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US2352017A
US2352017A US369452A US36945240A US2352017A US 2352017 A US2352017 A US 2352017A US 369452 A US369452 A US 369452A US 36945240 A US36945240 A US 36945240A US 2352017 A US2352017 A US 2352017A
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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
    • B66C1/42—Gripping members engaging only the external or internal surfaces of the articles
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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
    • B66C1/42—Gripping members engaging only the external or internal surfaces of the articles
    • B66C1/44—Gripping members engaging only the external or internal surfaces of the articles and applying frictional forces
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
    • C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
    • C21D9/00—Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articles; Furnaces therefor
    • C21D9/70—Furnaces for ingots, i.e. soaking pits
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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  • the invention relates to a grab for hoisting loads, said grab having crossed tong arms which close under the action of the load.
  • the known grabs of this type in which the tong arms, actuated for instance by means of pull links, are connected by a hinge bolt arranged at the point of intersection of the arms or, when a bridge is provided, by two hinge bolts one at each side, possessesthe inconvenience, that the direction of pull of the tong arms extends obliquely to the surface or that an approximately perpendicular direction of pull is obtained only when the width for which the grab is opened corresponds to the distance between the hinge bolts.
  • the closing force of the tong arms effected by the load depends on the direction of pull of these arms and is greatest in a perpendicular direction to the surfaces at which the tong arms clamp the load, this closing force decreases the closer the link bolt or the link bolts of the tong arms get to the point of intersection of these arms.
  • the closing force of grabs with tong arms connected at the point of intersection decreases with increasing width of opening of the tongs, this occurs, in grabs in which the oscillation points of the tong arms are displaced by a bridge in outward direction at both sides, only when the tongs spacing is greater or smaller than the distance between the hinge points.
  • a grab of this last type possesses therefore a favorable efficiency only when the distance between the hinge points and the width of the opening of the tongs are approximately equal, that is only at a certain opening width of the tongs or at a certain breadth of the load.
  • a closing force of the grab is directed approximately per pendicularly to the load and therewith a favorable efliciency of the grab is attained at any opening width of the tongs.
  • Each tong arm is connected at the lower end with an auxiliary arm, the free end of said auxiliary arm being hingedly connected with the other tong arm, the hinge points of the auxiliary arms being situated at each side outside the crossing of the tong arms.
  • the tong arms and auxiliary arms of the grab may consist of several superposed arms. For obtaining a uniform pressure surface of the tong arms upon the load, pressing pieces may be provided on the lower ends of the tong arms, said pressing pieces being oscillated relative to the tong arms in dependence on the movement of the auxiliary arms.
  • an increased closing force of the tong arms acting approximately perpendicularly to the direction of pull is obtained at all widths of the opening of the tongs, so that the grab can be used for lifting loads of different breadths and securely holds these loads with the clamping force which is required.
  • FIG. 1 shows the grab in front view
  • Fig. 2 shows it in side view
  • Figs. 3 and 4 are diagrammatic positional arrangements, in elevation, of the tong arms and auxiliary arms, and
  • Fig. 5 is a detail elevation of the pressing piece.
  • the grab consists substantially of the cross-v ing tong arms a, a and of the auxiliary arms b, b connected with the tong arms by means of bolts f, g.
  • the auxiliary arm b is hingedly fixed on the tong arm a by the bolt g and is connected at its lower end by a bolt f with the tong arm a
  • the auxiliary arm 27 is hingedly mounted on the tong arm a by means of a bolt g and hingedly connected at its lower end by the bolt f with the tong arm a.
  • the hinge points 9', g can be arranged so that the tong arms a, a as well as the auxiliary arms b, b cross.
  • U-shaped pressing pieces m are held on the lower ends of the tong arms a, a by the bolts f, f and form a closed pressing face and bear preferably with their bridge 11, against the auxiliary arms U, W.
  • the grab may be fixed on the hoisting rope of a lifting device by pull links 0 which, by means of bolts 1', are hingedly connected with the free ends of the tong arms a, a and connected by a, bolt h with a hoisting eye d.
  • a hook Z is provided which is oscillatable about a bolt h and engages over a bolt is on one of the tong arms a, a and is unhooked when the grab closes about the load.
  • tong arms a, a and auxiliary arms b, b may be arranged superposed the one on the other and may be connected the one with the other by means of the bolts f, g or i g
  • the free ends of the tong arms a, a may be constructed as handles, so that the grab may be operated by hand.
  • the hook I After the grab has been lowered onto the load the hook I is unhooked, whereby the tong arms a, a automatically close under the action of the weight of the hook until the pressing pieces m press against the surface of the load.
  • the load efiects an additional closing pressure of the tong arms by the lever efiect of the tong arms a, a in conjunction with the auxiliary arms b, b hingedly mounted on these tong arms at opposite points, so that the load is rigidlyclamped between them.
  • the opening of the grab or the detaching of the tong arms from the load is automatically efiected when the load is put down or after the tong arms a, a have come to rest on top of the load when the grab is further lowered until the locking hook Z engages over the pin it.
  • any other suitable means for holding the tong arms in the opening position may be provided.
  • the number of superposed tong arms a, a and auxiliary arms b, b can be adapted ciated auxiliary arm adjacent the upper end of the auxiliary arm, the lower end of each auxiliary arm being attached to the lower end of the tong arm to which the other auxiliary arm is pivoted and hoist links attached to the upper ends of the 15 tong arms.

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Jun e 20, 1944- E. SCHARPENBERG ETAL 2,3 2,
GRAB FORHOISTING LOADS Filed Dec. 10, 1940 gm w SCHARPIIIIVBERG HERBERT BOIVN/IOFF Patented June 20, 1944 OFFICE v GRAB FOR HOISTIN G LOADS Ewald Scharpenberg and Herbert Biinnhoff, Wet-.
ter, Ruhr, Germany; vested in the Alien Property Custodian Application December 10,1940, Serial No.3ea452 In Germany October 6, 1938 1 Claim.
The invention relates to a grab for hoisting loads, said grab having crossed tong arms which close under the action of the load.
The known grabs of this type, in which the tong arms, actuated for instance by means of pull links, are connected by a hinge bolt arranged at the point of intersection of the arms or, when a bridge is provided, by two hinge bolts one at each side, possessesthe inconvenience, that the direction of pull of the tong arms extends obliquely to the surface or that an approximately perpendicular direction of pull is obtained only when the width for which the grab is opened corresponds to the distance between the hinge bolts. As, however, the closing force of the tong arms effected by the load depends on the direction of pull of these arms and is greatest in a perpendicular direction to the surfaces at which the tong arms clamp the load, this closing force decreases the closer the link bolt or the link bolts of the tong arms get to the point of intersection of these arms. Whereas the closing force of grabs with tong arms connected at the point of intersection decreases with increasing width of opening of the tongs, this occurs, in grabs in which the oscillation points of the tong arms are displaced by a bridge in outward direction at both sides, only when the tongs spacing is greater or smaller than the distance between the hinge points. A grab of this last type possesses therefore a favorable efficiency only when the distance between the hinge points and the width of the opening of the tongs are approximately equal, that is only at a certain opening width of the tongs or at a certain breadth of the load.
According to the present invention a closing force of the grab is directed approximately per pendicularly to the load and therewith a favorable efliciency of the grab is attained at any opening width of the tongs. Each tong arm is connected at the lower end with an auxiliary arm, the free end of said auxiliary arm being hingedly connected with the other tong arm, the hinge points of the auxiliary arms being situated at each side outside the crossing of the tong arms. The tong arms and auxiliary arms of the grab may consist of several superposed arms. For obtaining a uniform pressure surface of the tong arms upon the load, pressing pieces may be provided on the lower ends of the tong arms, said pressing pieces being oscillated relative to the tong arms in dependence on the movement of the auxiliary arms.
By the construction of the grabs according to the present invention an increased closing force of the tong arms acting approximately perpendicularly to the direction of pull is obtained at all widths of the opening of the tongs, so that the grab can be used for lifting loads of different breadths and securely holds these loads with the clamping force which is required.
A grab constructed according to the invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 shows the grab in front view,
Fig. 2 shows it in side view,
Figs. 3 and 4 are diagrammatic positional arrangements, in elevation, of the tong arms and auxiliary arms, and
Fig. 5 is a detail elevation of the pressing piece.
The grab consists substantially of the cross-v ing tong arms a, a and of the auxiliary arms b, b connected with the tong arms by means of bolts f, g. The auxiliary arm b is hingedly fixed on the tong arm a by the bolt g and is connected at its lower end by a bolt f with the tong arm a In similar manner the auxiliary arm 27 is hingedly mounted on the tong arm a by means of a bolt g and hingedly connected at its lower end by the bolt f with the tong arm a. The hinge points 9', g can be arranged so that the tong arms a, a as well as the auxiliary arms b, b cross. U-shaped pressing pieces m are held on the lower ends of the tong arms a, a by the bolts f, f and form a closed pressing face and bear preferably with their bridge 11, against the auxiliary arms U, W. The grab may be fixed on the hoisting rope of a lifting device by pull links 0 which, by means of bolts 1', are hingedly connected with the free ends of the tong arms a, a and connected by a, bolt h with a hoisting eye d. For holding the tong arms in the open position, a hook Z is provided which is oscillatable about a bolt h and engages over a bolt is on one of the tong arms a, a and is unhooked when the grab closes about the load.
As shown in Fig. 2, several tong arms a, a and auxiliary arms b, b may be arranged superposed the one on the other and may be connected the one with the other by means of the bolts f, g or i g In grabs for smaller loading, the free ends of the tong arms a, a may be constructed as handles, so that the grab may be operated by hand.
The operation of the grab constructed according to the invention is as follows:
After the grab has been lowered onto the load the hook I is unhooked, whereby the tong arms a, a automatically close under the action of the weight of the hook until the pressing pieces m press against the surface of the load. At the hoisting of the grab, the load efiects an additional closing pressure of the tong arms by the lever efiect of the tong arms a, a in conjunction with the auxiliary arms b, b hingedly mounted on these tong arms at opposite points, so that the load is rigidlyclamped between them. The opening of the grab or the detaching of the tong arms from the load is automatically efiected when the load is put down or after the tong arms a, a have come to rest on top of the load when the grab is further lowered until the locking hook Z engages over the pin it. Instead of. the locking hook I as shown, any other suitable means for holding the tong arms in the opening position may be provided. The number of superposed tong arms a, a and auxiliary arms b, b can be adapted ciated auxiliary arm adjacent the upper end of the auxiliary arm, the lower end of each auxiliary arm being attached to the lower end of the tong arm to which the other auxiliary arm is pivoted and hoist links attached to the upper ends of the 15 tong arms.
EWALD SCI-IARPENBERG. HERBERT BfiNNI-IOFF.
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US2520815A (en) * 1946-06-12 1950-08-29 Edward Y Shaboo Lifting tongs
US2706131A (en) * 1951-03-17 1955-04-12 Charles L Matz Timber carriers
US2816793A (en) * 1956-03-12 1957-12-17 Jack Breslav Grapples
US2823948A (en) * 1955-12-21 1958-02-18 Kenneth W Horton Grab for lifting hollow objects
US2918022A (en) * 1957-07-29 1959-12-22 Gen Steel Castings Corp Railway vehicle truck device
US3248145A (en) * 1963-07-31 1966-04-26 Diamond Irving Beam lifting hook
US20070014654A1 (en) * 2005-07-13 2007-01-18 Haverfield Forrest A Pallet clamping device
US20070014060A1 (en) * 2005-07-18 2007-01-18 Land H B Iii Sensor for detecting arcing faults

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US2520815A (en) * 1946-06-12 1950-08-29 Edward Y Shaboo Lifting tongs
US2706131A (en) * 1951-03-17 1955-04-12 Charles L Matz Timber carriers
US2823948A (en) * 1955-12-21 1958-02-18 Kenneth W Horton Grab for lifting hollow objects
US2816793A (en) * 1956-03-12 1957-12-17 Jack Breslav Grapples
US2918022A (en) * 1957-07-29 1959-12-22 Gen Steel Castings Corp Railway vehicle truck device
US3248145A (en) * 1963-07-31 1966-04-26 Diamond Irving Beam lifting hook
US20070014654A1 (en) * 2005-07-13 2007-01-18 Haverfield Forrest A Pallet clamping device
US7544037B2 (en) 2005-07-13 2009-06-09 Crown Equipment Corporation Pallet clamping device
US20070014060A1 (en) * 2005-07-18 2007-01-18 Land H B Iii Sensor for detecting arcing faults

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