Device for supporting and guiding a vehicle hauling cable of a transport installation, articulation of such a device and method of manufacturing the device
AssigneePoma
InventorJean-François Mugnier
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Articulation for a supporting and guiding device for a vehicle hauling cable of a transport installation, including a first frame adapted to be attached to a support carrying a rotary roller intended to be in contact with the hauling cable, a second frame adapted to be introduced into an orifice formed within a carrying structure of the device, and at least one elastic element placed between the first and second frames and adapted to allow a pivoting movement of the first frame relative to the carrying structure, the articulation having a variable outer diameter able to decrease when the articulation is introduced into the orifice.
Claims12
An articulation for a supporting and guiding device for a vehicle hauling cable of a transport installation, comprising:
- a first frame adapted to be attached to a support carrying a rotary roller intended to be in contact with the vehicle hauling cable,
- a second frame adapted to be introduced into an orifice formed within a carrying structure of the supporting and guiding device, the second frame having a variable outer diameter, and
- at least one elastic element placed between the first and second frames and adapted to allow a pivoting movement of the first frame relative to the carrying structure,
- the articulation having a variable outer diameter able to decrease when the articulation is introduced into the orifice.
A method of manufacturing a device for supporting and guiding a vehicle hauling cable of a transport installation, comprising:
- placing at least one elastic element between a first and a second frame, the second frame having a variable outer diameter, so as to form an articulation having a variable outer diameter,
- introducing the articulation into an orifice formed within a carrying structure of the device by decreasing the outer diameter of the articulation, and
- fixing the first frame to a support carrying a rotary roller intended to be in contact with the vehicle hauling cable, the first frame being able to pivot relative to the carrying structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.