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Method and device for maintaining a position of a load suspended from a lifting gear

US7267240B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 29, 2005
Grant dateSep 11, 2007
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Expiry dateMar 29, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB66C13/063
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a method for maintaining a position of a load on a lifting gear, a position of a load, which is suspended from a trolley of a lifting gear via at least four cables, is determined and a swinging motion of the load is counteracted by selectively adjusting the length of at least one of the cables.

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