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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2024
Kone Corporation, Helsinki, FI;
Mika Ijäs, Helsinki, FI;
Matti Räsänen, Helsinki, FI;
Mikko Kukkola, Helsinki, FI;
Markku Haapaniemi, Helsinki, FI;
Janne Laine, Helsinki, FI;
Otto Lanz, Helsinki, FI;
Kone Corporation, Helsinki, FI;
Abstract
An elevator construction arrangement comprises: a hoistway having a bottom section, a top section and optionally at least one intermediate section between the bottom and top sections in a building, an elevator car, a counterweight, car guide rails for guiding the car, counterweight guide rails for guiding the counterweight, an elevator hoisting machine and a suspension roping arranged to suspend the car and the counterweight during construction time use of the elevator, at least one protection deck mounted within the hoistway during elevator installation in a section of the hoistway, an installation platform configured to be guided on car guide rails during installation of at least one hoistway section, a hoist device configured to hoist a working platform in the bottom section and configured to hoist the working platform in hoistway sections above the bottom section, the hoist device preferably comprises a man riding hoist attachable to the car or the installation platform, and a hoist rope attachable to the car or the installation platform and movable with the hoist device during the elevator installation, a hoisting point configured to support the working platform via the hoist device and the hoist rope. During the elevator installation in the bottom section the hoisting point is configured to be mounted to a first protection deck, and the working platform guided on the car guide rails is configured to be used as an installation platform, and after each section elevator installation, the car is during construction time use configured to be moved by the elevator hoisting machine suspending the car and the counterweight together with the suspension roping, and during construction time use of the car, the installation platform is configured to be used as installation platform for an above section installation. A method for installing an elevator during construction of a building.