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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Oswald Cornelius Dannhauser Zaayman, Pretoria, ZA;
Assignee:
Caterpillar Commercial Sarl, Geneva, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C 1/12 ; E02F 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C 1/12 ; E02F 3/00 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a hoist arrangement ( ) for a dragline rigging. The hoist arrangement includes a triangular framework comprising a hollow fibreglass spreader bar ( ) and two fibreglass ties ( ) which are attachable to the spreader bar. The fibreglass ties ( ) are connectable to a pick-up link on a dragline rigging, and a pair of lower hoist members in the form of wire-reinforced, synthetic rubber belts ( ) depend from the spreader bar ( ) and include attachment formations ( ) at lower ends thereof for attaching the hoist arrangement ( ) to trunnions on a dragline bucket.