Abstract: Disclosed are devices, systems, and methods for a rope guide and, in particular, a plug-in rope guide protective shell. In some embodiments, a plug-in rope guide protective shell includes a shell body and a plug-in member. The shell body has an inner cavity for accommodating a rope guide, and the rope guide has a guide opening penetrating through the rope guide along a first direction. The plug-in member is connected with the shell body and located in the inner cavity of the shell body. The plug-in member can be inserted into the guide opening.

Abstract: A reinforced spool assembly has a shaft, a spool member coaxially mounted around the shaft, and two ratchets mounted on two axial ends of a combination of the shaft and the spool member. Each one of two ratchets has a body having an inner surface. The two inner surfaces of the two bodies face each other. In each one of the ratchets, the body has a reinforced supporting structure. The reinforced supporting structure is located between the shaft and the spool member and is offset from the inner surface of the body. A reference plane is defined on and extends along the inner surface of the body, is perpendicular to a central axis of the shaft, and passes through the reinforced supporting structure. Mechanical strength of the reinforced spool assembly is increased by the reinforced supporting structure.

Abstract: A hoist system includes a hook; a cable connected to the hook; a motor configured to move the hook and the cable; an overload protection device (OLPD) configured to limit loads imparted on one or more of the hook, the cable, and the motor. The hoist system further includes an emergency brake system configured to stop movement of at least the cable, where the emergency brake system is configured to operate in response to a manual control or automatically in response to a controller.

Abstract: An aircraft mounted cargo lifting crane and adapter for mounting the same. The adapter includes a plate portion and several upstanding webs extending from the plate portion. The upstanding webs include perimeter webs that protect the bolted connections to the aircraft floor, and interior webs that are configured to surround the base of a crane. The adapter further includes a plurality of foot pads that have a slotted hole passing through the same, and a plurality of retractable wheels. A crane system is provided which includes the adapter and a crane, such as a jib crane, that is joined to the adapter. The crane system can be movably joined to different attachment points on the floor of the cargo bay of an aircraft.

Abstract: This work machine comprises: a plurality of booms that extend and retract with the power of an actuator; a first pin that is moved by a first spring to connect adjacent booms and is moved by power of a motor to release a connection of the adjacent booms; a second pin that is moved by a second spring to connect the boom and the actuator and is moved by power of the motor to release a connection of the boom and the actuator; and a circuit that is configured so that when the first pin is moved by the first spring or when the second pin is moved by the second spring, a current based on motor idling caused by the movement of the first pin or second pin is not generated.

Abstract: A method for protecting a lifting member against an overload is described. The lifting member includes a lifting drum over which a cable is wound at the end of which a load is fixed. The lifting drum is mechanically connected to an electric motor capable of ensuring its rotation. The mechanical connection includes a clutch or equivalent device, has at least two distinct operating thresholds: a first threshold, the exceeding of which generates the freewheel operation of the lifting drum with respect to the kinematic chain coming from the electric motor, and a second threshold, of value greater than that corresponding to the nominal load of the lifting member, but of value less than that of the first threshold, generating the braking of the rotation of the lifting drum, and an attempt to progressively stop said rotation of the drum.

Abstract: A feeder hoist and hook apparatus includes a limb frame assembly having an inverted U-shaped configuration to nest on a tree limb until actuated for removal. The apparatus includes an actuation linkage that includes a linear gear and torsion spring that cooperate to open or close a latch bar. The feeder hoist and hook apparatus may include a hoist assembly having a spool and cord for incrementally lifting a game feeder into the air when actuated. The feeder hoist and hook apparatus may be actuated with a telescoping actuation pole, using a drill, or using remote control.

Abstract: A rescue hoist including a cable drum assembly generally including a cable drum having a cable groove and a recess positioned at one end of the cable groove, a shear pin extending transverse across the recess, and a cable assembly including a cable routed along the cable groove and a cable hook mounted to one end of the cable. In use, to secure the cable assembly to the cable drum, the cable hook is received in the recess and hooked around the shear pin according to a predefined installation sequence. In use, to provide a cable release provision, the shear pin includes spaced reduced diameter sections positioned on opposing lateral sides of the cable hook configured to shear in response to a load on the cable exceeding a predefined threshold load value.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode connection apparatus including a transfer unit configured to transfer a start portion of a standby electrode roll in a state of gripping the start portion, a leading unit configured to move upwards in a state of gripping the start portion of the standby electrode roll transferred by the transfer unit, a first connection unit configured to fix the standby electrode roll transferred by the leading unit, a second connection unit configured to fix an end portion of a moving electrode roll, and a taping unit configured to connect the standby electrode roll and the moving electrode roll to each other, whereby it is possible to automatically connect the electrode rolls to each other during an electrode manufacturing process performed as a roll-to-roll process.

Abstract: A rope grab device for a portable power driven system adapted for advancing a rope includes an essentially circular rope grab, wherein the rope grab is adapted to, during operation, engage the rope along at least a section of a circumference of the rope grab. The rope grab device also includes a securing device comprising a lever portion, a first roller arranged at one end of the lever portion and an anchoring point arranged at the opposite end of the lever portion adapted for receiving an anchoring force. The lever portion is attached with a hinged connection and is adapted to, by means of the first roller, exert a pressure to the rope for forcing the rope towards the rope grab at a portion of the section where the rope, during operation, is engaging the rope grab upon applying the anchoring force on the anchoring point.

Abstract: A hand winch is provided in the disclosure, which includes a first bracket, a second bracket, a first rotating shaft, a second rotating shaft, a handle, a one-way bearing assembly, a protective shell, a disc spring and an adjusting nut. The first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft are respectively rotatably arranged on the first bracket and the second bracket, and the first rotating shaft is matched with the second rotating shaft, and the second rotating shaft has a reel. The handle is directly or indirectly matched with the first rotating shaft, the protective shell is arranged on the first bracket, the one-way bearing assembly is sleeved on the first rotating shaft, the one-way bearing assembly and the disc spring are located in the protective shell. The winch has benefits that the cable is prevented from being released too fast by the reel and potential safety hazard is reduced.

Abstract: A pneumatic load balancing system comprises a pressure sensor for determining the pressure in a chamber of the actuating cylinder, and a controller for controlling the air pressure in the chamber of the actuating cylinder via at least one air supply valve. The controller is configured to during a load balancing sequence continuously or periodically obtain a current air pressure in the chamber from the pressure sensor when supplying air to the chamber via said at least one air supply and to determine a balancing air pressure in the chamber when, if air fed to the chamber, the air pressure stops increasing or when the gradient of the pressure increase is below a pre-determined threshold value; or if the air pressure is let out from the chamber, the air pressure starts to decrease. The balancing air pressure thus determined is then used as the balancing air pressure for the actuating cylinder of the pneumatic load balancing system.

Abstract: A reel line guide device for use in a baitcast reel is disclosed, the reel line guide device including: a mount provided with a mounting position for accommodating a reel assembly; a guide arranged on the mount and positioned on one side of the mounting position, the guide being provided with a passage hole for a fishing line on the reel assembly to pass through; and a button transmission mechanism arranged on the mount and including a button assembly and a transmission assembly, the transmission assembly being connected to the button assembly and the guide to drive the guide to rotate under the action of the button assembly, so as to adjust an angle of the passage hole of the guide relative to the reel assembly. A baitcast reel having the above-mentioned reel line guide device, and a fishing tackle are further disclosed.

Abstract: A line roller assembly is provided including a base assembly including a clamping assembly configured to clamp the base assembly to a parapet wall surrounding a roof of a structure or other installation, a carriage assembly slidably mounted on the base assembly, said carriage assembly including at least one arm including a roller at a distal end, said carriage assembly movable between at least one extended position and a medial position, and said at least one roller includes a groove configured to receive a line for aiding the line over the parapet wall, wherein in the at least one extended position the at least one arm extends a pre-determined distance over an edge of an outer wall of the structure or the at least one arm extends a pre-determined distance over an inner edge of the parapet wall of the structure over the roof.

Abstract: A computer vision camera sensor apparatus for motorized winches capable of monitoring multiple conditions relating to the cable and drum and a processing system capable of analyzing the camera sensor output to identify multiple conditions relating to the winch cable and drum and initiate appropriate control signals to the winch to protect the equipment and loads supported by the hoist.

Abstract: The overhead transport vehicle includes: a winding drum configured to lift and lower a lifting part by winding and paying out a plurality of suspending members; at least one guide roller around which the suspending members paid out from the winding drum are wound; a body part supporting the winding drum and the guide roller; at least one position adjusting part configured to move a portion of each suspending member connected to the lifting part in a lifting direction by moving a relative position of the guide roller with respect to the body part; and a control part configured to control movement of the guide roller by the position adjusting part, based on information on an inclination of the lifting part.

Abstract: A first container includes a pair of first held sections serving as a pair of held sections, and a second container includes a pair of second held sections serving as a pair of held sections. A first distance between the two first held sections is smaller than a second distance between the two second held sections. A first detector is configured to detect a detection target section in the first held sections and not detect the detection target section in the second held sections while a holder device is disposed at a holding reference position. A second detector is configured to detect a detection target section in the second held sections and not detect the detection target section in the first held sections while the holder device is disposed at the holding reference position.

Abstract: A tape connecting device (1) and a method for connecting a first tape to a second tape for providing a tape string. In the tape connecting device (1) when continuously conveying the first tape an end section of the first tape is connected to a start section of the second tape by an adhesive connection by a liquid (in particular water) arranged in a connecting section. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for connecting two tapes, a processing system and a use of a method. The inventive tape connecting device (1) and the method can in particular be used for a continuous provision of a security tape for a security document as a banknote.

Abstract: An upper spreader guide device includes a pair of left and right boom-side guide parts each supported by a boom so as to be arranged in a raised attitude of rising diagonally upward from the boom in a state where the boom is arranged in a lowered attitude, and a pair of left and right movable guide parts supported by the pair of boom-side guide parts, respectively, such that a relative position with respect to the pair of boom-side guide parts is changeable between a protruding position and a retraction position.

Abstract: A line length measuring device that is capable of measuring a line length of a fishing line reeled out from a spool of a fishing reel and includes: a rotation detector capable of detecting a number of revolutions of the spool relative to a reel main body; a line length calculator that calculates a line length of the reeled out fishing line from the number of revolutions detected by the rotation detector; and a fishing line information setting part that sets fishing line information for the calculation of the line length of the reeled out fishing line by the line length calculator, the fishing line information setting part being configured to enable input of a type of a fishing line to be wound and a line winding diameter (Dmax) of the spool after winding of the fishing line to be wound.