Crane

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12515927-B2
Application number	US-202118044465-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 13, 2021
Priority date	Oct 9, 2020
Publication date	Jan 6, 2026
Grant date	Jan 6, 2026

Abstract

A crane includes: a machine body; a tiltable body having a tiltable body proximal end supported on the machine body and being turnable in a tilting direction; a counterweight; a base weight having a placement surface that allows placement of the counterweight and being detachably attached to the machine body in either at least a front position or a rear position located behind the front position with the base weight projecting rearward further from the machine body than in the front position; and an auxiliary coupling member for coupling a portion of the base weight located in the rear position and the machine body to each other, the portion projecting rearward from the machine body.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A crane comprising:
a machine body; a tiltable body having a tiltable body proximal end supported on the machine body and being turnable in a tilting direction; a counterweight; a base weight having a placement surface that allows placement of the counterweight and being selectably attachable to the machine body in both; a front position and a rear position located behind the front position with the base weight projecting rearward further from the machine body than in the front position, when attached the base weight is located below the machine body in the front position and the rear position; and an auxiliary coupling member for coupling a portion of the base weight located in the rear position and the machine body to each other, the portion being located below and projecting rearward from the machine body.

2 . A crane comprising:
a machine body: a tiltable body having a tiltable body proximal end supported on the machine body and being turnable in a tilting direction: a counterweight: a base weight having a placement surface that allows placement of the counterweight and being selectably attachable to the machine body in both a front position and a rear position located behind the front position with the base weight projecting rearward further from the machine body than in the front position; and an auxiliary coupling member for coupling a portion of the base weight located in the rear position and the machine body to each other, the portion projecting rearward from the machine body, wherein the machine body includes
a frame,
a plurality of pairs of frame coupling portions provided on the frame behind the tiltable body, the pairs of frame coupling portions including a pair of right and left frame front coupling portions and a pair of right and left frame rear coupling portions provided behind the pair of right and left frame front coupling portions, and
a frame auxiliary coupling portion provided on a rear end portion of the frame, the base weight includes
a pair of right and left weight front coupling portions that is selectively coupled to one of the pair of right and left frame front coupling portions and the pair of right and left frame rear coupling portions, and
a pair of right and left weight rear coupling portions that is located behind the pair of right and left weight front coupling portions so as to be couplable to the pair of right and left frame rear coupling portions in a front coupling state where the pair of right and left weight front coupling portions is coupled to the pair of right and left frame front coupling portions, and is located behind the frame in a rear coupling state where the pair of right and left weight front coupling portions is coupled to the pair of right and left frame rear coupling portions, and
the auxiliary coupling member is for coupling the frame auxiliary coupling portion and the pair of right and left weight rear coupling portions to each other in the rear coupling state.

3 . The crane according to claim 2 , wherein
the tiltable body further has a tiltable body distal end located opposite to the tiltable body proximal end, and further includes a tilting device that is supported on the frame and connected to the tiltable body distal end behind the tiltable body to turn the tiltable body in the tilting direction, the tilting device has a frame connection portion that is connected to the rear end portion of the frame so as to apply at least upward force to the rear end portion of the frame owing to a support of the tiltable body by the tilting device in a state where the tiltable body extends forward and upward from the machine body, and the frame auxiliary coupling portion is located in a juxtaposed arrangement to the frame connection portion on the rear end portion of the frame so as to apply at least downward force to the frame connection portion owing to a weight of the counterweight in a state where the auxiliary coupling member couples the frame auxiliary coupling portion and the pair of right and left weight rear coupling portions to each other.

4 . The crane according to claim 3 , wherein
the frame auxiliary coupling portion has a plurality of pin support portions located on the rear end portion of the frame and spaced away from each other in a left-right direction, and a support pin extending in the left-right direction to connect the pin support portions to each other, the tilting device has
a mast having a mast proximal end supported on the frame behind the tiltable body and in front of the frame auxiliary coupling portion and being turnable in the tilting direction and a mast distal end opposite to the mast proximal end,
a guy line connecting the mast distal end and the tiltable body distal end to each other,
a mast sheave block including a first sheave and supported on the mast distal end,
a frame sheave block including a second sheave and supported by the support pin of the frame auxiliary coupling portion, and constituting the frame connection portion,
a tilting rope extending between the first sheave of the mast sheave block and the second sheave of the frame sheave block, and
a tilting winch for tilting the tiltable body together with the mast by winding and unwinding the tilting rope to change a distance between the mast sheave block and the frame sheave block, and
the auxiliary coupling member couples the support pin of the frame auxiliary coupling portion and the pair of right and left weight rear coupling portions to each other.

5 . The crane according to claim 4 , wherein
the base weight has such a size as to project from left and right sides of the frame in a view of a front-rear direction, the placement surface includes a right placement surface and a left placement surface respectively located on the right and left of the frame in the view of the front-rear direction and allowing placement of the counterweight, the auxiliary coupling member has
a pair of right and left first coupling members coupled to the support pin on respective right and left sides of the frame sheave block, and
a second coupling member including a pair of right and left upper coupling portions respectively coupled to the pair of right and left first coupling members, and a pair of right and left lower coupling portions respectively coupled to the pair of right and left weight rear coupling portions at outer positions in the left-right direction from the pair of right and left first coupling members.

6 . The crane according to claim 3 , wherein
the frame auxiliary coupling portion is fixed to the frame in a juxtaposed arrangement to the frame connection portion in a left-right direction on the rear end portion of the frame.

7 . The crane according to claim 3 , wherein
the frame auxiliary coupling portion is fixed to the frame in a juxtaposed arrangement to the frame connection portion in a front-rear direction on the rear end portion of the frame.

Assignees

• Kobelco Constr Mach Co Ltd

Inventors

• Koyahata Akira
• Matsui Dairo

Classifications

• B66C2700/0392

  Movement of the crane arm; Coupling of the crane arm with the counterweights; Safety devices for the movement of the arm · CPC title

• B66C23/78

  Supports, e.g. outriggers, for mobile cranes · CPC title

• B66C23/36

  mounted on road or rail vehicles; Manually-movable jib-cranes for use in workshops; Floating cranes (with pneumatic or hydraulic motors B66C23/54; vehicle or ship aspects B60 - B63) · CPC title

• B66C23/72

  Counterweights or supports for balancing lifting couples · CPC title

• B66C23/76 Primary

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