Belt with corrugated material

• Main Authors: Guilani, Brad, Mosher, Daniel A
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 23.02.2021
• Subjects: BELTS, CABLES, OR ROPES, PREDOMINANTLY USED FOR DRIVINGPURPOSES; BLASTING; CABLES OTHER THAN ELECTRIC; CHAINS; ELEVATORS; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS; FITTINGS PREDOMINANTLY USED THEREFOR; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; HAULING; HEATING; HOISTING; LIFTING; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; ROPES; ROPES OR CABLES IN GENERAL; TEXTILES; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING; WEAPONS

An elevator system includes a hoistway, an elevator car movable along the hoistway, and one or more belts operably connected to the elevator car to propel the elevator car along the hoistway. A belt of the one or more belts includes one or more tension elements extending along a belt length, and a jacket at least partially encapsulating the one or more tension elements. The jacket includes a jacket base formed from a first material and one or more insert layers embedded in the jacket base material. The one or more insert layers have a corrugated shape along the belt length, and are formed from a second material different from the first material.