TRACTION SHEAVE ELEVATOR

摘要

A traction sheave elevator comprises an elevator car moving along elevator guide rails, a counterweight moving along counterweight guide rails, a set of hoisting ropes on which the elevator car and the counterweight are suspended, and a drive machine. The drive machine comprises a traction sheave driven by the drive machine and engaging the hoisting ropes. The drive machine of the elevator is placed in the upper portion of the elevator shaft in the space between the shaft space required by the path of the elevator car and/or an overhead extension therefor and a wall of the elevator shaft.