CRANES; LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS, WINCHES, OR TACKLES (rope, cable, or chain winding mechanisms, braking or detent devices therefor B 66 D; specially adapted for nuclear reactors G 21)
Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting, lowering, or hauling gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith
Note
In groups B 66 C 1/00 or B 66 C 3/00, the following term is used with the meaning indicated:
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"cranes" also covers capstans, winches, or tackles.
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Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting, lowering, or hauling gear of cranes, or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting forces to articles or groups of articles (fastening to cables or ropes F 16 G 11/00)
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by suction means
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by magnetic means
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06
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electromagnetic
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08
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Circuits therefor (for electromagnets in general
H 01 F 7/18)
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by mechanical means
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12
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Slings comprising chains, wires, ropes, or bands; Nets (article side grippers suspended by ropes or chains from crane hooks B 66 C 1/42)
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Slings with hooks
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16
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Slings with load-engaging platforms or frameworks
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Band-type slings
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20
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specially adapted for handling vehicles
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22
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Rigid members, e.g. L-shaped members, with parts engaging the under surface of the loads; Crane hooks
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Single members engaging the loads from one side only
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with means for releasing the loads
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Duplicate, e.g. pivoted, members engaging the loads from two sides
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30
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and also arranged to grip the sides of the loads
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of piled or stacked articles
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Crane hooks
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with means, e.g. spring-biased detents, for preventing inadvertent disengagement of loads
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adapted for automatic disengagement from loads on release of cable tensions (for parachutes B 64 D)
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formed or fitted with load-measuring or indicating devices
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42
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Gripping members engaging only the external or internal surface of the articles (for handling or stripping castings or ingots during manufacture B 22 D 29/00)
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and applying frictional forces
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46
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by inflatable elements
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48
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to vertical edge portions of sheets, tubes, or like thin or thin-walled articles (internally-expanding grippers B 66 C 1/54)
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Internally-expanding grippers for handling hollow articles (B 66 C 1/46 takes precedence) [2]
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for handling tubes
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and deforming the articles, e.g. by using gripping members such as tongs or grapples
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Tongs for sacks [3]
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comprising article-engaging members of a shape complementary to that of the articles to be handled
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for T- or I-section beams or girders
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for engaging holes, recesses, or abutments on articles specially provided for facilitating handling thereof
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mounted on, or guided by, jibs (jibs B 66 C 23/64)
