Patent US4819765 - Arrester device for elevators - Google ...
www.google.com/patents/US4819765
Apr 11, 1989 - An arrester device, e.g. for an elevator cage or counterweight, has a wedge housing, an active wedge acting on one side of an elevator guide ...

Patent EP1602615A1 - Safety device to block the elevator ...
www.google.com/patents/EP1602615A1?cl=en - Translate this page
Dec 7, 2005 - ***The safety device is for the arresting of a lift car***, whereby the lift car is prevented from impermissible movements and the distance of travel is ...

Patent US5377788 - Safety catch device for elevators ...
https://www.google.com/patents/US5377788
Jan 3, 1995 - A ***safety catch device*** for elevator cars guided on at least one guide rail includes a braking device acting on the at least one guide rail for ...

Elisha Otis
www.theelevatormuseum.org/e/E-5.htm
***Elisha Graves Otis didn't invent the elevator, he invented something perhaps more important-the ***elevator safety device*** that eventually made high-rise buildings practical***. Born on a farm ... Josiah Maize needed a hoist to lift heavy equipment to the upper floor. ... If the rope gave way, the spring would catch and hold.

Elevator Brakes - Mayr
www.mayr.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Branchen/Elevator_Brakes...
Elevator brakes by mayr® power transmission comply with the highest safety .... In contrast to cable brakes and ***safety catch devices***, it provides safety against ...

Elevator Installation - Tractel
www.tractel.com/en/pdf/P1216-Ascensoristes_1EN_min.pdf
secured access scaflolding for elevator shafts, ... Technical support available for man riding applications, lifting and ... platform, Blocstop™ ***fall arrest device*** on.

elevador de trava-quedas > aerial lift with ***fall-arrest protection***
www.proz.com › ... › Portuguese to English › Electronics / Elect Eng
May 7, 2009 - ***A device that permits an arrested fall is considered a fall arrest system***. ... It depends if you want to use elevator or lift, depends of the origin of ...

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Patent EP0708051A1 - Safety brake for an elevator - Google ...
google.com/patents/EP0708051A1?cl=es
Safety brake (14) for an elevator, enabling the movement of the elevator rope (8) to be ... 1987, Apr 11, 1989, Kone Elevator Gmbh, ***Arrester device for elevators***.

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Patent US20100147626 - ***Passenger cage for elevators*** ...
www.google.com/patents/US20100147626
Jun 17, 2010 - The lift cage as claimed in claims 16 , further including at least one of a cable winch and an ***arrester device*** mounted below said floor, said cage ...

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Schindler and Kone both simply term this device as an "(elevator) safety gear":

Schindler 700 – the Journey to the Top - Schindler Group
www.schindler.com/.../schindler-700-the-journey-to-the-top....
Nov 6, 2002 - Schindler, the elevator and escalator company, presented its new .... ***For the Schindler high-rise elevator, a unique new safety gear*** has been ...

understanding the natural behaviour of elevator safety gears
www.kone.com/media/mpb/pdfs/Elevator%20Safety%20Gears.pdf
***ELEVATOR SAFETY GEARS*** AND THEIR TRIGGERING. Johannes de Jong. E-mail: johannes.de.jong@kone.com. This paper was presented at. ISTANBUL ...

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"kilefang" could be an "elevator car wedge arresting device":

Patent US6006867 - Elevator guide apparatus - Google ...
https://www.google.com/patents/US6006867
Dec 28, 1999 - 5,159,995 shows an ***elevator car wedge arresting device*** with two guide rollers. The two sprung guide rollers are firmly connected with the ...