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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2014
Applicant:
Inventio Ag, Hergiswil, CH;
Inventors:
Faruk Osmanbasic, Sins, CH;
Josef A. Muff, Hildisrieden, CH;
Nicolas Gremaud, Moris Plains, NJ (US);
Assignee:
INVENTIO AG, Hergiswil, CH;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 5/22 (2006.01); F16D 59/00 (2006.01); F16D 63/00 (2006.01); F16D 121/14 (2012.01); F16D 121/20 (2012.01); F16D 125/58 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 5/22 (2013.01); F16D 59/00 (2013.01); F16D 63/008 (2013.01); F16D 2121/14 (2013.01); F16D 2121/20 (2013.01); F16D 2125/58 (2013.01);
Abstract
A safety brake for an elevator includes a brake element or a brake wedge, a guide element, and a setting device. The brake element or the brake wedge is borne movably on the guide element. The safety brake has an activating element, which, upon activation of the safety brake, can be brought into mechanical engagement with the brake element or the brake wedge to act on a guiderail to stop an associated elevator car.