Main girder of bridge crane

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12129155-B2
Application number	US-202017756345-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 25, 2020
Priority date	Nov 26, 2019
Publication date	Oct 29, 2024
Grant date	Oct 29, 2024

Abstract

A main grinder of a bridge crane, intended to be supported by its ends to end girders of the bridge crane and which comprises an elongated box-type central web, whereby there is, formed in the central web on at least one end of the main girder, a cutting slot running substantially in the longitudinal direction of the main girder, and connected to this cutting there is a knife plate, extending from a bottom of the cutting slot substantially to the end of the main girder, for supporting to the end girder.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A main girder of a bridge crane, intended to be supported by opposing ends to end girders of the bridge crane, comprising:
an elongated box-type central web,
a cutting slot in the central web and running substantially in a longitudinal direction of the main girder, and
a knife plate in the cutting slot and extending from a first end of the opposing ends of the cutting slot to a first end of the main girder for supporting to one of the end girders.

2. The main girder as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a part of the central web has been cut off with a side profile to form a space extending under the knife plate.

3. The main girder as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the central web does not contact a bottom surface of the knife plate over a predetermined length from an end surface of the main girder.

4. The main girder as claimed in claim 3 , wherein a support plate is fixed to the bottom surface of the knife plate, for supporting to the one of the end girders.

5. The main girder as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an end plate is attached to an end surface of the main girder and an end of the knife plate.

6. The main girder as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an end plate is attached to an end surface of the main girder and an end of the knife plate, the end surface of the main girder configured to be attached to the end girder.

7. The main girder as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a stress-distributing reinforcement plate is fixed on opposite sides of the central web at the first end of the cutting slot, the reinforcement plate extending over an area covering the first end of the cutting slot.

8. The main girder as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a projection in contact with a bottom surface of the knife plate and extending towards an end surface of the main girder is formed in the central web below the knife plate.

9. The main girder as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising an end plate is attached to an end surface of the main girder and a first end of the knife plate and a reinforcement plate covering a second end of the knife plate,
wherein the knife plate, the end plate, and the reinforcement plate are joined by welding.

10. The main girder as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an elongated top flange is arranged at a top of the central web, and an elongated bottom flange is arranged at a bottom of the central web.

11. A main girder as claimed in claim 10 , wherein a width of the knife plate is substantially equal to a width of the lower flange.

12. The main girder as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a cutting slot and a knife plate are arranged at both a second end of the opposing ends of the main girder.

13. The main girder as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the cutting slot has a top surface and a bottom surface.

14. The main girder as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the central web contacts at least a portion of a bottom surface of the knife plate.

Assignees

• Konecranes Global Corp

Inventors

• Peippo Juha
• Kontio Antti

Classifications

• E04C3/02

  Joists; Girders, trusses, or trusslike structures, e.g. prefabricated; Lintels; Transoms; {Braces}(E04C3/38 takes precedence; for structures characterised by movable, separable, or collapsible parts E04B1/343; {braced purlins E04B7/024}) · CPC title

• E04C3/04

  of metal (E04C3/29 takes precedence; as reinforcing elements E04C5/06; manufacture B21) · CPC title

• E04C2003/0465

  square- or rectangular-shaped · CPC title

• B66C17/00 Primary

  Overhead travelling cranes comprising one or more substantially horizontal girders the ends of which are directly supported by wheels or rollers running on tracks carried by spaced supports · CPC title

• E04B2001/2454

  Connections between open and closed section profiles · CPC title