Rope hoist

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10351398-B2
Application number	US-201515316653-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 14, 2015
Priority date	Jun 6, 2014
Publication date	Jul 16, 2019
Grant date	Jul 16, 2019

Abstract

A rope hoist includes: a rope drum around which a wire rope can be wound; a drum motor for rotating the rope drum; a reduction gear mechanism reducing the rotation of the drum motor and transmitting the rotation to the rope drum; and a control unit controlling driving of the drum motor. The reduction gear mechanism is arranged inside a wall portion provided by being projected from a motor cover of a main body part which is an end frame member supporting the rope drum, a lead wire extended from the drum motor and a cable extended from the control unit are connected via a relay, and the relay is arranged on the outside of the wall portion surrounding the reduction gear mechanism, and housed inside a recess provided on the motor cover.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A rope hoist for moving a cargo in an up and down direction and moving the suspended cargo along a rail installed on a ceiling side, the rope hoist comprising:
a rope drum around which a wire rope can be wound;
a drum motor for rotating the rope drum;
a reduction gear mechanism reducing the rotation of the drum motor and transmitting the rotation to the rope drum; and
a control unit controlling driving of the drum motor, and the rope drum and the drum motor are attached in a parallel manner to a first side of an end frame member, the reduction gear mechanism is arranged on a second side of the end frame member, and the end frame member has a motor cover covering an end surface on the reduction gear mechanism side of the drum motor;
the control unit having a control circuit part which performs inverter control on the drum motor and a braking resistor part which gives braking resistance in the inverter control,
the motor cover is provided with a recess which is dug so as to project from a surface of the motor cover toward the inside of the drum motor, at a position isolated from the reduction gear mechanism; and
a connecting member connecting a lead wire extended from a stator winding of the drum motor and a cable extended from the control unit is housed in the recess.

2. The rope hoist according to claim 1 , wherein
the end frame member includes a first hole portion through which the lead wire extended from the stator winding of the drum motor is inserted into the recess, and a second hole portion through which lead wires extended from the control unit are inserted into the recess.

3. The rope hoist according to claim 2 , wherein:
the connecting member is a relay including a terminal block and a terminal block bracket;
the terminal block is a part for connecting the lead wire extended from the stator winding of the drum motor and the cable extended from the control unit; and the terminal block bracket is a part for fixing the terminal block to the end frame member in the recess.

4. The rope hoist according to claim 2 , wherein:
the connecting member includes a first crimp terminal attached to an end of the lead wire, and a second crimp terminal attached to an end of the cable; and
the connecting member further includes a fastening member fastening the first crimp terminal and the second crimp terminal in a state where the first crimp terminal and the second crimp terminal are overlapped and both of the terminals can be electrically conducted with each other.

5. The rope hoist according to claim 2 , wherein
the recess is sealed by a cover member via packing in a state of housing the connecting member.

6. The rope hoist according to claim 2 , wherein
the cable extended from the control unit is attached to a cable stay bridged between the end frame member and a counterweight to which the control unit is attached.

7. The rope hoist according to claim 1 , wherein:
the connecting member includes a terminal block bracket and a terminal block ( 150 ) having a screw and a groove part;
the terminal block is a part for connecting the lead wire extended from the stator winding of the drum motor and the cable extended from the control unit by combining and fixing the lead wire and the cable in the groove part by the screw; and
the terminal block bracket is a part for fixing the terminal block to the end frame member in the recess.

8. The rope hoist according to claim 7 , wherein
the recess is sealed by a cover member via packing in a state of housing the connecting member.

9. The rope hoist according to claim 7 , wherein
the cable extended from the control unit is attached to a cable stay bridged between the end frame member and a counterweight to which the control unit is attached.

10. The rope hoist according to claim 1 , wherein:
the connecting member includes a first crimp terminal attached to an end of the lead wire, and a second crimp terminal attached to an end of the cable; and
the connecting member further includes a fastening member fastening the first crimp terminal and the second crimp terminal in a state where the first crimp terminal and the second crimp terminal are overlapped and both of the terminals can be electrically conducted with each other.

11. The rope hoist according to claim 10 , wherein
the recess is sealed by a cover member via packing in a state of housing the connecting member.

12. The rope hoist according to claim 10 , wherein
the cable extended from the control unit is attached to a cable stay bridged between the end frame member and a counterweight to which the control unit is attached.

13. The rope hoist according to claim 1 , wherein
the connecting member is a sleeve into which an end of the lead wire and an end of the cable are inserted, and electrically connecting the lead wire and the cable.

14. The rope hoist according to claim 13 , wherein
the recess is sealed by a cover member via packing in a state of housing the connecting member.

15. The rope hoist according to claim 13 , wherein
the cable extended from the control unit is attached to a cable stay bridged between the end frame member and a counterweight to which the control unit is attached.

16. The rope hoist according to claim 1 , wherein
the recess is sealed by a cover member via packing in a state of housing the connecting member.

17. The rope hoist according to claim 16 , wherein
the cable extended from the control unit is attached to a cable stay bridged between the end frame member and a counterweight to which the control unit is attached.

18. The rope hoist according to claim 1 , wherein
the cable extended from the control unit is attached to a cable stay bridged between the end frame member and a counterweight to which the control unit is attached.

Assignees

• Kito Kk

Inventors

• Mitsui Hiroki

Classifications

• H02K7/116

  with gears · CPC title

• B66D3/22 Primary

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

• B66C11/06

  running on monorails (overhead railway systems B61B) · CPC title

• B66D2700/025

  motor operated · CPC title

• B66C1/34

  Crane hooks · CPC title