Rope hoist

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10273128-B2
Application number	US-201515316664-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 22, 2015
Priority date	Jun 6, 2014
Publication date	Apr 30, 2019
Grant date	Apr 30, 2019

Abstract

A rope hoist includes: a rope drum around which a wire rope W is wound; a support shaft and a limit switch bolt arranged to be parallel to the rope drum; limit switch mechanisms; and a rope guide mechanism moving in accordance with a winding state of the wire rope W, and making the limit switch mechanisms perform on/off operation. Each of the limit switch mechanisms includes: a limit switch metal fitting into which both of the support shaft and the limit switch bolt are inserted, in which the limit switch metal fitting is sandwiched and fixed by nuts from both sides thereof in an axial direction of the limit switch bolt.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A rope hoist, comprising:
a rope drum around which a wire rope can be wound;
end frame members respectively arranged at both ends of the rope drum, the rope drum being rotatably supported by the end frame members;
a support shaft bridged between both of the end frame members, and arranged to be parallel to the rope drum;
limit switch mechanisms arranged at a predetermined wind-up position and a predetermined unwind position, respectively, of the wire rope, the limit switch mechanisms each having a limit switch metal fitting; and
a moving member moving in accordance with a winding state of the wire rope, and making the limit switch mechanisms perform on/off operation;
the rope hoist comprising:
a limit switch fixing bar arranged to be parallel to the support shaft and the rope drum;
wherein both of the support shaft and the limit switch fixing bar are inserted into each of the limit switch metal fittings; and
the limit switch metal fitting is fixed by a fixing means in a manner that a position of the limit switch metal fitting in an axial direction of the limit switch fixing bar can be adjusted.

2. The rope hoist according to claim 1 , wherein the limit switch fixing bar corresponds to a limit switch bolt, and the fixing means corresponds to nuts screwed with the limit switch bolt; and the limit switch metal fitting is sandwiched and fixed by the nuts from both sides thereof in an axial direction of the limit switch bolt.

3. The rope hoist according to claim 1 , wherein a moving member support shaft which is bridged between both of the end frame members and arranged to be parallel to the rope drum regulates a rotation of the moving member.

4. The rope hoist according to claim 1 , wherein two of the limit switch mechanisms are arranged, and each of the limit switch mechanisms includes a limit switch main body part provided with a switch mechanism, and a detector; the limit switch mechanism arranged at the wind-up position of the wire rope is attached so that a tip portion of the detector is directed to a direction in which the wire rope is wound-up; and the limit switch mechanism arranged at the unwind position of the wire rope is attached so that a tip portion of the detector is directed to a direction in which the wire rope is unwound.

5. The rope hoist according to claim 2 , wherein a moving member support shaft which is bridged between both of the end frame members and arranged to be parallel to the rope drum regulates a rotation of the moving member.

6. The rope hoist according to claim 2 , wherein two of the limit switch mechanisms are arranged, and each of the limit switch mechanisms includes a limit switch main body part provided with a switch mechanism, and a detector; the limit switch mechanism arranged at the wind-up position of the wire rope is attached so that a tip portion of the detector is directed to a direction in which the wire rope is wound-up; and the limit switch mechanism arranged at the unwind position of the wire rope is attached so that a tip portion of the detector is directed to a direction in which the wire rope is unwound.

7. The rope hoist according to claim 3 , wherein two of the limit switch mechanisms are arranged, and each of the limit switch mechanisms includes a limit switch main body part provided with a switch mechanism, and a detector; the limit switch mechanism arranged at the wind-up position of the wire rope is attached so that a tip portion of the detector is directed to a direction in which the wire rope is wound-up; and the limit switch mechanism arranged at the unwind position of the wire rope is attached so that a tip portion of the detector is directed to a direction in which the wire rope is unwound.

8. The rope hoist according to claim 1 , wherein two of the limit switch mechanisms are arranged, and each of the limit switch mechanisms includes a limit switch main body part provided with a switch mechanism, and a detector; the limit switch mechanism arranged at the wind-up position of the wire rope is attached so that a tip portion of the detector is directed to a direction in which the wire rope is wound-up; and the limit switch mechanism arranged at the unwind position of the wire rope is attached so that a tip portion of the detector is directed to a direction in which the wire rope is unwound.

Assignees

• Kito Kk

Inventors

• Kosuga Kosuke

Classifications

• B66D3/24 Primary

  Applications of limit switches · CPC title

• B66D1/38

  by means of guides movable relative to drum or barrel · CPC title

• B66D3/22

  with variable-speed gearings between driving motor and drum or barrel · CPC title

• B66D3/26

  Other details, e.g. housings · CPC title

• B66D2700/025

  motor operated · CPC title