Patent ID: 7503263

Claim:
A device for suspending a rail of one of an overhead conveyor and a hoisting machine from one of a traversing gear and a supporting structure, said device comprising: a tension element, said tension element being secured by one end to the one of a traversing gear and a supporting structure, said tension element being further secured to a fixing device that is secured to the rail; a bolt, the bolt passing through the tension element and being received by the fixing device, wherein the tension element is at least partly recessed in the fixing device in a direction of suspension; a pivoting bearing comprising an outer race and an inner race, said inner race comprising a ball head, said ball head pivotably received in said outer race; a bore defined through said ball head; and wherein the tension element is fastened to the bolt by the pivoting bearing being received in the tension element and the bolt passing through said bore in the ball head.