Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Takehiro Kato

Yoshinao Takahashi

Yasuo Watanabe

Taiki Morikura

An elevator device includes a guide rail (), a car (), and a guide device (). The car () is movable in a horizontal direction at a specific height. The guide device () includes a supporting member () and a guide member (). The guide member () is displaceable to a first position for restricting movement of the car () in the horizontal direction and guiding up-down movement of the car () and a second position where the guide member () does not come into contact with the guide rail () when the car () moves in the horizontal direction.

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Tokyo, Japan

Takehiro Kato