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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1999
Karl Zacharias, Schwerte, DE;
Mannesmann AG, Düsseldorf, DE;
Abstract
Apparatus for limiting a travel path of running gears, in particular hoists, traveling along a running rail of a type having at least one flange and a web, includes a pair of side elements which are securable to opposite sides of the flange and provided with at least one buffer, and a clamping unit in the form of a tie element, for bracing the side elements together and pressing the side elements against the sides of the flange. In order to permit the travel path limitation apparatus to be useable above as well as below the running rail, the side elements have a first pair of aligned throughholes and a second pair of aligned second throughholes oriented parallel to the first pair of throughholes, whereby the tie element extends through the first pair of throughholes of the side elements in a first attachment position of the side elements and extends through the second pair of throughholes of the side elements in a second attachment position in which the side elements are rotated in a vertical direction by 180°. The side elements are urged against one of the flange surfaces by tensioning members which bear upon the flange, whereby support members, positioned in the side elements, support the tensioning member.