Device for suspending a travel rail of an overhead conveyor or a hoisting machine

US7997433B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Demag Cranes & Components GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Reinhard Birkigt · Herdecke, DE
• Michael Buike · Hagen, DE
• Klaus Enners · Wuppertal, DE
• Stefan Fitzler · Iserlohn, DE
• Udo Gersemsky · Herdecke, DE
• Ingo Grassmann · Herdecke, DE
• Sven Müller · Duisburg, DE
• Klaus Nerger · Witten, DE
• Stefan Steinberg · Selm, DE
• Rudiger Ostholt · Wetter, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 29, 2006
• Grant date: Aug 16, 2011
• Expiry date: Jan 27, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B66C7/04
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for suspending a rail of an overhead conveyor or a hoisting machine from a traversing gear or supporting structure includes a tension element, which carries the rail by one end via a fixing device. The fixing device grasps a support element of the rail. The support element widens and extends at least partly in the lengthwise direction of the rail. To provide a device for suspending a rail that provides enhanced safety against collapse, the fixing device includes two fixing parts, which are connected like pliers by means of a bolt running in the lengthwise direction of the rail. The fixing parts swivel toward each other from the open position into the fixing position by their fixing regions. The support element of the rail rests against the bearing surfaces of the fixing parts, even in the open position, when the fastening means are released.