Patent · US Expired

Lifting device

US4138321A · kind A · utility

3Cited by

6References

8Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Kraftwerk Union Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Manfred Scholz · Spaichingen, DE
Bernd Gollasch · Nuremberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 27, 1977
Grant date	Feb 6, 1979
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 27, 1997

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S294/906
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Lifting device for a horizontally seated cover of a nuclear-reactor pressure vessel includes a traverse having means for holding a cover to be lifted and having a substantially central point of application for a lifting tool, and means for compensating for deviations from the horizontal of the cover held by the traverse, the compensating means including a pair of mutually connected eccentrics cooperable for adjusting the point of application on the traverse in a horizontal plane.

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