Apparatus for suspending a log

An apparatus for suspending a log or similar elongate object having a traction means, in particular on a cableway crane, having a swivel head (1, 3) on which a hitching body (8) having a longitudinal opening (9) for hitching a knob (7;

• 55) at one end (6;
• 56) of the traction means is pivoted around a swivel pin (16) between a closed position in the swivel head (1, 3) and a release position swiveled out of the swivel head (1, 3), for the traction means end (6;
• 56) with the knob (7;
• 55), having on the swivel head (1, 3) at least one sliding eye (2;
• 51, 52) through which the traction means is guided slidingly to form a loop tightening around the hanging log, having a locking device for locking the hitching body (8) in the closed position, and having a remote control for an actuator for actuating the locking device, characterized in that the longitudinal opening (9) of the hitching body has an enlargement (11) at its end facing away from the swivel pin (16) for hitching and unhitching the traction means end (6;
• 56) with the knob (7;
• 55) in the closed position, and a support (12) for the downward pulled hitched knob (7;
• 55) is provided below the enlargement (11), the locking device has a locking bolt (17) which engages a notch (18) at the end of the hitching body (8) facing away from the swivel pin (16), and the locking bolt (17) is spring-loaded into the unlocking position and adapted to be stopped in the locking position by a catch (22) which the actuator attacks.