US 12,215,005 B2
Support for a trolley, and overhead transport device having such a support
Christoph Paßmann, Dortmund (DE); Bastian Wiehagen, Hagen (DE); Marian Witte, Dortmund (DE); and Sven Müller, Breckerfeld (DE)
Assigned to Konecranes Global Corporation, Hyvinkää (FI)
Appl. No. 17/754,344
Filed by Konecranes Global Corporation, Hyvinkaa (FI)
PCT Filed Sep. 25, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/076847
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 30, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/063810, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 126 399.9 (DE), filed on Sep. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0332547 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. B66C 17/00 (2006.01); B61B 3/00 (2006.01); B66C 7/02 (2006.01)
CPC B66C 7/02 (2013.01) [B61B 3/00 (2013.01); B66C 17/00 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A support for a trolley, comprising a running surface that is formed on the support for the trolley, an upper chord, a lower chord and braces that connect said chords together, wherein the braces are flat, and each brace has a flat main surface that faces away from the support longitudinally between the upper chord and the lower chord, wherein two of the braces form a brace pair in each case and are arranged next to one another as viewed in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the support, wherein the flat braces are releasably secured to the upper chord and/or to the lower chord, and wherein the running surface is arranged in an interior space defined by the lower chord for receiving an internally running trolley running gear of the trolley, and wherein the running surface comprises a continuous surface for supporting the trolley running gear.