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US 7,410,151 B2Granted
Weight compensation device
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsRainer Häupl, Thomas Will
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AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsRainer Häupl, Thomas Will
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A height-adjustably mounted apparatus has a flexible supply line that is conducted to the apparatus from above and is provided with a weight compensation device so that the apparatus can be easily adjusted to different vertical positions. The weight compensation device includes a cable drum that accepts a first carrying cable which is loaded with the height-adjustably mounted apparatus and is subjected to a force directed opposite to the weight of the device and the weight compensation device includes a second carrying cable that is accepted on the cable drum and has an end secured to a supply line at a fastening location, so that the fastening location is lifted by the second carrying cable during vertical adjustment of the apparatus.
A weight compensation device for a height-adjustable apparatus that is connected to a flexible supply line conducted to the apparatus from above, the compensation device comprising a cable drum that accepts a first carrying cable loaded with the height-adjustable apparatus and means for providing a force directed opposite to the weight of the apparatus, the improvements comprising a second carrying cable being accepted by the cable drum and being secured to the supply line so that, given an upward adjustment of the device, the supply line is automatically pulled upward as well by the second carrying cable in a region around the fastening location of the second carrying cable to the supply line.
An apparatus being adjustably mounted on a column, said apparatus having flexible supply lines extending from above to the apparatus, a weight compensation device including a cable drum having a first carrying cable loaded with the apparatus, means for loading a force directed opposite to the weight of the apparatus, and a second carrying cable accepted by the cable drum and being secured to a fastening location on the supply line, so that with upward adjustment of the apparatus, the supply line is automatically pulled upward in the region of the fastening location.
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