# US 10,502,362 B2 · Lifting apparatus for highly mounted equipment > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,502,362 B2 - Document ID: US10502362B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/202,923 - Filed: 2016-07-06 - Published: 2017-01-12 - Granted: 2019-12-10 - Earliest claimed: 2015-07-06 - Assignees: Reel Tech Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Reel Tech Co., Ltd - Inventors: Jeong Hoon Shin - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10502362B2 ## CPC - F16M 13/027: {Ceiling supports} - B66D 1/36: Guiding, or otherwise ensuring winding in an orderly manner, of ropes, cables, or chains - F21S 8/061: {with a non-rigid pendant, i.e. a cable, wire or chain} - F21V 21/38: with a cable - H04N 7/183: {for receiving images from a single remote source} - H04N 23/54: Mounting of pick-up tubes, electronic image sensors, deviation or focusing coils - F16M 2200/028: by positive interaction, e.g. male-female connections - F21S 8/04: intended only for mounting on a ceiling or the like overhead structures (F21S8/02 takes precedence; {details of ceiling bases F21V21/03}) - F21V 23/06: the elements being coupling devices {, e.g. connectors} - H04N 7/18: Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast - F16M: FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS - B66D: CAPSTANS; WINCHES; TACKLES, e.g. PULLEY BLOCKS; HOISTS (winding or unwinding ropes or cables for feeding or storage purposes B65H; rope or cable winding or unwinding mechanisms for lifts B66B) - F21S: NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS - F21V: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract Disclosed is a lifting apparatus for highly mounted equipment, which includes a main body installed at a predetermined height and having a hollow drum around which a wire rope is wound and a driving motor installed to give a rotation force to the drum; a moving body suspended from the wire rope and having an equipment coupling unit provided at a lower end thereof; a coupling unit located at a lower portion of the main body and having an accommodation structure with an open lower portion to be coupled to the moving body and a stopper installed at the accommodation structure to fix a coupled state of the moving body; and an upper contact portion and a lower contact portion respectively installed at the main body and the moving body to contact each other when the moving body ascends and is coupled to the main body by winding the wire rope, wherein the drum is disposed to lie down in the main body, wherein the wire rope unwound from the drum passes through the hollow of the drum and is connected to the moving body, and wherein when the main body is coupled to the moving body, the upper contact portion and the lower contact portion contact each other in the hollow of the drum. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A lifting apparatus for highly mounted equipment, comprising: a main body installed at a predetermined height and having a hollow drum around which a wire rope is wound and a driving motor installed to give a rotation force to the drum; a moving body suspended from the wire rope and having an equipment coupling unit provided at a lower end thereof; a coupling unit located at a lower portion of the main body and having an accommodation structure with an open lower portion to be coupled to the moving body and a stopper installed at the accommodation structure to fix a coupled state of the moving body; and an upper contact portion and a lower contact portion respectively installed at the main body and the moving body to contact each other when the moving body ascends and is coupled to the main body by winding the wire rope, wherein the drum is disposed to lie down in the main body, wherein the wire rope unwound from the drum passes through the hollow of the drum and is connected to the moving body, and wherein when the main body is coupled to the moving body, the upper contact portion and the lower contact portion contact each other in the hollow of the drum. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The lifting apparatus for highly mounted equipment according to claim 1, wherein the accommodation structure is located in the hollow of the drum. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The lifting apparatus for highly mounted equipment according to claim 2, wherein the upper contact portion is fixed to an upper portion of the accommodation structure, and wherein the lower contact portion is fixed to an upper portion of the moving body, which is inserted into the accommodation structure. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The lifting apparatus for highly mounted equipment according to claim 3, wherein through holes are respectively formed in the upper contact portion and the lower contact portion so that the wire rope passes through the through holes. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The lifting apparatus for highly mounted equipment according to claim 1, wherein the drum is disposed to have an axial direction perpendicular to the ground. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The lifting apparatus for highly mounted equipment according to claim 5, further comprising: an anti-friction roll interposed between the accommodation structure and the drum to be contactable with an inner circumference of the drum. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The lifting apparatus for highly mounted equipment according to claim 1, wherein a guide groove is formed at a lower surface of the main body to surround the accommodation structure circularly and is coupled to a part of the moving body. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The lifting apparatus for highly mounted equipment according to claim 1, further comprising: a guide frame disposed in the main body to traverse an upper portion of the drum, and a plurality of guide rolls installed at the guide frame to guide the wire rope unwound from a side of the drum into the hollow of the drum via an upper portion of the drum. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The lifting apparatus for highly mounted equipment according to claim 8, wherein a fixing unit is mounted to the guide frame to support an end portion of the wire rope, and wherein the wire rope extends in a zigzag pattern by means of the guide rolls, the moving body and the fixing unit to pass through the hollow of the drum at least twice. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The lifting apparatus for highly mounted equipment according to claim 9, wherein the fixing unit has a trust bearing for preventing the wire rope from being twisted. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The lifting apparatus for highly mounted equipment according to claim 1, wherein at least one of a lamp, a fire detector and a CCTV camera is coupled to the equipment coupling unit. ### Claim 12 A lifting apparatus for highly mounted equipment, comprising: a main body installed at a predetermined height and having a hollow drum around which a wire rope is wound and a driving motor installed to give a rotation force to the drum; a moving body suspended from the wire rope and having a CCTV camera provided at a lower end thereof; a coupling unit located in the hollow of the drum and having an accommodation structure with an open lower portion to be coupled to the moving body and a stopper installed at the accommodation structure to give a fall prevention function to the moving body; and an upper contact portion and a lower contact portion respectively installed at the main body and the moving body to contact each other when the moving body ascends and is coupled to the main body by winding the wire rope, wherein the drum is disposed to lie down in the main body, wherein the wire rope unwound from the drum passes through the hollow of the drum and is connected to the moving body, wherein when the main body is coupled to the moving body, the upper contact portion and the lower contact portion contact each other in the hollow of the drum, wherein in a state where the main body and the moving body are completely coupled so that the upper contact portion and the lower contact portion contact each other, a hooking unit of the moving body is disposed spaced apart from the stopper in an upper direction with a clearance so that the wire rope connected to the moving body keeps tight, wherein in a state where the main body and the moving body are completely coupled, the moving body is hooked to a hooking structure located at an upper portion of the accommodation structure and tightly pulled by the wire rope in a close contact state, and wherein the stopper moves back when the moving body is passing, and when the moving body ascends completely, the stopper stands by in a state of protruding from an inner wall of the accommodation structure.