Hook, especially safety load hook

US4320561A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Eisen- und Drahtwerk Erlau AG · DE

Inventors

• Anton Muller · Wetter, DE
• Peter Kromer · Echterdingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 14, 1979
• Grant date: Mar 23, 1982
• Expiry date: Dec 14, 1999

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B66C1/36
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A hook, especially a safety load hook, with a hook body having a receiving opening for a chain link to be suspended therein. The hook body surrounds a fork head with a closure element that closes the receiving opening. The fork head is pivotally arranged on the hook body, and the closure element is held in a closure position at the free hook mouth end through the intervention of a blocking device.