EP0131384A1 - Sicherungseinrichtung für Lasthaken - Google Patents

Sicherungseinrichtung für Lasthaken Download PDF

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EP0131384A1
EP0131384A1 EP84303876A EP84303876A EP0131384A1 EP 0131384 A1 EP0131384 A1 EP 0131384A1 EP 84303876 A EP84303876 A EP 84303876A EP 84303876 A EP84303876 A EP 84303876A EP 0131384 A1 EP0131384 A1 EP 0131384A1
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hook
lever
locking member
nose
engagement portion
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Kinji Tsuda
Munenobu Honda
Yoshio Ueno
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Elephant Chain Block Co Ltd
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66C—CRANES; LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS, WINCHES, OR TACKLES
    • B66C1/00—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles
    • B66C1/10—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles by mechanical means
    • B66C1/22—Rigid members, e.g. L-shaped members, with parts engaging the under surface of the loads; Crane hooks
    • B66C1/34—Crane hooks
    • B66C1/36—Crane hooks with means, e.g. spring-biased detents, for preventing inadvertent disengagement of loads

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  • This invention relates to a safety device for a hoist hook, and more particularly to a safety device for a hoist hook suitable for mounting at the end of a load chain of a hoist and used for lifting or lowering a load.
  • hoists are provided at the end of their load chains with a hook for hooking onto a sling or loop of a rope tied around a load, and a safety lever is pivotally connected to the root of the hook so as to close the throat or opening thereof between the root and the tip of the hook, thereby preventing the sling from escaping from the hook.
  • the conventional safety device as shown in Fig. 5, has a lever L pivotally connected to the root of the hook F and resiliently biased by a spring S toward the tip of the hook F (counterclockwise in Fig. 5) so that the free end of the lever L abuts against the inner surface of the distal end of the hook F to close the throat W thereof, thereby preventing a sling A of, for example, a load engaging rope from escaping from the hook F through said throat W.
  • the sling A when pulled downwardly by the weight of the load and resting at the bottom of the jaw of the hook F as shown by the solid line in Fig. 5, cannot escape from the hook F.
  • the sling A may, though, as shown by the phantom line in Fig. 5 rise up and pass around the lever L beyond the tip of the hook F. In such a condition, the sling A may, when the rope is subsequently loaded again push the lever L open and then escape through the open throat of the hook F, from said hook F.
  • the hook F is opened at its throat W by swinging of the lever L towards the root of hook F as shown by the phantom line in Fig. 5 so that the width of the throat W.. when open, is restricted by an amount corresponding to the thickness of the lever. L and the permissible diameter of the sling A is restricted in order to avoid interference with the swinging of the lever L.
  • an operative intends to remove the sling A from the hook F, he has to swing the lever L with one hand towards the root of hook F against the force of the spring S, and while holding the lever L in the open condition, has to then remove the sling A with his other hand, whereby removal of the sling A becomes very troublesome and time consuming.
  • the hook safety device is provided with: a lever which is pivotally connected to the root of the hook, closes the throat of the hook, and has a stop means formed and arranged for abutment with the outside tip of the hook to restrain the lever against swinging inwardly of the hook; a first biasing means for biasing the lever in the direction of opening the throat; a swinging member which has a first engagement portion engageable with the inner surface at the distal end of the hook and a second engagement portion engageable with the lever and is pivotally connected to the lever at a position inwardly, with respect to the hook, of a straight line connecting the pivot point of the lever to the hook and the stop means of the lever; and a second biasing means for biasing the swinging member in the direction of engagement of the second engagement portion with the lever, so that the first engagement portion is disposed outwardly,with respect to the hook,of a straight line connecting the pivot point of the lever with that of the swinging member and engages the inner surface of the distal end of the hook;
  • the present invention provides hoist hook having a neck, a'nose generally opposite thereto with a throat opening therebetween, a lever pivotally connected to the neck of said hook for closing said opening and having a stop means formed and arranged for abutment with the outer surface of the nose of said hook for restraining said lever against swinging inwardly of said hook, a first resilient biasing means formed and arranged for biasing said lever away from said nose towards an open position leaving said throat open, a locking member provided with a first engagement portion engageable with the inner surface of the nose of said hook and a second engagement portion engageable with said lever and pivotally connected to said lever and at a position inward, relative to the hook interior, of a straight line connecting the pivot point of said lever on said hook and the stop means of said lever, and a second resilient biasing means having a biasing force weaker than that of said first resilient biasing means and formed and arranged for biasing said locking member in a direction for engagement of said second engagement portion with said lever, so that when said second engagement portion engages said
  • the locking member is operated from outside to swing the lever outwardly from the hook so as to open the throat of the hook, in other words, the throat is not opened by movement of the lever inwardly of the hook.
  • the throat of the hook is opened by swinging the lever outwardly of the hook under the influence of the spring force of the first biasing means, so that it is easy to remove the sling from the hook. Also the throat opens to a maximum thereby enabling the use of load engaging ropes of larger diameter.
  • a hook 1 rotatably supported via a bearing D on a block B connected to the load end of a chain C of a hoist (not shown).
  • the hook has a neck 11 and a nose 12, with a throat or opening 10 therebetween, through which a sling or loop of a load engaging rope to be hoisted enters the hook 1.
  • a safety device is provided on the hook 1 in accordance with the present invention and comprises a lever 2 pivotally connected to the neck 11 of the hook 1 and a locking member 3 pivotally connected) in turn, to the lever 2.
  • the lever 2 as shown,in Fig. 2, comprises a pair of opposed side walls 21 and 22 at a predetermined spacing larger than the width of the nose 12 of the hook 1, and a top wall 23 inter-connecting the side walls 21 and 22. the side walls 21 and 22 being wider at their free end portions and covering both sides of the nose 12 of the hook 1 thereby to resist a lateral load acting on the lever 2.
  • the top wall 23 provides at its distal end a stop means 24 for abutment with the outer surface of the nose 12 of the hook 1 so as to prevent the lever 2 from swinging substantially inwardly of the hook 1 although, as will be further explained hereinbelow, and as may be seen in Figs. 1 and 4 in the locked condition of the safety device the stop means 24 is spaced from hook nose 12.
  • the lever 2 is pivotally connected to the neck 11 of the hook 1 via a pivot shaft 6 mounted in a shaft bore in the neck 11 and in corresponding bores in the side plates 21 and 22 and caulked thereto, and between the lever 2 and the neck 11 is provided a first resilient biasing means 4 which biases the lever 2 in the direction of opening of the throat 10 of the hook 1.
  • the first biasing means 4 is generally in the form of a coil spring with a coiled portion supported around the shaft 6 and one end retained by the top wall 23 of lever 2 and its other end by the neck 11 thereof.
  • the locking member 3 is general U-shaped in section and has a width smaller than the spacing between the opposed side plates 21 and 22, so that a first engagement portion 31 thereof which is engageable with the inner surface of the nose 12,of the hook 1, is provided at one end of the locking member 3, a second engagement portion 32A engageable with the side edges of side walls 21 and 22 being provided at the other end thereof.
  • the locking member 3 is, as shown, pivotally mounted at a longitudinally intermediate portion thereof across the side walls 21 and 22, and provided at its other end with control lugs 32 projecting at right angles from the side walls of swinging member 3 and providing second engagement portions 32a.
  • a second resilient biasing means 5 smaller in biasing force than the first biasing means 4, for biasing the locking member 3 in the direction of engagement of the second engagement portions 32a with the lever 2.
  • the second biasing means 5 comprises, as shown in Fig. 3, a pair of springs connected at one end to each other with the coiled portions of the springs interposed between respective ones of the side walls 21 and 22 and the locking member 3 therebetween and supported on the pin 7 , the connecting portion of the springs being disposed at the rear surface of the locking member 3, and each free end of said biasing means 5 retained at the inner surface of the top wall 23 of the lever 2.
  • the biasing force of the second biasing means 5 biases the locking member 3 clockwise (as viewed in Fig. 1) whereby the second engagement portions 32a resiliently abut the side edges of respective ones of the side walls 21 and 22.
  • the locking member 3 is pivotally connected to the lever 2 inwardly of the hook 1 beyond the straight line connecting the pivot point O 1 of the lever 2 on the neck 11 of the hook 1 and the stop means 24, and the first engagement portion 31 of the locking member 3 is disposed inwardly of the hook 1 but outwardly of the straight line connecting the lever pivot point O 1 and the locking member pivot point 0 2 on the lever 2.
  • the engagement of the first engagement portion 31 with the inwardly disposed surface of the nose 12 of the hook 1 restrains the lever 2 against swinging away from the nose 12 in the direction of opening of the throat 10.
  • the lever 2 In use of the safety device the lever 2, as shown by the chain line in Fig. 4, is swung out to open the throat 10 so that the sling A of the load engaging rope can be hooked by the hook 1, whereupon the lever 2 is swung back to close the throat 10 at the hook 1.
  • the lever 2 is swung first clockwise (as viewed in Fig. 1) manually against the spring force of the first biasing means 4, whereupon the locking member 3 engages with its first engagement portion 31 the tip'of the nose 12 of the hook 1, the locking member 3 then being swung counterclockwise against the spring force of the second biasing means 5 as it rides over the inward surface of the nose 12.
  • the lever 2 continues to move inwardly of the hook until the stop means 24 engages the tip of the hook hose 12 at which point the first engagement portion 31 of the locking member 3 disengages from the nose 12 of the hook 1 so that the locking member 3 can swing back clockwise under the influence of the spring force of the second biasing means 5 to engage the side edges of lever 2 with the second engagement portion 32a.
  • the lever 2 even when it is subjected to an upwardly directed force by the sling A of the rope hooked by the hook 1, cannot swing outwardly to open the throat 10 because the locking member 3 engages with its first engagement portion 31, the inward surface of the nose 12 of the hook 1. Also, even when the sling A comes round the outside of the lever 2 to push it inwardly, the stop means on the lever 2 is retained on the nose 12 of the hook 1 thereby preventing the lever 2 from swinging inwardly of the hook 1. Hence, the throat 10 of the hook 1 is retained reliably in its closed condition by means of the contact of the stop means 24 with the outside of the nse 12 and the engagement of the first engagement portion 31 of the locking member 3 with the inner surface of the nose 12 of the hook 1.
  • the locking member 3 For opening of the hook the locking member 3 is turned counterclockwise (as viewed in Fig. 4 in the direction of the arrow) manually with the aid of the operating lugs 32 thereon, thereby to disengage the first engagement portion 31 from the inner surface of the nose 12 of the hook 1, whereupon the throat 10 may be opened as described below.
  • the safety device of the invention ensures closure of throat 10 by engagement of the stop means 24 of the lever 2 with the nose 12 of the hook 1 so that the throat 10 cannot be opened unintentionally even by the sling A of the rope passing round the outside of the lever. thereby preventing escape of the sling A from the hook 1. Furthermore, the lever 10 is easy to swing in the direction for opening of the throat 10, and the throat 10 can be opened to its maximum width to enable use of the hook with larger diameter rope slings A.

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JP9134383U JPS59195176U (ja) 1983-06-14 1983-06-14 フツクの安全装置
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US2706318A (en) * 1953-10-05 1955-04-19 Coffing Hoist Company Inc Safety hook
US2927358A (en) * 1957-05-21 1960-03-08 Ralph A Ratcliff Hoist hook having spring urged gate latching means
DE1160596B (de) * 1960-06-16 1964-01-02 Greifzug Hebezeugbau Gmbh Sperrklinke fuer Lasthaken
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