Elevator guide shoe

Claim 2

A guide shoe for attachment to the car of an elevator and for sliding on a guide rail in a hoistway, comprising: a holding shoe made of rigid material and having a U-shaped longitudinal recess therein, a liner of U-shaped cross-section, said liner being made of plastic material, the liner and holding shoe being secured together by pins integrally formed with said liner extending outward from said liner to engage in corresponding holes in the holding shoe, an intermediate layer of cellular elastomer between the holding shoe and the liner and said pins extending through said intermediate layer and engaging said holes whereby said pins are also effective to prevent substantial translation of said intermediate layer with respect to said liner.

Claim 3

A guide shoe according to claim 1, wherein the liner and the intermediate layer are adhesively secured together to form an integral slide member.

Claim 4

A guide shoe according to claim 1, further including means in the engagement of the pins on the liner with holes in the holding shoe for permitting relative movement between the slide member and the holding shoe transversely to the longitudinal direction, and for preventing relative movement therebetween in the longitudinal direction.

Claim 5

A guide shoe for attachment to the car of an elevator and for sliding on a guide rail in a hoistway, comprising: a holding shoe made of rigid material and having a U-shaped longitudinal recess therein, a liner of U-shaped cross-section, said liner being made of plastic material, the liner and holding shoe being secured together by pins formed with said liner which engage in corresponding holes in the holding shoe, an intermediate layer of cellular elastomer between the holding shoe and the liner, said pins through said intermediate layer and wherein the two side walls and base of the U-shaped liner are formed as a flat laminated body, two longitudinally extending generally parallel grooves partially through the thickness of said plastic material being formed in said liner, the remaining portion of said thickness of said plastic material in said grooves forming film hinges, which permit bending up the two side walls together with the intermediate layer into its U-shaped cross section during assembly.

Claim 6

A guide shoe for attachment to the car of an elevator and for sliding on a guide rail in a hoistway, comprising: a holding shoe made of rigid material and having a U-shaped longitudinal recess therein, a liner of U-shaped cross-section, said liner being made of plastic material, the liner and holding shoe being secured together by pins formed with said liner which engage in corresponding holes in the holding shoe, an intermediate layer of cellular elastomer between the holding shoe and the liner, said pins through said intermediate layer and wherein the two side walls and base of the U-shaped liner are formed as a flat laminated body, two longitudinally extending generally parallel grooves partially through the thickness of said plastic material being formed in said liner, the remaining portion of said thickness of said plastic material in said grooves forming film hinges, which permit bending up the two side walls together with the intermediate layer into its U-shaped cross section during assembly.

Claim 7

A guide shoe for attachment to the car of an elevator and for sliding on a guide rail in a hoistway, comprising: a holding shoe made of rigid material and having a U-shaped longitudinal recess therein, a liner of U-shaped cross-section, said liner being made of plastic material, the liner and holding shoe being secured together by pins formed with said liner which engage in corresponding holes in the holding shoe, an intermediate layer of cellular elastomer between the holding shoe and the liner, said pins passing through said intermediate layer, means for permitting relative movement between the liner and the holding shoe transversely to the longitudinal direction, and for preventing relative movement therebetween in the longitudinal direction and wherein said means comprises said pins on the liner being of oval shape and said holes being of circular shape, the size of the pins in the direction transverse to the direction of travel being smaller than in the longitudinal direction, and the size of the pins and the holes in the direction of travel being substantially equal, so that, only transverse movement is possible between the slide member and the holding shoe and longitudinal movement is prevented.

Claim 8

A guide shoe for attachment to the car of an elevator and for sliding on a guide rail in a hoistway, comprising: a holding shoe made of rigid material and having a U-shaped longitudinal recess therein, a liner of U-shaped cross-section, said liner being made of plastic material, the liner and holding shoe being secured together by pins formed with said liner which engage in corresponding holes in the holding shoe, an intermediate layer of cellular elastomer between the holding shoe and the liner, said pins passing through said intermediate layer, means for permitting relative movement between the liner and the holding shoe transversely to the longitudinal direction, and for preventing relative movement therebetween in the longitudinal direction and wherein said means comprises said pins on the liner being of oval shape and said holes being of circular shape, the size of the pins in the direction transverse to the direction of travel being smaller than in the longitudinal direction, and the size of the pins and the holes in the direction of travel being substantially equal, so that, only transverse movement is possible between the slide member and the holding shoe and longitudinal movement is prevented.

Claim 9

A guide shoe for attachment to the car of an elevator and for sliding on a guide rail in a hoistway, comprising: a holding shoe made of rigid material and having a U-shaped longitudinal recess therein, a liner of U-shaped cross-section, said liner being made of plastic material, the liner and holding shoe being secured together by pins formed with said liner which engage in corresponding holes in the holding shoe, an intermediate layer of cellular elastomer between the holding shoe and the liner, said pins passing through said intermediate layer, means for permitting relative movement between the liner and the holding shoe transversely to the longitudinal direction, and for preventing relative movement therebetween in the longitudinal direction and wherein said means comprises said pins on the liner being of circular shape, and said holes being slots, the size of the slots transversely to the direction of travel being greater than in the direction longitudinally thereof, and size of the pins and the slots in the direction of travel being substantially the same, so that, only lateral movement is possible between the slide member and the holding shoe and longitudinal movement is prevented.

Claim 10

A guide shoe for attachment to the car of an elevator and for sliding on a guide rail in a hoistway, comprising: a holding shoe made of rigid material and having a U-shaped longitudinal recess therein, a liner of U-shaped cross-section, said liner being made of plastic material, the liner and holding shoe being secured together by pins formed with said liner which engage in corresponding holes in the holding shoe, an intermediate layer of cellular elastomer between the holding shoe and the liner, said pins passing through said intermediate layer, means for permitting relative movement between the liner and the holding shoe transversely to the longitudinal direction, and for preventing relative movement therebetween in the longitudinal direction and wherein said means comprises said pins on the liner being of circular shape, and said holes being slots, the size of the slots transversely to the direction of travel being greater than in the direction longitudinally thereof, and size of the pins and the slots in the direction of travel being substantially the same, so that, only lateral movement is possible between the slide member and the holding shoe and longitudinal movement is prevented.

Claim 11

A guide shoe comprising: (a) a holding shoe having a U-shaped recess therein; (b) a slide member having a U-shaped cross section moveably fitted within and conforming to the inside of said recess; (c) said slide member having first and second layers; (d) said first layer abutting said recess and being of cellular elastomeric material; (e) said second layer being of non-cellular plastic material; (f) a plurality of pins integrally formed in said second layer; (g) said pins passing outward through said first layer; and (h) holes in said holding shoe aligned with said pins and engageable therewith for resisting relative motion of said second layer with respect to said holding shoe in at least a direction of motion.

Claim 12

A guide shoe comprising: (a) a holding shoe having a U-shaped recess therein; (b) a slide member having a U-shaped cross section moveably fitted within and conforming to the inside of said recess; (c) said slide member having first and second layers; (d) said first layer abutting said recess and being of cellular elastomeric material; (e) said second layer being of non-cellular plastic material; (f) a plurality of pins integrally formed in said second layer; (g) said pins passing outward through said first layer; and (h) holes in said holding shoe aligned with said pins and engageable therewith for resisting relative motion of said second layer with respect to said holding shoe in at least a direction of motion.

Claim 13

The guide shoe according to claim 7, wherein said pins and holes fit snugly in the direction of motion of said guide shoe and fit loosely transverse to the direction of motion whereby relative motion between said holding shoe and said slide member is permitted in the transverse direction and is prevented in the direction of motion.

Claim 14

A guide shoe according to claim 8; wherein said pins are round and said holes are oval.

Claim 15

A guide shoe according to claim 8; wherein said pins are oval and said holes are round.

Claim 16

The guide shoe according to claim 7, wherein said first layer is polyurethane foam, said second layer is polyamide and said first and second layers are adhesively bonded together into an integral unit.

Claim 17

A guide shoe according to claim 7; wherein said first and second layers are adhesively bonded together.