Rotating movable body for wire rope
AssigneeRiken Kogyo Inc.
InventorYukihiro Shibao
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Abstract
A rotating movable body for a wire rope includes a rotating portion through the interior of which a wire rope passes, the wire rope being formed by twisting together eight strands, and rotary plates provided on the rotating portion so as to engage with parts of the outer shape of the wire rope, wherein the rotary plates are arranged at a predetermined interval in the extension direction of the wire rope, and in a state where each of the plurality of strands is in contact with one of the rotary plates, the rotating portion moves in the extension direction of the wire rope and rotates so as to follow the twist of the strands.
Claims13
A rotating movable body for a wire rope comprising:
- a rotating portion through the interior of which a wire rope passes, the wire rope being formed by twisting together a plurality of strands;
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- at least two rope engaging portions provided on the rotating portion so as to engage with parts of an outer shape of the wire rope, wherein
- the at least two rope engaging portions are arranged at a predetermined interval in an extension direction of the wire rope, and
- in a state where each of the plurality of strands is in contact with one of the at least two rope engaging portions, the rotating portion moves in the extension direction of the wire rope and rotates so as to follow the twist of the strands,
- wherein the rotating portion includes at least two tubular case portions that are arranged in the extension direction of the wire rope and capable of rotating relative to each other, and
- the rope engaging portions are provided on the insides of the respective case portions.
A rotating movable body for a wire rope, comprising:
- a rotating portion through the interior of which a wire rope passes, the wire rope being formed by twisting together a plurality of strands;
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- at least two rope engaging portions provided on the rotating portion so as to engage with parts of an outer shape of the wire rope, wherein
- the at least two rope engaging portions are arranged at a predetermined interval in an extension direction of the wire rope, and
- in a state where each of the plurality of strands is in contact with one of the at least two rope engaging portions, the rotating portion moves in the extension direction of the wire rope and rotates so as to follow the twist of the strands,
- wherein the rope engaging portions include rotary plates respectively formed with rope passing holes through which the wire rope passes,
- at least one rope-engaging recessed portion is formed in the rope passing holes, and
- the rope-engaging recessed portion engages with two adjacent strands among the plurality of strands of the wire rope, and
- wherein a needle sensor that comes into contact with the strands of the wire rope and detects variation in a surface shape of the wire rope is provided on the rotating portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.