Arrangement for lifting and lowering or for pulling loads

Abstract From the Canadian patent

The present disclosure describes an arrangement for lifting and lowering or for pulling loads. The arrangement comprises two-piece traction sheaves whose two sheave halves can be pressed together, and seat grooves wherein ropes are radially pressed down into the seat grooves. The two sheave halves are mounted parallel to one another and are provided with a common peripheral V-shaped groove. The sheave halves are spring-loaded pressed together and at the periphery of the V-shaped rope groove, rope-supporting elements are fixedly mounted. Thereby a simple construction is achieved safety has, increased and the operation is simplified by requiring no maintenance.