Belt hoist having improved belt-hook assembly

Patent 6030015 Issued on February 29, 2000. Estimated Expiration Date:

July 14, 2017. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Abstract Claims Description Full Text

Patent References

3131450

3222743

Device for locking and adjusting straps for lifting and securing apparatuses
Patent #: 4365391
Issued on: 12/28/1982
Inventor: Chapalain

Device for the connection of components and tensioning and/or control devices with belts Patent #: 4641875
Issued on: 02/10/1987
Inventor: Speich

Inventors

Assignee

Elephant Chain Block Co., Ltd.

Application

No. 891825 filed on 07/14/1997

US Classes:

294/82.11, Cable and hook tackle24/197, Looped strap24/265HHook

Examiners

Primary: Cherry, Johnny D.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP

Foreign Patent References

0 091 992 EP. 10/24/1983
682 482 DE. 10/24/2013
3235299 DE 03/24/1984
33 44 485 DE. 04/24/1985
90 10 180 DE. 02/24/1991
1 381 344 GB. 01/24/1975

International Class

B66D 001/34

Foreign Application Priority Data

1996-07-31 JP

Abstract

A belt hoist capable of firmly joining a hook to a free end portion of a belt, although the hook holds the free end portion of the belt in a clipping manner. The hook includes a support rod around which the belt is wound and a holding portion for holding the support rod in sandwich, and the free end portion of the belt includes a first coiling portion wound around the support rod in direct contact therewith and a second coiling portion wound around the first coiling portion of the belt in direct contact therewith, with the first and second coiling portions of the belt being wound in opposite directions to each other.