Rotating tower crane

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9403665-B2
Application number	US-201214116691-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 10, 2012
Priority date	May 10, 2011
Publication date	Aug 2, 2016
Grant date	Aug 2, 2016

Abstract

The present invention relates to a tower crane with a tower of at least one tower element, in particular lattice piece, and a structural guying with at least one guy rod for the horizontal anchorage of the tower at a structure, wherein the at least one guy rod of the structural guying is attached or attachable to an attachment point of the tower element.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A tower crane comprising:
a tower including at least one tower element forming a lattice piece, and
a structural guying with at least one guy rod for horizontal anchorage of the tower at a structure, wherein
the at least one guy rod of the structural guying is attached or attachable to an attachment point of the at least one tower element, and
the attachment point is provided by a strut extending in a vertical direction, which is arranged in the interior of the lattice piece.

2. The tower crane according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one guy rod is one of at least two guy rods attachable to a common attachment point and extending to different attachment points with the structure.

3. The tower crane according to claim 1 , wherein the attachment point is arranged centrally with respect to a side width or a base area of the at least one tower element.

4. The tower crane according to claim 1 , wherein the strut extending in the vertical direction is arranged between two struts extending in a horizontal direction, which in turn connect with corner posts of the lattice piece by horizontal struts.

5. The tower crane according to claim 1 , wherein the attachment point is one of at least two attachment points arranged on a side face of the at least one tower element, and wherein, to the one of the at least two attachment points, at least two guy rods are attachable such that they extend to different attachment points with the structure, and, to another of the at least two attachment points, at least one guy rod is attachable such that it extends to either of the at least two attachment points or to a third attachment point with the structure.

6. The tower crane according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one guy rod is pivotally attached or attachable to the attachment point about a vertical axis.

7. The tower crane according to claim 1 , further comprising a boom rotatably arranged on the tower, wherein the structural guying allows a torsional movement of the tower with respect to the structure so that the connection between the structural guying and the tower allows a rotary movement of the tower about a vertical axis.

8. The tower crane according to claim 1 , wherein a height of the tower can be increased by incorporation of further tower elements during erection of the structure, in order to adapt the crane to the growing height of the structure, and wherein the crane is a climbing crane.

9. The tower crane according to claim 8 , wherein the tower includes at least one tower element not connected with the structure, which has no attachment points.

10. The tower crane according to claim 1 , wherein the tower includes a plurality of tower elements forming lattice pieces connected with each other in a vertical direction, and wherein at least one of the tower elements is anchored to the structure via its attachment point.

11. A wind turbine comprising a tower crane according to claim 1 , wherein the tower crane is anchored to the wind turbine via the at least one guy rod, which extends from the attachment point of the tower element to an attachment point at the wind turbine.

12. Use of the tower crane according to claim 1 for erection of a wind turbine.

13. The tower crane according to claim 1 , wherein the tower includes a plurality of tower elements forming lattice pieces connected with each other in a vertical direction, and wherein a plurality of tower elements are anchored to the structure via respective attachment points.

Assignees

• Herse Thomas
• Liebherr Werk Biberach Gmbh

Inventors

• Herse Thomas

Classifications

• B66C23/208 Primary

  with supporting couples provided from the side, e.g. by walls of buildings · CPC title

• B66C23/207 Primary

  with supporting couples provided by wind turbines · CPC title

• B66C23/60

  Derricks · CPC title

• B66C23/185

  for use erecting wind turbines (B66C23/207 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B66C23/283

  with frameworks composed of assembled elements · CPC title