Patient hoist

A patient lift, comprising:

• a hoist comprising an electrically-actuated lifting member actuatable between a raised and lowered position;
• a track system comprising a first track portion and a second track portion, wherein said first track portion comprises a track conductor, the track conductor extending along said first track portion;
• a hoist trolley mounted to the hoist and movably connected to the track system, the first track portion and the second track portion being alignable or aligned to accommodate passage of the hoist trolley between said first and second track portion;
• a contacting apparatus mounted to the hoist trolley, the contacting apparatus comprising a contact carrier arranged to be in conductive contact with the track conductor of the first track portion and a biasing arrangement, said biasing arrangement being adapted to resiliently bias the contact carrier against the track conductor to accommodate conductive contact between said track conductor and contact carrier;
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• a guiding arrangement being arranged to engage the contact carrier to move said contact carrier out of contact with the track conductor of the first track portion as the contact carrier engages the guiding arrangement upon movement of said hoist trolley in a direction extending from the first track portion to the second track portion.