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Granted Patent B2
US 12,522,475 · App. 17/911,928 · Granted Jan 13, 2026

Construction elevator device

Inventors: Yuto Hino (Tokyo, JP); Akitomo Igarashi (Tokyo, JP); Takayuki Hagiwara (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
B66B19/00B66B7/02B66B11/0045E04G3/32E04G2003/283
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Patent No.
US 12,522,475
App. No.
17/911,928
Granted
Jan 13, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention includes machine room unit hoisters 9 a, 9 b, 9 c by which a machine room unit 6 is suspended from a support member provided in a hoistway so as to be movable in an ascending/descending direction. The machine room unit hoisters 9 a, 9 b, 9 c suspend the machine room unit 6 at suspension points 21 a, 21 b, 21 c . The machine room unit hoisters 9 a, 9 b, 9 c are provided, supported by the support member. When viewed from a virtual horizontal plane over the machine room unit 6 , distances from a center G of gravity of the machine room unit 6 to each of the suspension points are substantially equal and the center G of gravity is positioned within a region enclosed by virtual straight lines connecting each of the suspension points 21 a, 21 b, 21 c . When viewed from a virtual horizontal plane over a working platform 5 , the respective suspension points 21 a, 21 b, 21 c of the machine room unit 6 are positioned outside a contour of the working platform 5.

Claims (32)

1 . A construction elevator device comprising:

a support member provided in a hoistway;

a machine room unit placed under the support member; and

machine room unit hoisters by which the machine room unit is suspended from the support member so as to be movable in an ascending/descending direction,

wherein the machine room unit hoisters being at least three in number are provided, supported by the support member, and there are at least three suspension points of the machine room unit; and

when viewed from a virtual horizontal plane over the machine room unit, distances from a center of gravity of the machine room unit to each of the suspension points are substantially equal and the center of gravity is positioned within a region enclosed by virtual straight lines connecting each of the suspension points, wherein

the machine room unit includes a first machine room unit and a second machine room unit;

the first machine room unit includes a winch that winds up a main rope to move a car up and down;

the second machine room unit includes a main rope drum to extend the main rope; and

the machine room unit hoisters pull up the second machine room unit.

2 . The construction elevator device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a working platform placed under the support member provided in the hoistway; and

a working platform hoister by which the working platform is suspended from the support member so as to be movable in an ascending/descending direction,

wherein the working platform is placed between the support member and the machine room unit; and

when viewed from a virtual horizontal plane over the working platform, the respective suspension points of the machine room unit are positioned outside a contour of the working platform.

3 . The construction elevator device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the hoistway is provided with a pair of car's guide rails to guide a car and the machine room unit in an ascending/descending direction; and

among the at least three suspension points of the machine room unit, at least one suspension point is placed opposite to the center of gravity across a car's virtual straight line connecting the pair of car's guide rails.

4 . The construction elevator device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the hoistway is provided with a pair of counterweight's guide rails to guide a counterweight and the machine room unit in an ascending/descending direction;

a weight's virtual straight line connecting the pair of counterweight's guide rails is substantially parallel with the car's virtual straight line; and

among the at least three suspension points of the machine room unit, a suspension point other than suspension points placed opposite to the center of gravity across the car's virtual straight line is placed opposite to the center of gravity across the weight's virtual straight line.

5 . The construction elevator device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first machine room unit includes first machine room hoisters to pull up the first machine room unit upward; and

the machine room unit hoisters that hoist the second machine room unit are second machine room unit hoisters.

6 . The construction elevator device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the first machine room unit includes a first machine room unit's main rope grasper to grasp the main rope;

the second machine room unit includes a second machine room unit's main rope grasper to grasp the main rope;

when pulling up the second machine room unit by the second machine room unit hoisters, the main rope is grasped by the first machine room unit's main rope grasper while the second machine room unit's main rope grasper is released; and

when pulling up the first machine room unit by the first machine room unit hoisters, the main rope is grasped by the second machine room unit's main rope grasper while the first machine room unit's main rope grasper is released.

7 . The construction elevator device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the support member includes movable support portions that stretch toward wall surfaces of the hoistway and retract.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 3, 2023
From: HINO, YUTO; IGARASHI, AKITOMO; HAGIWARA, TAKAYUKI
To: HITACHI, LTD.
Reel/Frame 062259/0602 →
Continuity (1)
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