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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2009
Mitsuo Aoki, Shizuoka, JP;
Mitsuo Aoki, Shizuoka, JP;
Aoki Machinery Co., Ltd., Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
A lifting hook device includes a fixed hook for lifting disposed at a head section of a hollow body having an inside maintained airtight, and a rotatable hook for suspending a load, the rotatable hook has a shaft section rotatably supported in the body and vertically suspended from a bottom section, a motor for rotating the shaft section of the rotatable book about the axis of the shaft section through a rotating mechanism, an azimuth sensor mounted to the rotatable hook and detecting the rotational azimuth of the rotatable hook, and a control section for controlling rotation of the motor to restrict the orientation of the rotatable hook to a predetermined direction.