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(11) EP 0 680 920 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
29.05.1996 Bulletin 1996/22

(43) Date of publication A2:
08.11.1995 Bulletin 1995/45

(21) Application number: 95106694.3

(22) Date of filing: 04.05.1995
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: B66B 11/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 04.05.1994 FI 942062

(71) Applicant: KONE OY
SF-00330 Helsinki (FI)

(72) Inventors:
  • Hakala, Harri
    SF-05830 Hyvinkää (FI)
  • Mustalahti, Jorma
    SF-05620 Hyvinkää (FI)
  • Aulanko, Esko
    SF-04230 Kerava (FI)

(74) Representative: Zipse + Habersack 
Kemnatenstrasse 49
80639 München
80639 München (DE)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Traction sheave elevator, hoisting unit and machine space


    (57) Traction sheave elevator consisting of an elevator car moving along elevator guide rails, a counterweight moving along counterweight guide rails, a set of hoisting ropes (3) on which the elevator car and counterweight are suspended, and a drive machine unit (6) driving a traction sheave (7) acting on the hoisting ropes (3) and placed in the elevator shaft. The drive machine unit (6) is of a flat construction. A wall of the elevator shaft is provided with a machine space with its open side facing towards the shaft, the essential parts of the drive machine unit (6) being placed in said space. The hoisting unit (9) of the traction sheave elevator consists of a substantially discoidal drive machine unit (6) and an instrument panel (8) mounted on the frame (20) of the hoisting unit.






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