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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2012
Albrecht Heinrichs, Erkelenz, DE;
Albrecht Heinrichs, Erkelenz, DE;
MHWIRTH GMBH, Erkelenz, DE;
Abstract
A hoist includes a cable configured to lower and to raise a load, and a drum arranged to be rotatably seated about an axis of rotation and configured to wind up and to unwind the cable. The drum comprises a flanged wheel which comprises a securing device configured to secure the cable. The securing device comprises a cable-accommodating block comprising an abutment surface, and a cable clamp. The cable-accommodating block is affixed to the flanged wheel in a direction of tension of the cable and is configured to have the cable be passed there-through. The cable clamp comprises a counterpart abutment surface. The cable clamp is configured to be affixed to the cable. The abutment surface of the cable-accommodating block is configured to be contacted with the counterpart abutment surface of the cable clamp under an effect of a tensile force.