Hook block and rope hoist

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9950904-B2
Application number	US-201515311766-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 22, 2015
Priority date	May 30, 2014
Publication date	Apr 24, 2018
Grant date	Apr 24, 2018

Abstract

A hook block suspended by a wire rope and provided with: sheave shaft parts for rotatably supporting hook sheaves; a connecting shaft inserted into shaft holes that penetrate the sheave shaft parts in the axial direction; brackets which support the sheave shaft parts by fitting the same in engaging holes in first piece parts, which are provided with second piece parts substantially orthogonal to the first piece parts, and in which insertion holes are formed, the insertion holes enabling the insertion of the upper side of a hook in a mutually facing arrangement; a bracket-fixing member supported by the second piece parts above the second piece parts; and a hook support member rotatably arranged above the bracket-fixing member and fixed to the outer periphery of the upper side of the hook.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hook block suspended via a wire rope and comprising a hook on which a cargo is hooked, the hook block comprising:
a pair of hook sheaves around which the wire rope is wound;
a pair of sheave shaft parts which rotatably support the respective hook sheaves;
a coupling shaft which has one side and another side across a center in an axial direction, the one side and the another side being inserted respectively into shaft holes penetrating the pair of sheave shaft parts in the axial direction;
a pair of brackets which support the sheave shaft parts fitted in fitting holes of first piece parts, comprise second piece parts substantially orthogonal to the first piece parts, and are formed with, in a state of facing each other, an insertion hole allowing an upper side of the hook to be inserted therethrough;
a bracket fixing member to which each of the pair of brackets is fixed, and which is supported by the second piece parts on an upper side of a hook main body part on which the cargo is hooked; and
a hook support member which is rotatably arranged to the bracket fixing member and which is located on the opposite side of the hook across the bracket fixing member and fixed to an outer periphery on the upper side of the hook.

2. The hook block according to claim 1 ,
wherein the sheave shaft parts are provided with flange parts which abut on inner wall sides facing each other of the pair of first piece parts and are incapable of being inserted through the shaft holes,
wherein the coupling shaft is provided with stepped parts which abut on end surfaces on sides facing each other of the sheave shaft parts, sides closer to end portions in the axial direction than are the stepped parts are inserted into the shaft holes, whereas sides closer to a center in the axial direction than are the stepped parts are provided to be incapable of being inserted through the shaft holes, and
wherein in a loaded condition of suspending the cargo from the hook, the abutment of the flange parts on the inner wall sides of the first piece parts and the abutment of the stepped parts on the end surfaces of the sheave shaft parts prevents the pair of the first pieces from flexing so as to get closer to each other.

3. The hook block according to claim 2 ,
wherein the bracket fixing member is arranged on a side opposite to the hook out of the second piece parts,
wherein each of the pair of second piece parts is fixed to the bracket fixing member via a fixing means, and the bracket fixing member is formed with a through hole through which the upper side of the hook is inserted, and
wherein the hook support member is arranged on a side opposite to the hook out of the bracket fixing member with a shaft bearing interposed therebetween.

4. A rope hoist including the hook block according to claim 2 .

5. The hook block according to claim 1 ,
wherein the bracket fixing member is arranged on a side opposite to the hook out of the second piece parts,
wherein each of the pair of second piece parts is fixed to the bracket fixing member via a fixing means, and the bracket fixing member is formed with a through hole through which the upper side of the hook is inserted, and
wherein the hook support member is arranged on a side opposite to the hook out of the bracket fixing member with a shaft bearing interposed therebetween.

6. A rope hoist including the hook block according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Kito Kk

Inventors

• Kosuga Kosuke

Classifications

• B66C11/06

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

• B66D3/26

  Other details, e.g. housings · CPC title

• B66D3/06

  with more than one pulley · CPC title

• B66D1/36

  Guiding, or otherwise ensuring winding in an orderly manner, of ropes, cables, or chains · CPC title

• B66D3/20

  with driving motor, e.g. electric motor, and drum or barrel contained in a common housing · CPC title