Patent Application
20060169545
The present invention relates to an elevator hoisting machine.
There have been developed various types of gearless elevator hoisting machines which use no gear. One of the elevator hoisting machines is disclosed in Japanese document JP-U 49-149201. In this elevator hoisting machine, a rotation shaft is rotatably supported on a pair of bearings mounted on a bed. Provided to the rotation shaft are a DC motor, a sheave, and a brake drum. The DC motor is supplied with current through a rectifier, and the sheave has a rope wound thereon.
Another elevator hoisting machine is disclosed in Japanese document JP-B2 5-21830. This elevator hoisting machine includes a revolving-field synchronous motor. In the elevator hoisting machine, first and second supports are distantly disposed on a bed. First and second support shafts are fixed to the first and second supports. An armature is arranged on the first support shaft, and a sheave is arranged on the second support shaft through a bearing. Thus, the sheave is supported in a cantilever way. A permanent magnet is arranged on the inner peripheral surface of a brake wheel integrally formed with the sheave. The permanent magnet and the armature constitute a revolving-field synchronous motor.
The elevator hoisting machine disclosed in Japanese document JP-U 49-149201 includes rotation shaft for transmitting torque of the DC motor to the sheave and the brake drum. In this case, the rotation shaft and a rotor of the DC motor, the rotation shaft and the sheave, the rotation shaft and brake drum should be fixed together to ensure torque transmission. Thus, assembling should be carried out with working such as key groove, shrinking, or taper joining provided to junctions, leading to complicated assembling work and increase in assembling cost. Further, the DC motor, sheave, and brake drum are not coupled directly, but through the rotation shaft, leading to increase in machine size due to impossible direct coupling. Furthermore, the need of the rotation shaft causes a rise in manufacturing cost.
With the elevator hoisting machine disclosed in Japanese document JP-B2 5-21830, the second support shaft having a great load acting thereon through the sheave is a cantilever, leading to size increase in the second support and the bearing. Moreover, due to mounting of the two supports on the bed, alignment is needed to align the concentric position of the armature and the permanent magnet. Specifically, alignment of the axes of the first and second support shafts is needed in the assembling process.
It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide an elevator hoisting machine which allows reduction in size and manufacturing cost and facilitation of assembling.
Generally, the present invention provides an elevator hoisting machine, which comprises: a first rotary part, the first rotary part comprising a sheave, a brake-side end plate extending from an inner peripheral surface of the sheave at a first end radially inward, and a brake rotating body located at the first end of the sheave, the sheave, brake-side end plate, and brake rotating body being integrally formed together; a second rotary part, the second rotary part comprising a rotor having an outer peripheral surface on which a magnet is arranged and a motor-side end plate extending from an inner peripheral surface of the rotor at a second end radially inward, the rotor and motor-side end plate being integrally formed together, the second rotary part being coaxially coupled to the first rotary part with the sheave abutting on the rotor; a sheave casing which covers the first rotary part and supports an inner periphery of the brake-side end plate, the sheave casing comprising a brake braking body which makes contact with the brake rotating body to provide braking; and a frame which covers the second rotary part and supports an inner periphery of the motor-side end plate, the frame comprising a stator arranged to face the magnet, wherein the sheave casing and frame are coupled together to form an external enclosure.
The other objects and features of the present invention will become apparent from the following description with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
Referring to the drawings, a description will be made about preferred embodiments of an elevator hoisting machine according to the present invention.
A first rotary part 130 comprises a sheave 131, a brake-side end plate 132, and a brake disk (brake rotating body) 133, which are integrally formed together. A second rotary part 140 comprises a rotor 141 and a motor-side end plate 142, which are integrally formed together. The first and second rotary parts 130, 140 are connected through engagement by a bolt 150. With the sheave 131 abutting on the rotor 141, the first and second rotary parts 130, 140 are in the coaxial state.
The sheave casing 110 covers the first rotary part 130, and supports rotatably the inner periphery of the brake-side end plate 132 through a bearing 151. The frame 120 covers the second rotary part 140, and supports rotatably the inner periphery of the motor-side end plate 142 through a bearing 152. Resultingly, the coupled first and second rotary parts 130,140 are rotatably supported on the external enclosure which comprises sheave casing 110 and frame 120 through the bearings 151,152.
A brake main body (brake braking body) 160 is provided on the top of the sheave casing 110. The brake main body 160 comprises a brake pad forced against the brake disk 133 and the like, wherein braking is obtained by forcing the brake pad against the brake disk 133.
A permanent magnet 170 is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the rotator 141. A stator 171 including a stator winding 172 is provided to the frame 120. The stator 171 is arranged to face the permanent magnet 170. The stator 141 including permanent magnet 170 and the stator 171 including stator winding 171 constitute a synchronous motor.
The structure of the first and second rotary parts 130, 140 will be described.
As is described above, the first rotary part 130 is an integral formation of the sheave 131, brake-side end plate 132, and brake disk 133. The sheave 131 is shaped cylindrically. The brake-side end plate 132 is shaped like a ring in such a way as to extend from the inner peripheral surface of the sheave 131 at its first or right end radially inward, then axially rightward. Its inner periphery extending axially is supported on the bearing 151.
As is described above, the second rotary part 140 is an integral formation of the rotor 141 and the motor-side end plate 142. The motor-side end plate 142 is shaped like a ring in such a way as to extend from the inner peripheral surface of the rotor 141 at its second or left end radially inward, then axially leftward. Its inner periphery extending axially is supported on the bearing 152.
In the elevator hoisting machine 100 constructed in such a way, driving of the synchronous motor causes rotation of the first and second rotary parts 130, 140 to wind or dispense the rope, not shown, for elevator. A load acting on the sheave 131 through the rope is borne on the external enclosure comprising sheave casing 110 and frame 120 through the end plates 132, 142 and the bearings 151, 152. Therefore, a heavy load can firmly be borne by the both lever structure without relying on the shaft structure.
In the first embodiment, the rotor 141, sheave 13, and brake disk (brake rotating body) 133 are coupled directly, resulting in a size reduction.
When the sheave 131 deteriorates, the bolt 150 is loosened to remove the first rotary part 130 including sheave 131. And a new rotary part 130 is set instead, which is coupled to the second rotary part 140. Thus, replacement of the sheave 131 can be achieved easily.
Other parts in the second embodiment are the same in structure as those in the first embodiment shown in
Other parts in the third embodiment are the same in structure as those in the first embodiment shown in
Other parts in the fourth embodiment are the same in structure as those in the second embodiment shown in
According to the present invention, the rotor, sheave, and brake rotating body are coupled directly, resulting in a reduction in whole structure of the elevator hoisting machine. Further, due to no use of the shaft, a reduction in manufacturing cost can be achieved accordingly. Still further, due to direct coupling, key groove machining or the like to the shaft is not needed, resulting in easy assembling. Still further, the bearing support provides both lever structure, allowing firm bearing of a heavy load. Furthermore, due to no use of the bed, axis alignment is not needed in the assembling process, resulting in easy assembling.
Having described the present invention in connection with the preferred embodiments, it is noted that the present invention is not limited thereto, and various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.
The entire teachings of Japanese Patent Application P2004-179535 filed Jun. 17, 2004 are hereby incorporated by reference.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-179535 | Jun 2004 | JP | national |
