TAIL CORD DAMPING DEVICE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a damping device for damping the swaying of a tail cord by taking it consideration that when a building is largely swayed by, for example, strong wind, the tail cord of an elevator is large swayed, collides with a hoistway wall, is often tangled with the other equipment or member and tends to cause an accident such as the damage of the tail cord or the equipment.SOLUTION: A damper 2 is installed so that a tail cord 1 contacts therewith on the side of a building opposed to the tail cord 1. When the tail cord 1 sways, it is in friction with or hits the damper 2. Accordingly, the damper 2 absorbs the kinetic energy of the tail cord 1 and reduces the swaying of the tail cord.