Patent ID: 8113556

Claim:
A lifting device for lifting a workpiece, comprising: a scissor-type linkage having two arms; a plurality of rod-like gripping arms connected in an articulated manner to the scissor-type linkage; a cross member having a plurality of axially adjacent elongated holes extending in an axial direction of the cross member; wherein each of said plural rod-like gripping arms is guided through an associated elongated hole of the cross member and has a fixing element for preventing each of said plural rod-like gripping arms from being unintentionally removed from the associated elongated hole; and wherein each of said plural rod-like gripping arms is rotatable around an axis extending transverse to a longitudinal direction and transverse to a through-direction of the associated elongated hole to enable a free end of each of said rod-like gripping arms to tilt in an associated lifting opening of the workpiece when said workpiece is lifted.