A lift has become known from Patent Specification GB 1 027 714, in which a lift cage is connected with a counterweight by means of support means guided by way of deflecting rollers. The lift cage or the counterweight is moved up and down by a drive means, which is separate from the support means and which engages at one end with the upper end of the counterweight, is guided by way of an upper and a lower deflecting roller and engages at the other end with the lower end of the counterweight. The drive means can also engage at the lift cage instead of at the counterweight. A drive unit drives the drive means.
A disadvantage of the known equipment resides in the fact that the use of an additional drive means, which drive means drives the counterweight and the lift cage, provides a corresponding increase in cost.