Crane

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11434113-B2
Application number	US-201916967512-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 8, 2019
Priority date	Mar 9, 2018
Publication date	Sep 6, 2022
Grant date	Sep 6, 2022

Abstract

Provided is a crane (1) comprising: a boom (7) capable of being raised, lowered, and telescoped; a wire rope (8) being suspended from the boom (7); a winch (9) for winding and unwinding the wire rope (8); and a hook (10) being raised and lowered by the winding and unwinding of the wire rope (8). The crane further comprises a spooling operation instrument (24) for enabling commanding an operation state of the winch (9). When the hook (10) is raised to a height at which the hanging length d is a prescribed value by an operation of the spooling operation instrument (24), the boom (7) is raised and extended while the wire rope (8) is unwound such that the prescribed hanging length d is maintained, thereby sustaining the elevation operation of the hook (10).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A crane provided with a boom, a wire rope, a winch, and a hook, the boom being capable of being luffed up and down, extended, and retracted, the wire rope being configured to hang from the boom, the winch being configured to wind or unwind the wire rope, the hook being configured to be raised or lowered by the wire rope wound or unwound, the crane comprising:
a winding manipulation tool that allows giving an instruction on an operating state of the winch, wherein,
the hook is raised by winding the wire rope based on manipulation of the winding manipulation tool, when the hook is raised to a height at which a suspension length is a predetermined suspension length, the boom is subsequently luffed up and extended to continue raising operation of the hook while the wire rope is unwound such that the suspension length is kept.

2. The crane according to claim 1 , wherein
the raising operation of the hook is performed vertically upward by adjusting luffing-up operation and extension operation of the boom.

3. The crane according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a control apparatus that controls luffing-up and luffing-down operation and extension and retraction operation of the boom and unwinding and winding operation of the winch, wherein,
the control apparatus controls the winding operation of the winch to raise the hook based on manipulation of the winding manipulation tool, and
in a case where the hook is raised to the height at which the suspension length is the predetermined suspension length, the control apparatus subsequently controls the luffing-up operation and the extension operation of the boom and the unwinding operation of the winch such that the suspension length is kept.

4. The crane according to claim 1 , wherein
a raising operation speed of the hook raised by luffing-up operation and extension operation of the boom is changeable by manipulation of the winding manipulation tool.

5. The crane according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a control apparatus that controls luffing-up and luffing-down operation and extension and retraction operation of the boom and unwinding and winding operation of the winch, wherein,
the control apparatus controls the winding operation of the winch to raise the hook based on manipulation of the winding manipulation tool, and
in a case where the hook is raised to the height at which the suspension length is the predetermined suspension length, the control apparatus subsequently controls the luffing-up operation and the extension operation of the boom and the unwinding operation of the winch such that the suspension length is kept.

6. The crane according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a control apparatus that controls luffing-up and luffing-down operation and extension and retraction operation of the boom and unwinding and winding operation of the winch, wherein,
the control apparatus controls the winding operation of the winch to raise the hook based on manipulation of the winding manipulation tool, and
in a case where the hook is raised to the height at which the suspension length is the predetermined suspension length, the control apparatus subsequently controls the luffing-up operation and the extension operation of the boom and the unwinding operation of the winch such that the suspension length is kept.

7. A crane provided with a boom, a wire rope, a winch, and a hook, the boom being capable of being luffed up and down, extended, and retracted, the wire rope being configured to hang from the boom, the winch being configured to wind or unwind the wire rope, the hook being configured to be raised or lowered by the wire rope wound or unwound, the crane comprising:
a winding manipulation tool that allows giving an instruction on an operating state of the winch; and
a switch that allows instructing that a suspension length of the hook be kept, wherein,
when the winding manipulation tool is manipulated in one direction while the switch is in an “ON” state, the boom is luffed up and extended to raise the hook while the wire rope is unwound such that the suspension length of the hook is kept, and,
when the winding manipulation tool is manipulated in an other direction while the switch is in the “ON” state, the boom is luffed down and retracted to lower the hook while the wire rope is wound such that the suspension length of the hook is kept.

8. The crane according to claim 7 , wherein
raising/lowering operation of the hook is performed vertically upward or vertically downward by adjusting luffing-up operation and extension operation of the boom or luffing-down operation and retraction operation of the boom.

9. The crane according to claim 8 , further comprising:
a control apparatus that controls luffing-up and luffing-down operation and extension and retraction operation of the boom and unwinding and winding operation of the winch, wherein
in a case where the winding manipulation tool is manipulated in the one direction while the switch is in the “ON” state, the control apparatus controls the luffing-up operation and the extension operation of the boom and the unwinding operation of the winch such that the suspension length of the hook is kept, and,
in a case where the winding manipulation tool is manipulated in the other direction while the switch is in the “ON” state, the control apparatus controls the luffing-down operation and the retraction operation of the boom and the winding operation of the winch such that the suspension length of the hook is kept.

10. The crane according to claim 7 , wherein
a raising/lowering operation speed of the hook raised by luffing-up operation and extension operation of the boom or lowered by luffing-down operation and retraction operation of the boom is changeable by manipulation of the winding manipulation tool.

11. The crane according to claim 10 , further comprising:
a control apparatus that controls luffing-up and luffing-down operation and extension and retraction operation of the boom and unwinding and winding operation of the winch, wherein
in a case where the winding manipulation tool is manipulated in the one direction while the switch is in the “ON” state, the control apparatus controls the luffing-up operation and the extension operation of the boom and the unwinding operation of the winch such that the suspension length of the hook is kept, and,
in a case where the winding manipulation tool is manipulated in the other direction while the switch is in the “ON” state, the control apparatus controls the luffing-down operation and the retraction operation of the boom and the winding operation of the winch such that the suspension length of the hook is kept.

12. The crane according to claim 7 , further comprising:
a control apparatus that controls luffing-up and luffing-down operation and extension and retraction operation of the boom and unwinding and winding operation of the winch, wherein
in a case where the winding manipulation tool is manipulated in the one direction while the switch is in the “ON” state, the control apparatus controls the luffing-up operation and the extension operation of the boom and the unwinding operation of the winch such that the suspension length of the hook is kept, and,
in a case where the winding manipulation tool is manipulated in the other direction while the switch is in the “ON” state, the control apparatus controls the luffing-down operation and the retraction operation of the boom and the winding operation of the winch such that the suspension length of the hook is kept.

13. A crane provided with a boom, a wire rope, a winch, and a hook, the boom being capable of being luffed up

Assignees

• Tadano Ltd

Inventors

• Hayashi Hiroyuki

Classifications

• B66C2700/03

  Cranes with arms or jibs; Multiple cranes · CPC title

• B66C1/48

  to vertical edge portions of sheets, tubes, or like thin or thin-walled articles (internally-expanding grippers B66C1/54) · CPC title

• B66C13/46

  Position indicators for suspended loads or for crane elements · CPC title

• B66C23/12 Primary

  with means for automatically varying the effective length of the hoisting rope or cable · CPC title

• B66C13/18

  Control systems or devices (exclusively for rope, cable, or chain winding mechanisms B66D1/40) · CPC title