Mobile crane and method for angling a main jib extension relative to a main jib of a mobile crane

• US 10,640,339 B2
• Filed: 11/08/2016
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tadano Demag GmbH (Tadano Limited)
• Original Assignee: Terex Global GmbH (Terex Corporation)
• Inventors: Martin, Michael, Fess, Traugott, Kuhn, Roland
• Primary Examiner(s): Mansen, Michael R
• Assistant Examiner(s): Campos, Jr., Juan J
• Application Number:
  US15/774,738
• Publication Number:
  US 20180346291A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,274 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B66C 23/68 foldable or otherwise adjustable in configuration
• CPC Class Codes: B66C 23/701 telescopic
• CPC Class Codes: B66C 23/702 with a jib extension boom
• CPC Class Codes: B66C 23/82 Luffing gear
• CPC Class Codes: B66C 2700/0392 Movement of the crane arm; Coupling of the crane arm with the counterweights; Safety devices for the movement of the arm

Abstract

A mobile crane having a main jib that is mounted thereupon for luffing and that can be oriented by means of a luffing cylinder, and a main jib extension that is detachably connected to a main jib head of the main jib by means of upper and lower bolts, it being possible to angle the main jib extension about a luffing axis relative to the main jib proceeding from a base position following release of the upper or lower bolts and using an angle drive, the angle drive engaging with a foot of the main jib extension, a maximum angling angle being delimited by an adjustable angling plate, and the angling plate engaging with the foot of the main jib extension and the main jib head. The angle drive may be a component of an angling plate in the form of a combi-angling plate.

Claims

1. A mobile crane comprising a main jib which is mounted in a luffable manner thereon and can be raised by means of a luffing cylinder, and comprising:

a main jib extension that is releasably connected to a main jib head of the main jib by upper and lower bolts, wherein the main jib extension, proceeding from a basic position after release of the upper or lower bolts, can be angled relative to the main jib about a luffing axis by an angling drive, wherein the angling drive engages a foot of the main jib extension, and

a maximum angling angle is limited by an adjustable angling plate and the angling plate engages the foot of the main jib extension and the main jib head, and

wherein the mobile crane further includes a combi-angling plate comprising the angling drive, wherein the angling drive engages the main jib head on the one hand and engages the main jib extension on the other hand, and wherein the combi-angling plate comprises a sliding plate, a guiding plate and the angling drive, the angling drive drivingly engages the sliding plate on the one hand and the guiding plate on the other hand and the sliding plate can be displaced relative to the guiding plate by the angling drive, and wherein the angling drive is releasably fastened to the sliding plate, wherein the sliding plate is pivotably mounted on the main jib head, the guiding plate is pivotably mounted on the main jib extension, the sliding plate is guided in the guiding plate and a maximum displacement of the sliding plate in the guiding plate can be limited by a stop bolt.

2. The mobile crane as claimed in claim 1, wherein the main jib extension, proceeding from a basic position after release of the upper bolts, can be angled about a luffing axis in the region of a bottom chord of the main jib extension by the angling drive, and the angling drive engages in the region of the top chord of the main jib extension.

3. The mobile crane as claimed in claim 2, wherein the angling drive is designed such that the main jib extension can be raised and lowered so as to pivot about the luffing axis against the effect of the gravitational force of the main jib extension.

4. The mobile crane as claimed in claim 3, wherein the luffing axis is formed in the region of the lower bolts.

5. The mobile crane as claimed in claim 4, wherein the angling drive is designed as a hydraulic cylinder having a housing and rod.

6. The mobile crane as claimed in claim 1, wherein the angling drive is designed such that the main jib extension can be raised and lowered so as to pivot about the luffing axis against the effect of the gravitational force of the main jib extension.

7. The mobile crane as claimed in claim 1, wherein the luffing axis is formed in the region of the lower bolts.

8. The mobile crane as claimed in claim 1, wherein the angling drive is designed as a hydraulic cylinder having a housing and rod.

9. A method for angling a main jib extension relative to a main jib of a mobile crane, wherein the main jib is mounted in a luffable manner on the mobile crane and can be raised by a luffing cylinder with the main jib extension being releasably connected to a main jib head of the main jib by upper and lower bolts, wherein an angling drive engages a foot of the main jib extension and a maximum angling angle is limited by an adjustable angling plate and the angling plate engages the foot of the main jib extension and the main jib head, said method comprising:

raising the main jib extension from a basic position relative to the main jib about a luffing axis as far as until the upper or lower bolts are relieved using the angling drive, wherein the mobile crane further comprises a combi-angling plate comprising the angling drive, and wherein the angling drive engages the main jib head on the one hand and engages the main jib extension on the other hand, and wherein the combi-angling plate comprises a sliding plate, a guiding plate and the angling drive, the angling drive drivingly engages the sliding plate on the one hand and the guiding plate on the other hand, and wherein the sliding plate can be displaced relative to the guiding plate by the angling drive, and wherein the angling drive is releasably fastened to the sliding plate, wherein the sliding plate is pivotably mounted on the main jib head, wherein the guiding plate is pivotably mounted on the main jib extension, wherein the sliding plate is guided in the guiding plate and a maximum displacement of the sliding plate in the guiding plate can be limited by a stop bolt;

removing the upper or lower bolts;

inserting at least one combi-angling plate between the main jib head and a top chord or bottom chord of the main jib extension, wherein said inserting may be previously performed;

lowering the main jib extension using the angling drive for as long as until the maximum angular position is reached or a head of the main jib extension comes to rest on a ground;

drivingly separating the angling drive from the combi-angling plate; and

raising the main jib if the maximum angular position is not yet reached in order to angle the main jib extension until the desired angling angle is achieved.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein said raising the main jib extension from a basic position comprises raising the main jib extension relative to the main jib about a luffing axis as far as until the upper bolts are relieved, and wherein said removing the upper or lower bolts comprises removing the upper bolts, and wherein said inserting at least one combi-angling plate comprises inserting at least one combi-angling plate between the main jib head and a top chord of the main jib extension.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the main jib extension, proceeding from a basic position after release of the upper bolts, can be angled about a luffing axis in the region of a bottom chord of the main jib extension by the angling drive, and the angling drive engages in the region of the top chord of the main jib extension.