MOBILE CRANE AND METHOD FOR ANGLING A MAIN BOOM EXTENSION IN RELATION TO A MAIN BOOM OF A MOBILE CRANE

• US 20180346292A1
• Filed: 11/22/2016
• Published: 12/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tadano Demag GmbH (Tadano Limited)
• Original Assignee: Terex Global GmbH (Terex Corporation)
• Inventors: Kuhn, Roland, Martin, Michael
• Granted Patent: US 10,781,083 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B66C 23/06 with jibs mounted for jibbing or luffing movements
• CPC Class Codes: B66C 23/42 with jibs of adjustable configuration, e.g. foldable
• CPC Class Codes: B66C 23/68 foldable or otherwise adjustable in configuration
• CPC Class Codes: B66C 23/702 with a jib extension boom
• CPC Class Codes: B66C 23/82 Luffing gear

Abstract

A mobile crane comprising a main boom, which is supported on the mobile crane in such a way that the main boom can be rocked and which can be put upright by means of an elevating cylinder, and a main boom extension, which is releasably connected to a main boom head of the main boom by upper and lower pins. The main boom extension, proceeding from a home position, can be angled in relation to the main boom about a rocking axis by means of an angle drive after the upper pins have been released, which angle drive acts on a base of the main boom extension, where a drive of the mobile crane provided for a different task provides the kinetic energy for the angle drive. The angle drive is designed in such that a telescoping cylinder of the main boom provides the kinetic energy for the angle drive.

Claims

1. A mobile crane, said mobile crane comprising a luffably mounted main jib that is able to be raised via a luffing cylinder, and comprising a main jib extension releasably connected to a main jib head of the main jib via upper bolts and lower bolts, wherein the main jib extension, starting from a basic position after release of the upper bolts, is able to be angled about a luffing axis relative to the main jib by an angling drive, wherein the angling drive engages on a foot of the main jib extension, and wherein a drive of the mobile crane, which is provided for another task, provides the movement energy for the angling drive, and wherein the angling drive is designed such that the movement energy for the angling drive is provided by retracting and extending the main jib by a telescopic cylinder of the main jib.

2. The mobile crane as claimed in claim 1, wherein the angling drive engages the main jib on the one hand and engages the main jib extension in the region of a top chord of the main jib extension on the other hand.

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 by a lower rolling head spindle.

5. The mobile crane as claimed in claim 4, wherein the angling drive comprises a coupling rod, wherein the coupling rod is fastened at a first coupling rod end to the top chord of the main jib extension and is fastened at a second coupling rod end to the main jib, wherein the length of the coupling rod is selected such that a main jib previously extended by the distance of an extension path can subsequently be retracted and extended 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 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.

8. The mobile crane as claimed in claim 7, wherein the luffing axis is formed by a lower rolling head spindle.

9. The mobile crane as claimed in claim 1, wherein the luffing axis is formed by a lower rolling head spindle.

10. The mobile crane as claimed in claim 2, wherein the luffing axis is formed by a lower rolling head spindle.

11. The mobile crane as claimed in claim 7, wherein the angling drive comprises a coupling rod, wherein the coupling rod is fastened at a first coupling rod end to a top chord of the main jib extension and is fastened at a second coupling rod end to the main jib, wherein the length of the coupling rod is selected such that a main jib previously extended by the distance of an extension path can subsequently be retracted and extended 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.

12. The mobile crane as claimed in claim 8, wherein the angling drive comprises a coupling rod, wherein the coupling rod is fastened at a first coupling rod end to a top chord of the main jib extension and is fastened at a second coupling rod end to the main jib, wherein the length of the coupling rod is selected such that a main jib previously extended by the distance of an extension path can subsequently be retracted and extended 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.

13. The mobile crane as claimed in claim 9, wherein the angling drive comprises a coupling rod, wherein the coupling rod is fastened at a first coupling rod end to a top chord of the main jib extension and is fastened at a second coupling rod end to the main jib, wherein the length of the coupling rod is selected such that a main jib previously extended by the distance of an extension path can subsequently be retracted and extended 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.

14. The mobile crane as claimed in claim 10, wherein the angling drive comprises a coupling rod, wherein the coupling rod is fastened at a first coupling rod end to the top chord of the main jib extension and is fastened at a second coupling rod end to the main jib, wherein the length of the coupling rod is selected such that a main jib previously extended by the distance of an extension path can subsequently be retracted and extended 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.

15. The mobile crane as claimed in claim 1, wherein the angling drive comprises a coupling rod, wherein the coupling rod is fastened at a first coupling rod end to a top chord of the main jib extension and is fastened at a second coupling rod end to the main jib, wherein the length of the coupling rod is selected such that a main jib previously extended by the distance of an extension path can subsequently be retracted and extended 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.

6. (canceled)

16. A method for angling a main jib extension relative to a main jib of a mobile crane, wherein the main jib is luffably mounted on the mobile crane and can be raised via a luffing cylinder and the main jib extension is releasably connected to a main jib head of the main jib via upper bolts and lower bolts, said method comprising:

raising the main jib extension using an angling drive relative to the main jib about a luffing axis starting from a basic position until the upper bolts are relieved, wherein the angling drive engages on a foot of the main jib extension and draws its movement energy from a drive of the mobile crane which is otherwise provided for another task of the mobile crane;

removing the upper bolts;

inserting angling plates between the main jib head and a top chord of the main jib extension, wherein desired angling of the main jib extension with respect the main jib is limited the angling plates, and wherein said inserting may be previously performed;

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

disconnecting the drive of the mobile crane from the angling drive;

raising the main jib if the maximum angling position is not yet reached in order to angle the main jib extension until the desired angling is achieved, wherein a coupling rod is connected to the main jib and the main jib extension and wherein said raising the main jib comprises retracting and extending the main jib in order to provide the movement energy.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the angling drive engages the main jib on the one hand and engages the main jib extension in the region of a top chord of the main jib extension on the other hand.

18. The method of claim 16, 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.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the luffing axis is formed by a lower rolling head spindle.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the coupling rod is fastened at a first coupling rod end to the top chord of the main jib extension and is fastened at a second coupling rod end to the main jib, wherein the length of the coupling rod is selected such that a main jib previously extended by the distance of an extension path can subsequently be retracted and extended 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.