Patent ID: 6341669
Filing Date: 2002-01-29
Classification: B66B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A pivoting hitch for an elevator rope, comprising:a shaft being shaped as a right cylindrical prism, with a base having a circular arc joined at both ends by a straight line whereby said shaft has a flat portion and a rounded circular portion; at least one hole through said shaft, said at least one hole being substantially perpendicular to said flat portion; said rounded circular portion of said shaft resting on a seat, wherein a shape of said seat that makes contact with said shaft is congruent to said rounded circular portion of said shaft; said seat resting on a lower hitch plate; said lower hitch plate having at least one hole therein; at least one rod passing through said at least one hole in said lower hitch plate, through said at least one hole of said shaft, and through at least one spring; and an end of said at least one rod being connected to a termination for a rope, and another end of said at least one rod being connected to said spring.