Patent ID: 7654738

Claim:
Ceiling support system for a movable component ( 7 ) of a diagnostic X-ray device ( 1 ), comprising: a horizontally movable carriage ( 8 ); a crane ( 9 ) attached to the carriage ( 8 ), which crane ( 9 ) is vertically extensible and contractible by telescoping sections ( 10 ) vertically movable by a rope ( 11 ) wound around a pulley ( 12 ) arranged at the top end of the crane ( 9 ); and at least one flexible electrical cable ( 17 ) for a power supply and/or for control of the movable component ( 7 ), wherein the electrical cable ( 17 ) is led from the carriage ( 8 ) through the telescoping sections ( 10 ) of the crane ( 9 ), wherein a cable drum ( 18 ) is arranged at the top end of the crane ( 9 ) for winding the electrical cable ( 17 ) during vertical movement of the component ( 7 ), and wherein a motor ( 14 ) synchronously drives the pulley ( 12 ) and the cable drum ( 18 ).