Traction apparatus and rope take-up mechanism of traction apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8821428
APP PUB NO 20100137772A1
SERIAL NO

12516702

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A traction apparatus which impresses a desired traction force to a body to be pulled is provided. The traction apparatus includes: a traction mechanism that includes a harness coupled to the body to be pulled, a rope having one end attached to the harness, and a take-up drum attaching to an other end of the rope and impressing the traction force on the body to be pulled by taking up the rope; a first pulley that engages at a predetermined wrapping angle the rope to which the traction force is impressed by being taken up by the take-up drum, a rope load being impressed to the first pulley from the rope; a coupling plate that rotatably holds the first pulley, the rope load being impressed to the coupling plate from the first pulley; a load sensor plate that holds the coupling plate at one end portion thereof, the rope load being impressed to the load sensor from the coupling plate; an outer frame that fixes an other end portion of the load sensor plate; and a load cell adhered to a surface of the load sensor plate.

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  • ITO CO., LTD.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ootomo, Yoshiharu Tsuchiura, JP 1 12
Sakagami, Toshimasa Tokyo, JP 6 35
Tanaka, Noboru Kounosu, JP 35 346

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