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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2024
Applicant:
Kone Corporation, Helsinki, FI;
Inventors:
Giovanni Hawkins, Helsinki, FI;
Sami Janhunen, Helsinki, FI;
Assignee:
Kone Corporation, Helsinki, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 7/047 (2013.01); B66B 7/048 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sliding guide shoe for guiding a moving component in an elevator shaft includes a supporting surface, and a sliding part disposed to be supported by the supporting surface. The supporting surface and the sliding part have contact through contact points where the supporting surface of the frame part is in contact with the outer surface of the sliding part. The contact points constitute a minor fraction of the corresponding surface of the outer surface of the sliding part and provide for at least one of the supporting surface and the sliding part the capability to bend for absorbing guide rail imperfections.