FOLDING JIB MAIN STRUT AND TRANSPORTABLE REEVED STRUT CAPS
First Claim
1. A method of assembling a mobile lift crane, the lift crane comprising, during operation, i) a rotating bed having attached thereto a luffing jib hoist drum and line, and a rigging winch drum and line, ii) a boom pivotally mounted on the rotating bed, iii) a luffing jib pivotally mounted to the end of the boom, iv) a first strut also pivotally connected to the end of the boom, and v) a second strut connected to the boom below the connection point of the first strut, the method comprising:
- a) pivotally connecting the first strut to the end of the boom;
b) pivotally connecting a first section of the second strut near the top of the boom;
c) connecting the rigging winch line to the top of the first section;
d) pivotally attaching a second section of the second strut to the first section such that the second section lies folded onto the first section, forming a folded second strut; and
e) lifting the second section while retracting the rigging winch line to thereby bring the first and second sections into alignment with each other.
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Abstract
A method of assembling a mobile lift crane that includes, during operation, i) a rotating bed having attached thereto a luffing jib hoist drum and line, and a rigging winch drum and line, ii) a boom pivotally mounted on the rotating bed, iii) a luffing jib pivotally mounted to the end of the boom, iv) a first strut also pivotally connected to the end of the boom, and v) a second strut connected to the boom below the connection point of the first strut, the method including: a) pivotally connecting the first strut to the end of the boom; b) pivotally connecting a first section of the second strut near the top of the boom; c) connecting the rigging winch line to the top of the first section; d) pivotally attaching a second section of the second strut to the first section such that the second section lies folded onto the first section, forming a folded second strut; and e) lifting the second section while retracting the rigging winch line to thereby bring the first and second sections into alignment with each other.
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Citations
20 Claims
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1. A method of assembling a mobile lift crane, the lift crane comprising, during operation, i) a rotating bed having attached thereto a luffing jib hoist drum and line, and a rigging winch drum and line, ii) a boom pivotally mounted on the rotating bed, iii) a luffing jib pivotally mounted to the end of the boom, iv) a first strut also pivotally connected to the end of the boom, and v) a second strut connected to the boom below the connection point of the first strut, the method comprising:
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a) pivotally connecting the first strut to the end of the boom; b) pivotally connecting a first section of the second strut near the top of the boom; c) connecting the rigging winch line to the top of the first section; d) pivotally attaching a second section of the second strut to the first section such that the second section lies folded onto the first section, forming a folded second strut; and e) lifting the second section while retracting the rigging winch line to thereby bring the first and second sections into alignment with each other. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method of assembling a mobile lift crane, the lift crane comprising, during operation, i) a rotating bed, ii) a boom pivotally mounted on the rotating bed, iii) a luffing jib pivotally mounted to the end of the boom;
- iv) a first strut also pivotally connected to the end of the boom, the first strut including a first strut cap having sheaves, and v) a second strut connected to the boom below the connection point of the first strut, the second strut including a second strut cap having sheaves, the method comprising;
a) connecting the first strut, together with the first and second strut caps reeved with a first line, to the end of the boom; b) connecting a second line to an end of the first line, the second line being wound around a rotatable drum mounted on an immobilized drum frame; and c) removing the first line to thereby pull the second line through the sheaves to reeve the first and second strut caps with the second line. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
- iv) a first strut also pivotally connected to the end of the boom, the first strut including a first strut cap having sheaves, and v) a second strut connected to the boom below the connection point of the first strut, the second strut including a second strut cap having sheaves, the method comprising;
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13. A method of disassembling and transporting a mobile lift crane from a job site, the lift crane comprising, during operation, i) a pair of luffing jib struts;
- ii) a cap attached to each strut, each having a plurality of sheaves, and iii) a luffing jib hoist line reeved through the plurality of sheaves of each strut cap, the method comprising;
a) detaching at least one strut cap from one of the luffing jib struts; b) retracting the luffing jib hoist line until the strut caps are adjacent to each other; c) retaining the strut caps adjacent to each other such that they remain reeved to each other; and d) transporting the pair of reeved caps together from the job site. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
- ii) a cap attached to each strut, each having a plurality of sheaves, and iii) a luffing jib hoist line reeved through the plurality of sheaves of each strut cap, the method comprising;
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17. A method of transporting and assembling a mobile lift crane, the lift crane comprising, during operation, i) a rotating bed, ii) a boom pivotally mounted on the rotating bed, iii) a luffing jib pivotally mounted to the end of the boom, iv) a first strut also pivotally connected to the end of the boom, the first strut including a first strut cap, v) a second strut connected to the boom below the connection point of the first strut, the second strut including a second strut cap, and vi) a luffing jib hoist drum and line, the luffing jib hoist drum attached to the rotating bed, the method comprising:
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a) transporting to a job site the first and second strut caps, detached from the first and second struts, with the luffing jib hoist drum, wherein the luffing jib hoist line is reeved through sheaves of the first and second strut caps; b) transporting the first and second struts to the job site; c) connecting the first strut cap, while reeved to the second strut cap, to the end of the first strut; and d) connecting the first strut to the end of the boom. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A strut cap assembly comprising:
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a) first and second removable jib strut caps, each comprising; i) a plurality of sheaves; ii) a pair of side brackets each having a first aperture through which to detachably attach the strut cap to a first luffing jib strut of a mobile lift crane; and iii) a first protrusion having a first aperture through which to be pinned to the other strut cap or to a strut top of a second luffing jib strut; and b) a wire rope reeved through the plurality of sheaves of each of the first and second strut caps. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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Specification