pulleys
• 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 2201/2006 characterised by a value or range of the dimension given
• CPC Class Codes: D07B 2501/2007 Elevators
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/18848 with pulley

Abstract

An elevator may include: a hoisting machine; a set of hoisting ropes; a traction sheave that comprises a plurality of grooves; and diverting pulleys. The hoisting machine may engage the set of ropes via the traction sheave. Each groove may have an opening for receiving an individual rope. Each 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 rope may be twisted together to form the respective rope. A thickness of each rope may be greater than or equal to about 2.5 mm and less than or equal to about 8 mm. An average of wire thicknesses of the steel wires may be greater than or equal to 0.1 mm and less than or equal to 0.4 mm. The strength of the steel wires may be greater than 2,300 N/mm² and less than 3,000 N/mm².

Claims

1. An elevator without a machine room, 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 grooves has an opening for receiving an individual hoisting rope from among the hoisting ropes,

wherein each respective hoisting rope of the 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 about 2.5 mm and less than or equal to about 8 mm, and

wherein an average of wire thicknesses of the steel wires of the hoisting ropes is greater than or equal to 0.1 mm and less than or equal to 0.4 mm, and

wherein the strength of the steel wires of the hoisting ropes is greater than 2,300 N/mm² and less than 3,000 N/mm².

2. The elevator of claim 1, wherein the strength of the steel wires of the hoisting ropes is greater than 2,300 N/mm² and less than 2,700 N/mm².

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

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. The elevator of claim 1, wherein the traction sheave is coated, at least in the grooves, with a nonmetallic material.

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

8. 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.

9. The elevator of claim 1, where 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.

10. The elevator of claim 1, wherein the strength of the steel wires of the hoisting ropes is greater than 2,700 N/mm² and less than 3,000 N/mm².

11. The elevator of claim 1, wherein each of the hoisting ropes individually contacts one of the grooves.

12. The elevator of claim 1, wherein the thickness of each of the hoisting ropes is greater than or equal to about 2.5 mm and less than or equal to about 5 mm.

13. The elevator of claim 1, wherein the thickness of each of the hoisting ropes is about 4 mm, about 6 mm, or about 8 mm.

14. An elevator with a machine room, 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 grooves has an opening for receiving an individual hoisting rope from among the hoisting ropes,

wherein each respective hoisting rope of the 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 about 2.5 mm and less than or equal to about 8 mm, and

wherein an average of wire thicknesses of the steel wires of the hoisting ropes is greater than or equal to 0.1 mm and less than or equal to 0.4 mm, and

wherein the strength of the steel wires of the hoisting ropes is greater than 2,300 N/mm² and less than 3,000 N/mm².

15. The elevator of claim 14, wherein the strength of the steel wires of the hoisting ropes is greater than 2,300 N/mm² and less than 2,700 N/mm².

16. The elevator of claim 14, wherein an outer diameter of the traction sheave is at most about 250 mm.

17. The elevator of claim 14, 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.

18. The elevator of claim 14, wherein the hoisting ropes have a surface made of at least one of rubber, urethane, and some other non-metallic material.

19. The elevator of claim 14, wherein the traction sheave is coated, at least in the grooves, with a nonmetallic material.

20. The elevator of claim 14, wherein the traction sheave is made of a non-metallic material, at least in a rim part including the grooves.

21. The elevator of claim 14, wherein a ratio of a traction sheave diameter (D) to a hoisting rope thickness (d) is lower than 40:

1.

22. The elevator of claim 14, where 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.

23. The elevator of claim 14, wherein the strength of the steel wires of the hoisting ropes is greater than 2,700 N/mm² and less than 3,000 N/mm².

24. The elevator of claim 14, wherein each of the hoisting ropes individually contacts one of the grooves.

25. The elevator of claim 14, wherein the thickness of each of the hoisting ropes is greater than or equal to about 2.5 mm and less than or equal to about 5 mm.

26. The elevator of claim 14, wherein the thickness of each of the hoisting ropes is about 4 mm, about 6 mm, or about 8 mm.