According to the present disclosure there is provided a guide rail (100') for an elevator system,the guide rail (100') having an elongate length (L) with a cross-section perpendicular to the elongate length (L);the cross-section comprising a base section (120) for mounting to a wall of an elevator hoistway, and a blade section (130), the blade section (130) extending from the base section (120);wherein the blade section (130) comprises a guide surface (132) for interacting with a guide element of a component movable in the elevator hoistway;the guide rail (100') comprising:a pair of separate rail piece parts (110'a; 110'b) fixed together to form the guide rail (100');wherein the pair of separate rail piece parts comprises a first rail piece part (110'a; 110'b) and a second rail piece part (110'a; 110'b;); the first rail piece part (110'a; 110'b) being formed from a first thickness (t1, t2) of sheet material bent to have a cross-section of a first predetermined shape, and the second rail piece part (110'a; 110'b) being formed from a second thickness (t1, t2) of sheet material bent to have a cross-section of a second predetermined shape;wherein the first rail piece part (110'a; 110'b) and the second rail piece part (110'a; 110'b) are fixed together such the first predetermined shape and the second predetermined shape together form the base section (120) and the blade section (130), and such that the blade section (130) has a cross-sectional width (W1) at the guide surface (132) that is equal to at least the sum of the first thickness (t1, t2) and the second thickness (t1, t2); andwherein the first rail piece part (110'a; 110'b) and the second rail piece part (110'a; 110'b) are mechanically joined by the sheet material of the first and second rail piece parts (110'a; 110'b) having been clinched together.
ELEVATOR GUIDE RAIL
AUFZUGSFÜHRUNGSSCHIENE
RAIL DE GUIDAGE D'ASCENSEUR
2024-09-11
Patent
Electronic Resource
English