Winch

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10246311-B2
Application number	US-201113809404-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 1, 2011
Priority date	Jul 13, 2010
Publication date	Apr 2, 2019
Grant date	Apr 2, 2019

Abstract

The present invention relates to a winch, in particular a luffing winch, with a winch drum, at least one main drive driving the transmission input shaft, and at least one emergency drive driving the transmission input shaft in case of emergency, wherein at least one emergency drive can be coupled to the driven wheel of the transmission input shaft as required via at least one intermediate gear. The present invention furthermore is directed to a construction machine or a lifting device with at least one such winch.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A winch, comprising:
a winch drum arranged on a drum shaft;
at least one main drive driving the drum shaft, the main drive arranged coaxially with the winch drum on the drum shaft; and
at least one emergency drive driving the drum shaft in case of emergency, the emergency drive comprising a drive wheel,
wherein at least one emergency drive is coupleable to a driven wheel of the drum shaft as required via at least one intermediate gear, the intermediate gear in constant engagement with the emergency drive, via the drive wheel, independent of a current position of the intermediate gear and shiftably mounted for coupling in and out in a direction of its shaft axis, the driven wheel arranged on the drum shaft between the winch drum and the main drive.

2. The winch according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one intermediate gear is coupleable in or out in the direction of its shaft axis via a lever mechanism.

3. The winch according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one intermediate gear is fixed in its position by at least one locking bolt.

4. The winch according to claim 1 , wherein a winch brake is arranged coaxially with the main drive and the winch drum on the drum shaft.

5. The winch according to claim 1 , wherein toothing of the at least one intermediate gear and/or of the driven wheel is designed as roof-like toothing.

6. The winch according to claim 1 , wherein the drive wheel includes at least one hexagon.

7. The winch according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one position detector of the intermediate gear.

8. The winch according to claim 1 , further comprising one or more slotted spacer bushes for decoupling the main drive.

9. The winch according to claim 1 , wherein the winch is a luffing winch of a construction machine.

10. A winch, comprising:
a winch drum arranged on a drum shaft;
at least one main drive driving the drum shaft, the main drive arranged coaxially with the winch drum on the drum shaft; and
at least one emergency drive driving the drum shaft in case of emergency, wherein at least one emergency drive is coupleable to a driven wheel of the drum shaft via at least one intermediate gear, the intermediate gear shiftably mounted for coupling in and out in a direction of its shaft axis, the driven wheel arranged on the drum shaft between the winch drum and the main drive;
wherein, when the emergency drive drives the drum shaft, the intermediate gear is shifted along its shaft axis via actuation of a lever mechanism until it engages in the driven wheel, and
wherein, when the main drive drives the drum shaft and the emergency drive is shut off, the intermediate gear is not in engagement with the driven wheel.

11. The winch according to claim 10 , wherein the intermediate gear is in constant engagement with a drive wheel of the emergency drive independent of a current position of the intermediate gear.

12. The winch according to claim 10 , wherein the lever mechanism is connected with an oblong intermediate gear receptacle which extends in the direction of the shaft axis of the intermediate gear, and wherein, upon actuation of the lever mechanism, the receptacle shifts the intermediate gear in the direction of its shaft axis to bring it into engagement with the driven wheel.

13. The winch according to claim 10 further comprising a braking device, the braking device comprising a braking disc arranged coaxially with the main drive and the winch drum on the drum shaft.

14. The winch according to claim 13 , wherein engagement of the braking device generates a braking moment acting on the winch drum.

15. The winch according to claim 10 , wherein the emergency drive is arranged laterally offset from the drum shaft, and wherein the drum shaft and a drive shaft of the emergency drive extend parallel to each other.

16. The winch according to claim 11 , wherein the drive wheel of the emergency drive is arranged at an end of a shaft of the emergency drive.

17. The winch according to claim 1 further comprising a braking device, the braking device comprising a braking disc arranged coaxially with the main drive and the winch drum on the drum shaft.

18. The winch according to claim 11 , wherein engagement of the braking device generates a braking moment acting on the winch drum.

19. The winch according to claim 6 , wherein the intermediate gear is in constant engagement with the drive wheel independent of a current position of the intermediate gear, and wherein the drive wheel is arranged at an end of a shaft of the emergency drive.

Assignees

• Bulling Johannes
• Harsch Erich
• Liebherr Components Biberach Gmbh

Inventors

• Bulling Johannes
• Harsch Erich

Classifications

• B66D1/22

  Planetary or differential gearings (for actuating grab buckets B66D1/70 ){, i.e. with planet gears having movable axes of rotation} · CPC title

• B66D1/12 Primary

  incorporating electric motors · CPC title

• B66D1/54

  Safety gear · CPC title

• B66D1/02 Primary

  Driving gear · CPC title