Patent ID: 6196133
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: B66C

Abstract:
A device for suspending a rail, comprising:a carrying apparatus;a traction element having a first end fastenable to the rail and a second end;an intermediate element connected between said carrying apparatus and said traction element and having an upper horizontal metal carrier and a lower horizontal metal carrier separated by a vertical distance and having inner surfaces facing each other;said intermediate element further comprising an elastic element fastened to said inner surfaces of said upper horizontal metal carrier and said lower horizontal metal carrier;wherein said carrying apparatus is fixedly connected with one of said upper horizontal metal carrier and said lower horizontal metal carrier and said second end of said traction element is fixedly connected with the other of said upper horizontal metal carrier and said lower horizontal metal carrier, wherein said intermediate element further comprises a spacer element contacting said other of said upper horizontal metal carrier and said lower horizontal metal carrier and said second end of said traction element is guided through said spacer element, and wherein said elastic element of said intermediate element is arranged so that said intermediate element damps pulse peaks of horizontal forces received by said traction element.