Foldable suspended-ballast guide for a crane

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11319195-B2
Application number	US-202016791407-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 14, 2020
Priority date	Feb 19, 2019
Publication date	May 3, 2022
Grant date	May 3, 2022

Abstract

The invention relates to a foldable suspended-ballast guide for a crane with suspended ballast, comprising at least two lattice pieces which are pivotally connected to each other by means of at least one swivel joint, and a swivel drive for changing the swivel angle or for changing the ballast radius, wherein the suspended-ballast guide can be arranged on the crane via the first lattice piece, characterized in that the second lattice piece comprises at least one kink joint in order to kink the second lattice piece downwards or backwards in the direction of the crane to reduce the ballast radius.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A foldable suspended-ballast guide for a crane with suspended ballast, comprising at least two lattice pieces which are pivotally connected to each other by at least one swivel joint, and a swivel drive for changing a swivel angle or a ballast radius, wherein
the suspended-ballast guide is arranged on the crane via a first lattice piece,
a second lattice piece comprises at least one kink joint to kink the second lattice piece downwards or backwards in the direction of the crane to reduce the ballast radius, and
at least one kink drive for adjusting a kink angle is arranged on the second lattice piece.

2. The foldable suspended-ballast guide according to claim 1 , wherein corner posts of the second lattice piece are split and sub-elements of the corner posts of a bottom chord are connected to each other via a respective kink joint.

3. The foldable suspended-ballast guide according to claim 1 , wherein the swivel drive acts in the region of the one or more kink joints of the second lattice piece.

4. The foldable suspended-ballast guide according to claim 3 , wherein the swivel drive comprises two cylinders aligned parallel to each other.

5. The foldable suspended-ballast guide according to claim 1 , wherein the first lattice piece is pivotally arranged on a crane body, and has a U-shaped or C-shaped cross-sectional profile, so that when pivoting the first lattice piece back in the direction of the crane body, a crane component at least partly penetrates into a clearance formed between legs of a profile of the first lattice piece.

6. The foldable suspended-ballast guide according to claim 5 , wherein the crane component is an SA trestle of the crane.

7. A crane comprising at least one foldable suspended-ballast guide according to claim 1 .

8. The foldable suspended-ballast guide according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one kink drive is in the form of a pull cylinder whose rod movement effects a change of the kink angle of sub-elements of the second lattice piece.

9. A foldable suspended-ballast guide for a crane with suspended ballast, comprising
at least two lattice pieces which are pivotally connected to each other by at least one swivel joint, and
a swivel drive for changing a swivel angle or a ballast radius, wherein
the suspended-ballast guide is arranged on the crane via a first lattice piece,
a second lattice piece comprises at least one kink joint to kink the second lattice piece downwards or backwards in the direction of the crane to reduce the ballast radius,
corner posts of the second lattice piece are split and sub-elements of the corner posts of a bottom chord are connected to each other via a respective kink joint, and
the sub-elements of the second lattice piece are releasably connectable to each other by a fixing device in the region of a top chord of the second lattice piece.

10. The foldable suspended-ballast guide according to claim 9 , wherein sections of the corner posts of the top chord are releasably connectable to each other.

11. A foldable suspended-ballast guide for a crane with suspended ballast, comprising
at least two lattice pieces which are pivotally connected to each other by at least one swivel joint, and
a swivel drive for changing a swivel angle or a ballast radius, wherein
the suspended-ballast guide is arranged on the crane via a first lattice piece,
a second lattice piece comprises at least one kink joint to kink the second lattice piece downwards or backwards in the direction of the crane to reduce the ballast radius,
corner posts of the second lattice piece are split and sub-elements of the corner posts of a bottom chord are connected to each other via a respective kink joint, and
a fixing device provides at least one securing bolt for bolting sections of the corner posts and a bolt extracting device.

12. The foldable suspended-ballast guide according to claim 11 , wherein a securing lug is arranged to engage into an axial protrusion of the at least one securing bolt.

13. The foldable suspended-ballast guide according to claim 12 , wherein a bolt receptacle bolt receptacle of the at least one securing bolt is designed as an oblong hole, such that by shifting the at least one securing bolt within the oblong hole, the securing lug can be brought out of engagement with the at least one securing bolt.

14. The foldable suspended-ballast guide according to claim 11 , wherein at least one securing bolt per corner post is provided.

15. The foldable suspended-ballast guide according to claim 11 , wherein a the bolt receptacle of the at least one securing bolt is designed as an oblong hole.

16. The foldable suspended-ballast guide according to claim 15 , wherein shifting the securing bolt is effected by a kink drive.

17. The foldable suspended-ballast guide according to claim 16 , wherein the shifting of the securing bolt is effected by pulling the sub-elements of the second lattice piece towards each other, and points of abutment against a contact area of the sub-elements are provided.

18. The foldable suspended-ballast guide according to claim 15 , wherein at least one proximity sensor is placed in the region of the fixing device or the oblong hole to detect the position of the at least one securing bolt within the oblong hole.

Assignees

• Liebherr Werk Ehingen

Inventors

• Norz Clemens
• Wenger Hans Joachim
• Bohnacker Roland
• Jechle Marcus

Classifications

• B66C13/16

  Applications of indicating, registering, or weighing devices (in crane hooks B66C1/40; in safety gear B66C15/00; weighing-apparatus G01G; remote indicating in general G08) · CPC title

• B66C23/62

  Constructional features or details (of dredgers E02F) · CPC title

• B66C23/76 Primary

  and movable to take account of variations of load or of variations of length of jib · CPC title

• B66C23/365

  dismantable into smaller units for transport purposes · CPC title