Method and device for maintaining a position of a load suspended from a lifting gear
US7267240B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 29, 2005 |
| Grant date | Sep 11, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 29, 2025 |
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- 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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