Patent ID: 6030015
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: B66C,B66D,Y10T

Abstract:
A belt hoist comprising a belt having a free end portion and a hook connected to said free end portion of said belt,said hook comprising a support rod around which said free end portion of said belt is wound and a holding portion for holding said support rod in sandwich, andsaid free end portion of said belt comprising a first coiling portion wound around said support rod in direct contact with said support rod and a second coiling portion wound around said first coiling portion of said belt in direct contact with said first coiling portion, said first and second coiling portions of said belt being wound in opposite directions forming a twofold overlap, whereinthe first coiling portion and the second coiling portion are continuous with each other through a turn-up portion, and whereinsaid belt further comprises first and second overlapping portions continuous to a first end portion and a second end portion of the first coiling portion and overlapping each other, and third and fourth overlapping portions continuous to a first end portion and a second end portion of the second coiling portion and overlapping an outside surface of the first overlapping portion and an outside surface of the second overlapping portion, respectively, the second overlapping portion and the fourth overlapping portion being continuous with each other through a turn-up portion, thereby forming a fourfold overlap of said first through fourth overlapping portions.