	US 7,478,705 B2
	Elevator
Urs Schaffhauser, Root (Switzerland); Mario Fernandes, Mulhouse (France); and Julien Maury, Emmenbrücke (Switzerland)
Assigned to Inventio AG, Hergiswil NW (Switzerland)
Filed on Aug. 08, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/199,047.
Claims priority of application No. 04405503 (EP), filed on Aug. 09, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2006/0070819 A1, Apr. 06, 2006
Int. Cl. B66B 11/08 (2006.01); A46B 15/00 (2006.01); B21B 45/02 (2006.01); B60S 1/28 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 187—266 [187/254; 15/256.6]

11 Claims

1. An elevator including an elevator car and a counterweight that are movable in an elevator shaft and are connected by a supporting and driving means comprising:

at least one deflecting roller integrated in the elevator car or in the counterweight and engaged by the supporting and driving means; and

a cover mounted adjacent said at least one deflecting roller and covering a portion of the supporting and driving means engaging said at least one deflecting roller, said cover including an arcuate wall extending between and connecting a pair of side panels, said cover not contacting the supporting and driving means, said arcuate wall covering a portion of the supporting and driving means, and said arcuate wall and said pair of side panels within a close proximity of said at least one deflecting roller thereby preventing the supporting and driving means from completely disengaging from said at least one deflecting roller.