Patent ID: 7753422

Claim:
In an apparatus for suspending a log or similar elongate object having a traction means, for use on a cableway crane, and having a swivel head on which is supported a hitching body having a longitudinal opening for hitching a knob at one end of the traction means, wherein the hitching body is pivoted around a swivel pin between a closed position in the swivel head and a release position swiveled out of the swivel head and wherein, for the traction means end with the knob through which the traction means is slidingly guided so as to form a loop for tightening around a log or similar elongate object which thereby hangs downwardly from the apparatus, the swivel head further having a locking device for locking the hitching body in the closed position, and having a remote control for an actuator for actuating the locking device, comprising the improvement wherein the longitudinal opening of the hitching body has an enlargement at an outer end facing away from the swivel pin for hitching and unhitching the traction means end with the knob when the swivel head is in the closed position, and a support is provided below the enlargement for engaging the hitched knob when being pulled downwardly, the locking device having a locking bolt which engages a notch at the outer end of the hitching body facing away from the swivel pin, and the locking bolt being spring-loaded into the unlocking position and adapted to be stopped in the locking position by a catch which is operated by the actuator.