Excavator-hoist construction vehicle

• US 4,395,191 A
• Filed: 12/11/1980
• Issued: 07/26/1983
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/1979
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Josef Kaiser
• Original Assignee: Josef Kaiser
• Inventors: Kaiser, Josef
• Primary Examiner(s): Spar, Robert J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Underwood, Donald W.
• Application Number:
  US06/215,403
• Time in Patent Office: 957 Days
• Field of Search: 414/694, 414/687, 212/189, 280/704, 280/764, 180/9.48, 180/41, 180/152, 180/153, 180/7 R
• US Class Current: 414/694
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/024 with laterally or vertically adjustable wheels or tracks for vehicles in general B60B35/10; B62D55/084
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/085 Ground-engaging fitting for supporting the machines while working, e.g. outriggers, legs for vehicles in general B60S9/00, for cranes B66C23/78

Abstract

An excavator-hoist construction vehicle includes an undercarriage with a superstructure supported on it for rotation about a vertical axis. A boom is hinged to the superstructure and supports a tool for digging, lifting or the like. Two pair of supporting legs are attached to the undercarriage, one pair extending forwardly and the other rearwardly. The supporting legs are adjustably movable in the vertical and horizontal directions. Each of the ends of the supporting legs spaced outwardly from the undercarriage are arranged to support a wheel. The wheels on one pair of the supporting legs can be steered and at least one wheel on the supporting legs can be driven.

Claims

1. An excavator-hoist construction vehicle comprising an undercarriage arranged generally horizontally, said undercarriage having a front edge and an oppositely directed rear edge with side edges extending between said front and rear edges, a superstructure mounted on said undercarriage and rotatable relative thereto about a vertical axis, an elongated boom having a first end and a second end with the first end thereof secured to said superstructure and the second end thereof spaced outwardly from said superstructure, the second end of said boom arranged to support a tool such as for use in excavating, hoisting and the like, a pair of first supporting legs each having a first end and a second end with the first end of each leg being hinged to said front edge of said undercarriage with said hinged connections being spaced apart, and the second ends of said first supporting legs spaced outwardly from said undercarriage, a pair of second support legs each having a first end and a second end with the first end of each being hinged to the rear edge of said undercarriage with the hinged connections being spaced apart and the second ends thereof being spaced outwardly from said undercarriage, said first and second supporting legs being movably adjustable in vertical and horizontal planes, means on the second ends of each of said first and second supporting legs for supporting a wheel, means for steering wheels on at least one pair of said first and second supporting legs, and said steerable wheels being detachably mounted on said supporting legs and being replaceable by holding members depending on the type of work to be performed by the construction vehicle, and means for driving at least one of the wheels on said first and second supporting legs.

2. An excavator-hoist construction vehicle, as set forth in claim 1, wherein steerable wheels being mounted on the second ends of said first supporting legs, and a hydraulic-piston cylinder assembly being attached to each of said first supporting legs for effecting the steering of said steerable wheels mounted thereon.

3. An excavator-hoist construction vehicle, as set forth in claim 2, wherein a wheel support being secured to the second end of each of said first supporting leg for supporting said steerable wheels, said piston-cylinder assembly being secured at one end to said wheel support and the other end thereof to said first supporting leg intermediate the ends thereof.

4. An excavator-hoist cnstruction vehicle, as set forth in claim 3, wherein said first supporting legs comprises a pair of tubular sections one telescopically slidable within the other and including the first tubular section secured to said undercarriage and the second tubular section extendable outwardly from said first tubular section, said steerable wheels being mounted on said second tubular sections and said piston-cylinder assembly attached at one end to said first tubular section at a location adjacent the end thereof spaced outwardly from said undercarriage and detachably securable at the other end thereof to the wheel support which is attached to the end of said second tubular section spaced outwardly from said first tubular section.

5. An excavator-hoist construction vehicle, as set forth in claim 3, wherein said piston-cylinder assembly being removably detachable on said wheel support, a flange secured to the front edge of said undercarriage, and the ends of said piston-cylinder assembly removably detachable to said wheel support being engageable with said flange with the opposite end of said piston-cylinder assembly remaining in engagement with said first supporting leg.

6. An excavator-hoist construction vehicle, as set forth in claim 3, wherein said wheel support including an upwardly extending shaft, each said first supporting leg having a sleeve-like part extending upwardly therethrough with said sleeve-like part having a length less than the axial length of said shaft on said wheel support, and said shaft on said wheel support being positionable within said sleeve-like part upwardly therethrough so that the upper end of said shaft projects upwardly from said supporting leg, and a locking element for securing said shaft in said sleeve-like part against axial movement, said upwardly extending shaft being detachably secured in said sleeve-like part so that said wheel support and said steerable wheel can be removed and replaced by a holding member.

7. An excavator-hoist construction vehicle, as set forth in claim 6, wherein said wheel support comprises an angled member having a horizontal side and a vertical side extending downwardly from said horizontal side, said shaft being secured to and extending upwardly from said horizontal side, and said steerable wheel being mounted on said wheel support below said horizontal side.

8. An excavator-hoist construction vehicle, as set forth in claim 7, wherein said horizontal side of said wheel support having a number of spaced attachment openings therethrough for receiving one end of said piston-cylinder assembly.

9. An excavator-hoist construction vehicle, as set forth in claim 1, wherein means mounted on each of said first supporting legs adjacent the end thereof hinged to said undercarriage for supporting a wheel and said means including a hub connected to said first supporting leg and arranged to receive a wheel for affording support for the vehicle.

10. An excavator-hoist construction vehicle, as set forth in claim 1, wherein means mounted on each of said first supporting legs adjacent the end thereof hinged to said undercarriage for receiving a support member, said means including a generally upright sleeve, and said means including a supporting journal insertable into said sleeve from the bottom thereof, and said support member comprises a claw secured to the lower end of said supporting journal.

11. An excavator-hoist construction vehicle, as set forth in claim 1, wherein a wheel being secured to each of said second supporting arms so that the wheel is not steered, a hub for supporting said wheel on said second supporting leg, and drive means located in said hub for driving said wheel.

12. An excavator-hoist construction vehicle, as set forth in claim 11, wherein each of said hubs on said second supporting legs being pivotally mounted about upright axes, and a parallel steering suspension attached to said second supporting legs and to the rear side of said undercarriage for maintaining said second supporting legs in parallel relation.

13. An excavator-hoist construction vehicle, as set forth in claim 1, wherein steerable wheels being mounted on said first supporting legs, driven wheels being mounted on said second supporting legs, and the diameter of said driven wheels being larger than the diameter of said steerable wheels.