Hitachi, Ltd.

Atsushi Arakawa

Atsuya Fujino

Takashi Teramoto

Naoaki Noguchi

An elevator apparatus comprises two (2) or more sets of elevators with one (1) piece of an elevating passage. Each of the elevators has an elevator car and a hoist, which is connected to the elevator car through a rope. Each the hoist has a sheave, a motor and a brake. The hoist of one of the elevators is projected above the elevator car of the other elevator. Also, open/close doors of the one elevator and those of the other elevator are disposed, so that they shift in front and behind. Door cases of the juxtaposing elevators are disposed to overlap with each other in front and behind.

Growing community of inventors

Chiyoda, Japan

Atsushi Arakawa