Portable sling testing apparatus (10) for testing patient slings (200) includes a plurality of dummy units (30, 34) attachable to a frame and actuator unit (14) of the apparatus (10). The apparatus (10) includes an extendable pressurisation actuator (120) and a spreader plate (90) which includes a plurality of attachment points (92-95) for attaching the straps and hooks of a sling (200). The apparatus (10) is intended to load a sling (200) to operating loads for checking the sling (200). A control unit (100) controls the amount of load applied to the sling (200) and a time duration of the test. The apparatus (10) can be dismounted into a plurality of component parts for ease of transportation.
Sling testing apparatus
Schlingentestvorrichtung
Appareil de test d'élingue
2015-12-16
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | G01L Messen von Kraft, mechanischer Spannung, Drehmoment, Arbeit, mechanischer Leistung, mechanischem Wirkungsgrad oder des Drucks von Fluiden , MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE / A61G TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS , Transport, persönliche Beförderungsmittel, oder Lagerung besonders ausgebildet für Kranke oder Behinderte / B66C Krane , CRANES / G01M TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES , Prüfen der statischen oder dynamischen Massenverteilung rotierender Teile von Maschinen oder Konstruktionen / G01N Untersuchen oder Analysieren von Stoffen durch Bestimmen ihrer chemischen oder physikalischen Eigenschaften , INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES / G06F ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING , Elektrische digitale Datenverarbeitung |
Sling bars, methods for attaching a subject sling to sling bars, and lift systems using sling bars
European Patent Office | 2023
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