An arrangement for damping lateral sways of rope-like means fixed to an elevator unit and an elevator

摘要

The invention relates to an arrangement for damping lateral sways of a rope-like means (6) fixed to a movable elevator unit, such as an elevator car (1) in an elevator hoistway (S), the bottom end of which rope-like means (6) has an upward opening bottom loop (6a), which arrangement comprises a freely hanging damping means (8) supported on the top surface of the bottom loop (6a), which said damping means (8) comprises a device (15) for measuring acceleration and/or twisting of said rope-like means (6), and an elevator.