Equalizing head for chain slings
OwnerWerner Rieger, Manfred Boning +2inventors
InventorsWerner Rieger, Manfred Boning, Hans Dalferth, Reinhard Smetz
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Abstract
The invention relates to an equalizing head for a chain sling comprising a connecting member for a hanger to suspend the head from a hoist hook or the like, and additional connecting members for the several falls of chain of the sling, whereby the connecting member for the hanger is a clevis type shackle of round section steel, having shanks inserted into at least one hole provided in the equalizing head for their reception and being detachably held therein by locking element.
Claims13
In an improved equalising head for a chain sling of the type comprising a hanger, a first connecting member for connecting the hanger to an equalising head, and a plurality of secondary connecting members for connecting individual falls of chain to said equalising head, the improvement comprising:
- said first connecting member being a clevis-type shackle ending in shanks, said shanks of said first connecting member having parallel grooves on opposite sides thereof,
- said equalising head having openings therein to receive said shanks and said equalising head having parallel bores adjacent to and transverse to said openings, said parallel bores being complementary to said grooves on said shanks,
- said shanks being insertably fitted into said openings with said respective grooves and bores in alignment, and
- locking elements positioned within said bores to retain said shanks within said equalising head, thereby securing said shanks of said first connecting member to said equalising head,
- whereby said first connecting member is detachably fastened to said equalising head.
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