Patent ID: 11939195
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An overhead-line moving device provided to be movable in air by a main rope and a work rope, the main rope being configured such that both ends of the main rope are fixed, the work rope being movably supported by the main rope, the overhead-line moving device comprising:
a moving device movably supported by the main rope and connected to the work rope such that the moving device is movable with the work rope; and
a power generator supported by the main rope or the moving device and configured to move along with movement of the work rope, wherein the power generator generates electric power by moving relative to the main rope, wherein
the power generator includes
a rotating body configured to rotatably engage with the main rope,
a generator configured to generate electric power based on rotation of the rotating body, and
a spring portion configured to bias the rotating body and the generator toward the main rope;

the moving device includes
a pair of main-rope pulleys, the pair of main-rope pulleys being configured to rotatably engage with the main rope, and
a frame connected to the pair of main-rope pulleys;

the rotating body and the spring portion are between the pair of main-rope pulleys; and
the power generator is on an upper surface of the frame.