ELEVATOR ROPE CLEANING DEVICE

(FIG. 1)"ELEVATOR ROPE CLEANING DEVICE"According to one embodiment, a rope cleaning device (11) includes a pair of bases (12a, 12b) and a 5 plurality of rotating members (15). The bases (12a, 12b) each include an upper tier (13a, 13b) and a lower tier (14a, 14b) arranged in an axial direction of a plurality of wire ropes (10a-10f) to be cleaned, and are installed to interpose the wire ropes (10a-10f) 10 altogether therebetween from sides. A spacer (16) for interval adjustment is interposed between the bases (12a, 12b). The rotating members (15) are rotatably attached to the wire ropes (10a-10f) zigzag in correspondence with positions of the upper tiers (13a, 15 13b) and the lower tiers (14a, 14b) of the bases (12a, 12b). The rotating members (15) are brought into contact with the upper tiers (13a, 13b) and lower tiers (14a, 14b) of the bases (12a, 12b) by movement of thewire ropes (10a-10f) in one direction and rotate, 20 thereby removing grease.