(19)
(11) EP 1 557 391 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
26.07.2006 Bulletin 2006/30

(43) Date of publication A2:
27.07.2005 Bulletin 2005/30

(21) Application number: 05007204.0

(22) Date of filing: 02.06.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B66B 11/00(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB NL

(30) Priority: 03.06.1999 JP 15593199
30.07.1999 JP 21675799

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
00111059.2 / 1057771

(71) Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8310 (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Hashiguchi, Naoki
    Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8310 (JP)

(74) Representative: HOFFMANN EITLE 
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastrasse 4
81925 München
81925 München (DE)

   


(54) Positioning of a hoisting machine


(57) An elevator system comprises a car (2) that moves in a hoistway (1); a counterweight (3) that moves in the hoistway (1); a main rope (12) that suspends the car and the counterweight; and a hoisting machine (18) on which the main rope is wound and which moves the car and the counterweight up and down via the main rope, further comprising a first inverting pulley (10) on which a first part of the main rope that extends from the car to the hoisting machine is wound, and a second inverting pulley (11) on which a second part of the main rope that extends from the hoisting machine to the counterweight is wound, wherein the hoisting machine, the first inverting pulley and the second inverting pulley are disposed on the mounting base in the hoistway (1) supported by the guide rails.







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