Patent ID: 8186732

Claim:
A hoist clamp device for clamping an object, comprising: a frame; a first clamping part, movably connected to the frame and provided with a first gripping surface; a second clamping part, coupled to the frame, provided with a second gripping surface, and arranged with respect to the first clamping part so as to clamp the object between the second gripping surface and the first gripping surface, in which the first clamping part is movable with respect to the second clamping part in order to clamp the object by moving the first clamping part from a free position into a clamping position, and in which the second clamping part is furthermore provided with a gripping part, provided with the second gripping surface, which gripping part is designed to allow a displacement with respect to the frame away from the first gripping surface as long as a clamping force of the first clamping part on the second clamping part is below a minimum value, which gripping part is displaceable with respect to the second clamping part at a right angle; wherein the second clamping part includes spring means and the gripping part is prebiased by the spring means.