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Granted Patent B2
US 12,637,328 · App. 18/663,483 · Granted May 26, 2026

Construction arrangement of an elevator and method for constructing an elevator

Inventors: Mikko Kukkola (Helsinki, FI); Mika Ijäs (Helsinki, FI); Matti Räsänen (Helsinki, FI); Markku Haapaniemi (Helsinki, FI); Otto Lanz (Helsinki, FI); Janne Laine (Helsinki, FI)
Assignee: Kone Corporation
B66B11/0045B66B7/02B66B19/00
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Patent No.
US 12,637,328
App. No.
18/663,483
Granted
May 26, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A construction arrangement of an elevator and a method for constructing an elevator. The construction arrangement of an elevator comprises a hoistway; at least one car guide rail and at least one counterweight guide rail mounted to the structure of the hoistway; an elevator car arranged movable on said at least one car guide rail; a counterweight arranged movable on said at least one counterweight guide rail; and a hoisting machine arranged above the counterweight; wherein the hoisting machine is mounted substantially between said at least one car guide rail and said at least one counterweight guide rail. The method for constructing an elevator comprising providing said construction arrangement, moving the hoisting machine from a first installation position to an upper second installation position in the hoistway, and mounting the hoisting machine substantially between said at least one car guide rail and said at least one counterweight guide rail.

Claims (43)

1 . A construction arrangement of an elevator comprising

a hoistway,

at least one car guide rail mounted to a wall of hoistway and at least one counterweight guide rail mounted to a structure of the hoistway and extending in a vertical direction,

an elevator car arranged movable on said at least one car guide rail, the at least one car guide rail between the elevator car and the wall of the hoistway in a first horizontal plane, the first horizontal plane perpendicular to the vertical direction,

a counterweight arranged movable on said at least one counterweight guide rail,

a hoisting machine arranged directly above the counterweight,

wherein

the hoisting machine is mounted between said at least one car guide rail and said at least one counterweight guide rail, and

the wall of the hoistway, the at least one counterweight guide rail, the hoisting machine and a vertical projection of the elevator car overlapping in a second horizontal plane along a first direction, the first direction periocular to the wall of the hoistway, the at least one counterweight guide rail is between the hoisting machine and the wall of the hoistway in the second horizontal plane, the second horizontal plane parallel to the first horizontal plane, and a vertical projection of the hoisting machine being separate from the at least one counterweight guide rail and the vertical projection of the elevator car.

2 . The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein

the hoisting machine is mounted by means of a mounting structure between said at least one car guide rail and said at least one counterweight guide rail, and

the mounting structure is mounted on a back of said at least one car guide rail and on a back of said at least one counterweight guide rail.

3 . The arrangement according to claim 2 , wherein

said at least one car guide rail is mounted by car guide rail brackets to the structure of the hoistway and said at least one counterweight guide rail is mounted by counterweight guide rail brackets to the structure of the hoistway, and

the mounting structure is mounted to a car guide rail bracket and a counterweight guide rail bracket.

4 . The arrangement according to claim 2 , wherein

additionally to the mounting of the hoisting machine to the mounting structure,

the mounting structure comprises an integrated first rope fixing for a plurality of hoisting ropes comprised by the arrangement.

5 . The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the hoisting machine comprises a drive wheel positioned towards the structure of the hoistway which provides mounting structure for an adjacent one of the at least one car guide rail, or

wherein the hoisting machine comprises the drive wheel positioned towards the elevator car.

6 . The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the hoisting machine is placed on the at least one counterweight guide rail, when viewed in a horizontal direction,

and/or wherein

the hoisting machine is configured to be demounted from a first installation position in the hoistway and to be mounted to an upper second installation position in the hoistway, and

the second installation position is provided with second car guide rails and second counterweight guide rails forming continuing car guide rail lines and continuing counterweight guide rail lines to a bottom portion of the hoistway before said demounting.

7 . The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the hoisting machine is askew from the wall of the hoistway.

8 . The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the vertical projection of the hoisting machine is separate from the at least one car guide rail.

9 . A method for constructing an elevator comprising providing a construction arrangement according to claim 1 , and moving the hoisting machine from a first installation position to an upper second installation position in the hoistway, and mounting the hoisting machine between said at least one car guide rail and said at least one counterweight guide rail.

10 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein

additionally to the mounting of the hoisting machine to a mounting structure,

integrating a first rope fixing to the mounting structure to form an integrated first rope fixing for a plurality of hoisting ropes.

11 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein positioning a drive wheel comprised by the hoisting machine towards the structure of the hoistway which provides mounting structure for an adjacent one of the at least one car guide rail, or

wherein positioning the drive wheel comprised by the hoisting machine towards the elevator car.

12 . The method according to claim 9 , further including placing the hoisting machine on the at least one counterweight guide rail, when viewed in a horizontal direction.

13 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein mounting second car guide rails and second counterweight guide rails in the hoistway upper second installation position above the hoisting machine thereby forming continuing car guide rail lines and continuing counterweight guide rail lines to a bottom portion of the hoistway, when the hoisting machine is mounted in place in the first installation position,

and wherein demounting the hoisting machine from the first installation position and mounting the hoisting machine to the upper second installation position.

14 . The method according to claim 13 , wherein demounting a second rope fixing comprised by the construction arrangement from the first installation position and mounting second rope fixing to the upper second installation position.

15 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein moving the hoisting machine mounted to a mounting structure, together with a first rope fixing integrated to said mounting structure, between said at least one car guide rail and said at least one counterweight guide rail,

and wherein

demounting the mounting structure from between said at least one car guide rail and said at least one counterweight guide rail in the first installation position, and

mounting the mounting structure between said at least one car guide rail and said at least one counterweight guide rail in the upper second installation position.

16 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein providing a hoisting arrangement in the hoistway above the elevator car capable of hoisting loads in the hoistway, the hoisting arrangement comprising a hoisting device, a flexible member, and an installation platform.

17 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein attaching to a hoisting arrangement, and supporting and moving, simultaneously, by said hoisting arrangement from the first installation position to the upper second installation position, includes

the hoisting machine; a first rope fixing comprised by the construction arrangement; a second rope fixing comprised by the construction arrangement; the elevator car; and a mounting structure comprised by the construction arrangement together with the hoisting machine and the first rope fixing are attached to an installation platform, and supported and moved by said installation platform.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 23, 2024
From: KUKKOLA, MIKKO; IJÄS, MIKA; RÄSÄNEN, MATTI; HAAPANIEMI, MARKKU; LANZ, OTTO; LAINE, JANNE
To: KONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067512/0385 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTEP2021081664 · Nov 15, 2021
Related Publication 20240294361A1 · Sep 5, 2024
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