Kone Corporation

Kone Oy

Kone Elevator Gmbh

Krone Gmbh

Raimo Pelto-huikko

Raimo K Pelto-Huikko

Petteri Valjus

Petri Kere

Juha Helenius

Esko Aulanko

Sakari Korvenranta

Riku Lampinen

Juha Honkanen

Kim Sjödahl

Jarmo Myllynen

Pekka Torenius

Jorma Mustalahti

Matti Räsänen

Heidi Sederholm

Pertti V Rautimo

Esko A Ahlman

Kim Sjodahl

Marja-Liisa Siikonen

Janne Laine

Antti Kallioniemi

Hannu Lehtinen

Pentti Alasentie

Osmo Björni

Tarvo Viita-aho

Nithil Karimpanackal Natarajan

Jussi Perälä

Petri Alkula

Mika Olkkonen

Mirko Ruokokoski

Urho J Heikkinen

Pekka Hallikainen

Veijo Manninen

Mika Juntunen

Aki Metsänen

Antti Ikonen

Arttu Hult

Richard Baker

Jani Luoma

Timo Hakala

Aleksi Nareikko

Jari Hakkila

Anssi Laukkanen

Lasse Heikkilä

Kenneth Holmberg

Jussi Salminen

Matti K&auml;hkipuro

A hoisting device rope has a width larger than a thickness thereof in a transverse direction of the rope. The rope includes a load-bearing part made of a composite material, the composite material including non-metallic reinforcing fibers, which include carbon fiber or glass fiber, in a polymer matrix. An elevator includes a drive sheave, an elevator car and a rope system for moving the elevator car by means of the drive sheave. The rope system includes at least one rope that has a width that is larger than a thickness thereof in a transverse direction of the rope. The rope includes a load-bearing part made of a composite material. The composite material includes reinforcing fibers in a polymer matrix.

Rope for a hoisting device, elevator and use

The invention relates to a traction wheel for an elevator for driving plurality of belts, comprising a central axis; plurality of circular rim surfaces side by side in axial direction against each of which a belt can be placed to pass; and circular guide flanges on axial sides of each rim surface for guiding a belt placed to pass against the rim surface. Each of said guide flanges comprises a circular array of guide parts, plurality of which guide parts comprises a guide surface portion for guiding a belt, which guide surface portion is movable towards the central axis. The invention also relates to a drive machinery and an elevator implementing the traction wheel.

Rope wheel, traction wheel, elevator drive machinery and elevator

The invention relates to a belt-shaped rope of an elevator having opposite lateral sides facing in thickness direction of the rope, at least one of the lateral sides being shaped to have elongated ribs that are disposed adjacent each other in width direction of the rope and extend parallel with the longitudinal direction of the rope. Each said rib has a first flank face for contacting a flank face of a rib of a rope wheel, and a second flank face for contacting a flank face of a rib of a rope wheel. Each said first and second flank face is shaped to have an arcuate cross-sectional profile, and said first and second flank face are shaped to arc to such steepness that the angle defined between their tangents is acute, and the surface material of said flank faces has shore A hardness more than 85 and less than 100. The invention also relates to an elevator arrangement as well as to an elevator, implementing the aforementioned belt-shaped rope.

Elevator rope, elevator arrangement and elevator

The invention relates to a drive machinery for an elevator, the drive machinery comprising a rotatable drive sheave for driving plurality of ropes of the elevator, and a motor for rotating the drive sheave; the drive sheave comprising a drive sheave body rotatable around a rotational axis; and plurality of rim arrangements mounted on the drive sheave body side by side in direction of said rotational axis, each said rim arrangement defining a circular outer rim for transmitting traction to a rope, said circular outer rims being coaxial with each other. The diameter of the circular outer rim of one or more of said rim arrangements is individually adjustable for enlarging or reducing the turning radius of a rope passing around the circular outer rim in question. The invention also relates to an elevator comprising said drive machinery.

Elevator drive machinery and elevator

The invention relates to an a drive machinery for an elevator, the drive machinery comprising a rotatable drive sheave for driving plurality of ropes of the elevator, the drive sheave comprising a central cylinder, which comprises a central axis around which the central cylinder is rotatable; plurality of circular rim members surrounding the central cylinder, each said rim member comprising an outer rim surface for engaging a rope. Said plurality of circular rim members includes one or more rotatably mounted circular rim members, each said rotatably mounted circular rim member being mounted on the central cylinder rotatably around said central axis relative to the central cylinder and relative to one or more of the other circular rim members, and in that said drive sheave moreover comprises a control means for controlling rotation of each said rotatably mounted circular rim member relative to the central cylinder and relative to one or more of the other circular rim members. The invention also relates to an elevator implementing the drive machinery.

The invention relates to a belt-shaped rope of an elevator having opposite lateral sides facing in thickness direction of the rope, at least one of the lateral sides being shaped to have elongated wedge-shaped ribs that are disposed adjacent each other in width direction of the rope and extend parallel with the longitudinal direction of the rope, each said wedge-shaped rib having a first flank face and a second flank face that are at an acute angle relative to each other, and the surface material of said flank faces has shore A hardness more than 85 and less than 100. The invention also relates to an elevator arrangement as well as to an elevator, implementing the aforementioned belt-shaped rope.

Rope, elevator arrangement and elevator

A wire rope is disclosed that comprises metal wires, preferably steel wires, as a load-bearing material, which rope comprises at least one or more strands laid from said metal wires and which rope is lubricated with a lubricant. Another object is the use of the aforementioned lubricant for lubricating a steel rope. The lubricant comprises at least oil and powder substance, which powder substance comprises at least particles whose hardness is greater than 4 on the Mohs scale. A traction sheave elevator comprising such a wire rope as a suspension rope is disclosed, too.

Steel wire rope, elevator provided with steel wire rope, lubricant for steel wire rope, and use of lubricant for lubricating the steel wire rope

In a paste type lubrication between a steel wire rope and a rope groove of a pulley, is applied a paste lubricant which contains oil and small solid particles. Solid particles could be of a wide variety sizes and they are small enough to at least partly fit into the valleys between the peaks of surface roughness of the ropes or the rope groove.

Paste type lubrication

The invention relates to a passenger conveyor, such as an escalator or autowalk, comprising a band of conveying elements; a diverting wheel for diverting the passage of the band of conveying elements and/or a traction member thereof and a brake for braking rotation of the diverting wheel. The brake comprises a screw member having a conical threaded external rim; a nut member having a conical threaded internal rim, the screw member and nut member being screwed together, one of said screw member and nut member being connected with the diverting wheel for being driven by the diverting wheel. The brake further comprises a stopping device for stopping rotation of the other of said screw member and nut member.

Passenger conveyor

A belt-type traction apparatus includes a herringbone toothed belt, which includes two edge parts and a center part between the two edge parts in a transverse direction of the herringbone toothed belt and connecting the edge parts in the transverse direction. The two edge parts and the center part each extend in a longitudinal direction of the herringbone toothed belt. The center part is associated with a first spring constant, the two edge parts are each associated with a second spring constant, and the first spring constant smaller than the second spring constant. Each edge part includes a tooth part and a support structure supporting the tooth part. Each support structure includes a plurality of reinforcement members extending in the longitudinal direction of the toothed belt.

Belt-type traction means and method for fabricating the traction means as well as use of said traction means in an elevator and an elevator provided with said traction means

The invention relates to a rope terminal assembly of an elevator fixing an elevator rope to a fixing base such as an elevator unit, said elevator being suitable for transporting passengers and/or goods, said assembly comprising an elevator rope, whose width is larger than its thickness in a rope transverse direction, with at least one end comprising a first member with a first end face and a second member with a second end face, a wedge element, a wedge housing, the rope terminal assembly comprising a rope gap through which said elevator rope passes and said wedge element is arranged to wedge between the first member with the first end face and the second member with the second end face of the elevator rope thus locking said elevator rope in the gap, and an elevator.

Rope terminal assembly and an elevator

The invention relates to a rope terminal assembly of an elevator fixing an elevator rope to a fixing base such as an elevator unit, said elevator being suitable for transporting passengers and/or goods, which assembly comprises, an elevator rope, whose width is larger than its thickness in a rope transverse direction, with at least one end having an end face, one or more wedge elements, a wedge housing, the rope terminal assembly comprising a rope gap through which said elevator rope passes and said wedge element is arranged to wedge between said rope and said wedge housing thus locking said elevator rope in the gap, and said wedge housing is a one piece structure of predetermined size made from a hollow tube, and an elevator.

An elevator includes a hoistway, an elevator car and a counterweight vertically movable in the hoistway, a drive machine including a drive sheave, a roping including one or more ropes between the elevator car and the counterweight and passing around the drive sheave and suspending the elevator car and the counterweight. The drive sheave is positioned in the hoistway space between a hoistway wall and the vertical projection of the car, the drive sheave rotation plane being at least substantially parallel to the hoistway wall. The rope(s) is/are belt-like, each including at least one force transmission parts for transmitting force in the longitudinal direction of the rope, which force transmission part is made of composite material including reinforcing fibers in a polymer matrix. The reinforcing fibers are carbon fibers, and the force transmission part has width larger than thickness thereof as measured in width-direction of the rope.

Elevator and elevator rope

The invention relates to an elevator system comprising a first elevator car, a second elevator car, a rotatable rope wheel mounted on a fixed location, and a roping suspending the first and second elevator car on opposite sides of the rope wheel, the roping comprising at least one rope passing over the rope wheel, and connected on the first side of the rope wheel to the first elevator car and on the second side to the second elevator car. Said rope comprises at least one load bearing member oriented parallel with the longitudinal direction of the rope made of composite material comprising reinforcing fibers embedded in polymer matrix, which reinforcing fibers are carbon fibers oriented parallel with the longitudinal direction of the rope.

Elevator system

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Raimo K Pelto-Huikko