Patent ID: 8490378

Claim:
Shortening device ( 1 ) for shortening a chain strand ( 23 ), comprising a connecting section ( 3 ) with at least one connecting opening ( 7 ), a shortening member ( 4 , 26 ), at least one anchoring receptacle ( 6 ) for receiving an end link ( 24 a ) of the chain strand ( 23 ) which anchoring receptacle ( 6 ) is arranged at a side of the connecting section ( 3 ) facing the shortening member ( 4 , 26 ) and closed by a retaining pin ( 8 ) inserted in a cutout ( 32 ), and a web ( 5 ) connecting the connecting section ( 3 ) with the shortening member ( 4 , 26 ), which web ( 5 ) is arranged at an end of the retaining pin ( 8 ) pointing in the longitudinal direction, wherein the shortening device ( 1 ) comprises a basic body ( 2 ) comprising the connecting section ( 3 ), the shortening member ( 4 , 26 ), the web ( 5 ) connecting the connecting section ( 3 ) with the shortening member ( 4 , 26 ) as well as the anchoring receptacle, characterized in that the connecting opening ( 7 ) is embodied as a closed eye ( 7 ) and the anchoring receptacle ( 6 ) is formed by a separate opening ( 10 ).