A lifting yoke 200 for lifting a heavy element 300 is disclosed, wherein the heavy element being of the type comprising a body having two or more lifting anchors 302 exposed at an edge 304 thereof. The lifting yoke 200, in the orientation intended during lifting, comprises: a horizontally arranged beam 2 having an extension in a longitudinal direction X between a first extreme end 4 and a second extreme end 6, a first grabbing mechanism 8, a second grabbing mechanism 10. The first grabbing mechanism 8 is being connected to said horizontally arranged beam 2 and is comprising a first clutch 12 which is being configured to be able to shift between an engaged configuration for engagement with a lifting anchor 302 of a heavy element 300, and a disengaged configuration for disengaging with said lifting anchor 302, and vice versa, wherein said first clutch 12 comprises a first clutch actuator 14, which is being configured for enabling remote controlling of the configuration of said first clutch 12; wherein said second grabbing mechanism 10 is being connected to said horizontally arranged beam 2 and is comprising a second clutch 16 which is being configured to be able to shift between an engaged configuration for engagement with a lifting anchor 302 of a heavy element 300 and a disengaged configuration for disengaging with said lifting anchor 302, and vice versa, wherein said second clutch 16 comprises a second clutch actuator 18 which is being configured for enabling remote controlling of the configuration of said second clutch 16; wherein said first clutch 12 and said second clutch 16 are being arranged at mutual distance D; wherein said lifting yoke 200 comprises one or more attachment means 20 for attachment of a lifting chain/wire 22 to be connected to a lifting boom of a crane.
A LIFTING YOKE FOR LIFTING A HEAVY ELEMENT
2024-11-07
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B66C Krane , CRANES |