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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2014
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München, DE;
Steen Mattrup Hansen, Svendborg, DK;
Jesper Moeller, Brande, DK;
Kenneth Helligsoe Svinth, Aarhus C, DK;
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, , DE;
Abstract
A blade gripping tool of a blade gripping device for gripping a rotor blade, in particular a rotor blade of a wind turbine is provided. The tool comprises a sling and an automatic sling handover mechanism comprising a sling-conveying element and a sling-receiving element, whereby the sling-conveying element is realized to convey a connection means of the sling along a two-dimensional predefined path of travel around a part of the rotor blade towards the sling-receiving element to connect to a receptor of the sling-receiving element. A method of gripping a rotor blade is also disclosed, in particular a rotor blade of a wind turbine by means of a number of blade gripping tools is also disclosed.