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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2013
Applicant:
Areva Wind Gmbh, Bremerhaven, DE;
Inventor:
Oscar Monux Belloso, Bremen, DE;
Assignee:
AREVA WIND GMBH, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C 13/46 (2006.01); B66C 1/10 (2006.01); B66C 1/44 (2006.01); F03D 1/00 (2006.01); F03D 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C 13/46 (2013.01); B66C 1/108 (2013.01); B66C 1/44 (2013.01); F03D 1/001 (2013.01); F03D 1/0633 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lifter and a method for handling of a rotor blade of a wind turbine are provided. Furthermore, a rotor blade for a wind generator and a method for marking the rotor blade and a system comprising a rotor blade and a lifter are provided. The lifter comprises at least one grabbing jaw having a pair of arms carrying pads for contacting an outer surface of the rotor blade in predetermined grabbing areas. Furthermore, the lifter comprises a detector for visual inspection of an invisible mark on a surface of the rotor blade. The at least one mark indicates a position of the at least one grabbing area.