METHOD FOR ROPING AN ELEVATOR

Abstract

A method for roping an elevator. At the bottom part of the elevator shaft the hoisting ropes are routed under the pulleys of the elevator car. Then the elevator car and the counterweight are hoisted to the upper part of the shaft where the first ends of the hoisting ropes are routed through the traction sheave and the counterweight pulleys. After that the first rope ends are fixed to the counterweight side rope terminals and the counterweight is lowered to the bottom part of the shaft. During the descent the hoisting ropes are unwound from the reels through the whole roping system with the help of the mass of the counterweight. Finally, the second ends of the hoisting ropes are fixed to the car side rope terminal and tightened to the correct tension.

Claims

1. Method for roping an elevator, which elevator comprises an elevator car, equipped with car pulleys and arranged to run up and down in an elevator shaft, a counterweight, equipped with pulleys and connected to the elevator car with at least a hoisting rope from above, a machinery traction sheave at the upper part of the elevator shaft, a car side rope terminal and a counterweight side rope terminal, and in which method a reel for each hoisting rope is placed on the roof of the elevator car, wherein the method comprises at least the following steps: a) the elevator car being at the lower part of the elevator shaft the first end of each hoisting rope is taken from each reel and routed from the first side of the elevator car under the car pulleys and raised from the second side of the elevator car to its temporary fastening point at the upper part of the elevator car where the first end of each hoisting rope is temporarily fastened, b) the elevator car and the counterweight are hoisted to the top of the elevator shaft after which the first end of each hoisting rope is routed around the machinery traction sheave and thereafter around the counterweight pulleys and thereafter fastened to the counterweight side rope terminal, c) the counterweight is lowered to the bottom part of the shaft so that the counterweight pulls each hoisting rope from each reel through the whole roping system, d) the second end of each hoisting rope is fastened to the car side rope terminal.

2. Method for roping an elevator according to claim 1, wherein in step a) each hoisting rope is routed from the first side of the elevator car under the car pulleys under the elevator car and raised from the second side of the elevator car to its temporary fastening point at the upper part of the elevator car where the first end of each hoisting rope is temporarily fastened.

3. Method for roping an elevator according to claim 1, wherein in step a) the first end of each hoisting rope is lifted up to the car roof with the help of an installation means, such as a rope.

4. Method for roping an elevator according to claim 1, wherein in step b) the elevator car and the counterweight are hoisted to the upper part of the elevator shaft with an auxiliary hoist equipped with an auxiliary hoisting rope.

5. Method for roping an elevator according to claim 4, wherein in step b) the elevator car and the counterweight are hoisted to the upper part of the elevator shaft with the same auxiliary hoist and with the same auxiliary hoisting rope, using an auxiliary diverting pulley to align the auxiliary hoisting rope to a correct line with the object to be hoisted.

6. Method for roping an elevator according to claim 1, wherein in step b) after the hoisting the elevator car and the counterweight are secured to the upper part of the elevator shaft with suitable securing means.

7. Method for roping an elevator according to claim 1, wherein in step c) during lowering the counterweight, until it reaches a pre-set stopper means in the pit of the elevator shaft, each hoisting rope is unwound from each reel through the whole roping system and at the same time stretched to their length of use.

8. Method for roping an elevator according to claim 8, wherein the stopper means is placed in the pit at such a height that after the lowering the counterweight and when the counterweight is stopped by the stopper means the hoisting ropes have at the same time been elongated to their normal length of use.

9. Method for roping an elevator according to claim 1, wherein in step c) the counterweight is lowered with the help of the auxiliary hoist.

10. Method for roping an elevator according to claim 1, wherein each hoisting rope is tightened by lowering the counterweight.

11. Method for roping an elevator according to claim 1, wherein all the hoisting ropes are kept equally tight all the time after the method step b).

12. Method for roping an elevator according to claim 1, wherein the reels for the hoisting ropes are placed on top of the roof of the elevator car.

Description

LIST OF FIGURES

[0014] The invention will now be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

[0015] FIG. 1 presents in a simplified and diagrammatic side view an elevator shaft and the first phase of the roping method according to the invention,

[0016] FIG. 2 presents in a simplified and diagrammatic side view an elevator shaft and the next phase of the roping method according to the invention and

[0017] FIG. 3 presents in a simplified and diagrammatic side view an elevator shaft when the roping of the elevator has been completed.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0018] FIG. 1 presents in a simplified and diagrammatic side view an elevator shaft 1 where one wall is removed; an elevator car 2 in the shaft 1 which elevator car 2 comprises elevator car pulleys 10 acting as diverting pulleys; an auxiliary hoist 8 such as a man-riding hoist equipped with an auxiliary hoisting rope 9; a hoisting rope 4; a reel 4a for the hoisting rope 4; a counterweight 3 comprising counterweight pulleys 11 which act as diverting pulleys; a machinery traction sheave 5; a car side rope terminal 6 and a counterweight side rope terminal 7; an installation means 12, such as a rope, a chain or some other tool/tools, and an auxiliary diverting pulley 13. Preferably, the elevator comprises several parallel hoisting ropes 4. In this context the expression hoisting rope 4 means the whole set of parallel hoisting ropes.

[0019] Preferably, the elevator car pulleys 10 are placed at the bottom part of the elevator car 2 and the counterweight pulleys 11 are placed at the top part of the counterweight 3.

[0020] At the bottom part of the elevator shaft 1, the first end of the hoisting rope 4 is lowered from the reels 4a at the top of the car 2 on the side of the car side rope terminal 6 to the pit of the shaft 1. The installation means 12 is lowered from the other side of the car from the elevator 2 roof to the pit. Then the hoisting rope 4 is routed through the car pulleys 10. With the help of the installation means 12 the hoisting rope 4 is then pulled up to the elevator car 2 roof and fastened there to some fastening member, which is a part of the car 2 or attached to the car 2, for example the roof balustrade.

[0021] For the sake of clarity, only one hoisting rope 4 is mentioned here. However, the elevator can comprise also more than one hoisting ropes 4 and when one hoisting rope is mentioned all the hoisting ropes are meant. Similarly, when only one reel 4a is mentioned it means that there can be more than one parallel reels 4a, one for each hoisting rope 4.

[0022] FIG. 2 presents in a simplified and diagrammatic side view the elevator shaft 1 according to FIG. 1 in the next phase of the method.

[0023] In this phase of the method the elevator car 2 is hoisted to the upper part of the elevator shaft 1 with the help of the auxiliary hoist 8 and its rope 9, which auxiliary hoist 8 is placed above the elevator car 2. After hoisting the elevator car 2 it is parked and secured at the upper part of the elevator shaft 1 with safety members, parking chains and/or corresponding securing means, which are not shown in the figure. Also, the counterweight 3 has been hoisted up to the upper part of the elevator shaft 1 with the help of preferably the same auxiliary hoist 8 and its rope 9. When hoisting the counterweight 3 with the auxiliary hoist 8 the rope 9 is routed over the auxiliary diverting pulley 13, which is suitably fitted above the counterweight 3.

[0024] At the upper part of the elevator shaft 1 the first end of the hoisting rope 4 is uncoupled from the fastening member, to which it was fastened at the bottom part of the elevator shaft 1. Then the hoisting rope 4 is routed over the machinery traction sheave 5 and under the counterweight pulleys 11. Then the first end of the hoisting rope 4 is fixed to the counterweight side rope terminal 7 at the counterweight side of the shaft.

[0025] FIG. 3 presents in a simplified and diagrammatic side view the elevator shaft 1 according to FIG. 1 in the next phase of the method.

[0026] In the next phase or the final phase of the method the counterweight 3 is lowered towards the pit until it reaches the pre-set stopper means in the bottom part of the elevator shaft 1. The stopper means is not shown in the figures. During the lowering of the counterweight 3, the hoisting ropes 4 are unwound from the reels 4a through the whole roping system and the mass of the counterweight 3 stretches the hoisting ropes 4 to their full length. The stopper means is placed in the pit at such a height that after the lowering when the counterweight 3 is stopped by the stopper means the hoisting ropes 4 have at the same time been elongated to their normal length of use. Thus, when the counterweight 3 reaches the stopper means the rope length is at the same time essentially correct. The second ends of the hoisting ropes 4 are fixed to the car side rope terminal 6 and tightened to the correct and wanted tension. The counterweight 3 is lowered with the help of the auxiliary hoist 8.

[0027] It is obvious to the person skilled in the art that the invention is not restricted to the examples described above but that it may be varied within the scope of the claims presented below. Thus, for instance the method can comprise also different phases than those described above.

[0028] It is also obvious to the person skilled in the art that the method according to the invention can be used also in different kind of elevators than the elevator described above.

[0029] It is also obvious to the person skilled in the art that the diverting pulleys in the elevator car can be at the top part of the elevator car and the diverting pulleys in the counterweight can be at the lower part of the counterweight.

[0030] It is also obvious to the person skilled in the art that there can be more than one installation means or some other method can be used to lift the hoisting ropes to the car roof than using an installation means, such as a rope or ropes.

[0031] It is also obvious to the person skilled in the art that the counterweight is not necessarily in its final weight in the installation phase. For example, just part of the weight is installed in the installation phase and the rest is added later.

[0032] It is also obvious to the person skilled in the art that the auxiliary hoist can also be placed on top of the counterweight instead of on top of the elevator car. In this case, the auxiliary diverting pulley is placed on top of the elevator car. In this way the auxiliary diverting pulley is used to align the auxiliary hoisting rope to a correct line with the object to be hoisted.