Abstract: A crane system for carrying a load while suspending it from a portal-shaped body frame via wire ropes includes first and second wire ropes on both sides, in a right-and-left direction, of an upper portion of the body frame for fixing the suspended load, and means for taking up and paying out the first and second wire ropes. The system also includes means for winding the first and second wire ropes in opposite directions, or winding them in the same direction. The first and second wire ropes may be looped together with the means of taking up and paying out the wire ropes. Connection points or sheaves may be provided on the suspended load. It is also permissible to route the first and second wire ropes parallel to each other. Further, the above takeup and payout means may be in a tapered drum form.

Abstract: A crane apparatus is disclosed. A hoisting accessory is traversed by rotating rotating drums by driving of a traversing motor to take up or pay out wire ropes. Continuously variable transmissions are provided for changing rotational speeds of the rotating drums. A control device controls the continuously variable transmissions in a gear changing manner so that forces imposed on the drums by the wire ropes will be balanced. Thus, torques acting on the pair of drums are canceled out in all areas in which the hoisting accessory moves, whereby the capacity of the drive motor can be reduced.

Abstract: A crane apparatus is disclosed. First traverser wire ropes are connected to a right connecting portion of a traverser, while second traverser wire ropes are connected to a left connecting portion of the traverser. First hoisting accessory wire ropes are passed over a right rope pulley via the traverser, and then connected to the traverser, while second hoisting accessory wire ropes are passed over a left rope pulley via the traverser, and then connected to the traverser. A hoisting accessory is suspended from the right and left rope pulleys. The crane apparatus enlarges the traversing range of the hoisting accessory, and increases work efficiency, without becoming upsized.

Abstract: The present invention provides a lever-type frictional resistance force variable system comprising an arm whose upper end is rotatably supported by an upper beam; a supporting member which is fixed to a lower beam to rotatably support the intermediate portion of the arm; a braking device having frictional resistance plates connected to the lower end side of the arm, frictional pads provided between the frictional resistance plates, a pressing pad, and a screw rod; a turning lever connected to the screw rod; a ball screw threadedly engaging with the turning lever; a servomotor for rotating the ball screw; a displacement sensor for detecting a displacement of a frame; and a control unit for determining a braking force to be generated by the braking device based on the detected value of the displacement sensor and outputting a control signal according to the determined braking force.

Abstract: A long period pendulum damping equipment having right and left pair of longer rods, right and left pair of shorter rods and a tie beam connecting these longer rods and shorter rods one another, in which a tilt angle interlocking means of both rods installed at right and left end portions of the tie beam, respectively, and keeping the tilt angle in one direction of the longer rod with respect to a vertical line always equal to the tilt angle in another direction of the shorter rod or certain ratio times thereof is provided, and a long period is provided and an installation space is made small while making the overall height low by pivoting a weight to either one of the longer or shorter rod.

Abstract: Disclosed is a dynamic damper which is to absorb building vibrations in any horizontal directions, not restricted to one direction. For example, it comprises an oscillating body which is held to move horizontally, a plurality of ball screws which are arranged perpendicularly to each other with a height difference among them and which have a nut portion on the side of the oscillating body and a screw shaft engaging with said nut portion, and motors which reciprocate the oscillating body according to the period of vibration of the building by turning the ball screws.

Abstract: A tracer head for effecting three dimensional tracing of a model surface in a highly efficient and precise manner is described herein.