Industry Patents

Patent: 7484712

Hoist Assembly

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Patent Number: 7484712 
Title: Hoist Assembly 
Abstract: A hoist assembly for raising and lowering a load attached to a cable having a drum with a groove spirally disposed about its outer surface mounted within a frame. The groove having a predetermined pitch and configured to receive the cable wound about the drum. The drum has a cable take-off point where the cable ceases contacting the drum and is tangent to the drum. A head block is mounted to the frame and configured to receive the cable as it wound and unwound on the drum while maintaining tangential alignment with said take-off point.  
Country of Issue: US 
First Named Inventor: Hossler 
Assignee: Tiffin Scenic Studios 
Continuation or Divisional of:  
International Classification: B66D 3/04 
US Classification: 254/331 
Issue Date: 02-03-2009 
Filing Date: 06-01-2006 
Application : 11/421616 
Notes:  
Link to Patent at freepatentsonline.com: 7484712 at Freepatentsonline 
Link to World Patent Family1: World Patent Family at European Patent Office 
Link to Google Patents1: 7484712 at Google Patents 

 

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