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EP 0899231 B1 20021023 - Double action braking device

Title (en)

Double action braking device

Title (de)

Bremsfangvorrichtung

Title (fr)

Dispositif de freinage à double action

Publication

EP 0899231 B1 20021023 (DE)

Application

EP 98114970 A 19980810

Priority

EP 98114970 A 19980810
EP 97810588 A 19970821

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0899231A1] The brake catching device consists of a cantilever (1) round a guide rail (8) for a lift cabin, running transversely to the guide rail There are active (6) and passive (7) brake shoes either side of the guide rail. The active one is supported by an eccentric cam (5) fixed to a rolling-out disk and rotates on a journal (2). The disk and can form a one-piece operating element (21).

IPC 1-7

B66B 5/20

IPC 8 full level

B66B 5/20 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B66B 5/20 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE ES FR GB IT LI NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0899231 A1 19990303; EP 0899231 B1 20021023

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 98114970 A 19980810