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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
May. 03, 2018
Applicant:
Kone Corporation, Helsinki, FI;
Inventor:
Tapani Talonen, Helsinki, FI;
Assignee:
Kone Corporation, Helsinki, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 5/00 (2006.01); B66B 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 5/0056 (2013.01); B66B 11/0005 (2013.01);
Abstract
An elevator system comprising a shaft having a pit, a car guided by a pair of first guide rails to be vertically movable in the shaft, a counterweight connected to the car by a suspension rope, the counterweight being guided by a pair of second guide rails to be vertically movable in the shaft, and a counterweight screen in a space between the counterweight and the car, the counterweight screen being attached to the second guide rails at the pit. The counterweight screen is a sandwich-structured composite panel.