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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1999
Takashi Okada, Hiroshima, JP;
Takashi Chikura, Hiroshima, JP;
Hisanori Abiru, Hiroshima, JP;
Tetsuo Ichikizaki, Hiroshima, JP;
Masanori Masumoto, Hiroshima, JP;
Shinichi Masumoto, Hiroshima, JP;
Ikko Yasunaga, Hiroshima, JP;
Tatsuya Hirano, Hiroshima, JP;
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A crane system for carrying a load while suspending it from a portal-shaped body frame via wire ropes includes first and second wire ropes on both sides, in a right-and-left direction, of an upper portion of the body frame for fixing the suspended load, and means for taking up and paying out the first and second wire ropes. The system also includes means for winding the first and second wire ropes in opposite directions, or winding them in the same direction. The first and second wire ropes may be looped together with the means of taking up and paying out the wire ropes. Connection points or sheaves may be provided on the suspended load. It is also permissible to route the first and second wire ropes parallel to each other. Further, the above takeup and payout means may be in a tapered drum form.