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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2018
Applicant:
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Mitsuru Kato, Chiba, JP;
Hirotomo Tanaka, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 7/12 (2006.01); B08B 1/00 (2006.01); B08B 1/02 (2006.01); B08B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 7/1284 (2013.01); B08B 1/005 (2013.01); B08B 1/02 (2013.01); B08B 1/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a rope cleaning device comprises a scraper ring which engages grooves between strands of a wire rope to scrape out foreign material from the grooves as the wire rope passes through the scraper ring, a wiper ring positioned in series with the scraper ring for wiping the surface of the wire rope as the wire rope passes through the wiper ring and a rotational mechanism which allows the scraper ring to rotate about the axis of the wire rope.