Provided is an elevator device capable of not only saving the space of hoist trunk but also allowing two elevator car to independently run vertically. The elevator device of the present invention comprises a first elevator car(4)arranged in the hoist trunk(1); a first winding engine(17)driving the first elevator car(4)by sling(8); a second elevator car(2)arranged below the first elevator car(4)and so configured that at least a part of the second elevator car overlaps the vertical projection of the first elevator car(4); and a second winding engine(12)driving the second elevator car(2)by sling(8); wherein the first elevator car(4)and the second elevator car(2)are suspended by the shared sling(8)which is winding hung on the hanging wheels(15a, 15b)of the balance weight(14)under way where the sling(8)extends from the first winding engine(17)to the second winding engine(12). |