Safety device for crane

• US 5,160,056 A
• Filed: 09/27/1990
• Issued: 11/03/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/1989
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kobelco Cranes Co., Ltd. (Kobe Steel Limited)
• Original Assignee: Klaus Schmidt
• Inventors: Hayashi, Norihiko, Kinugawa, Hideki, Yoshimatsu, Hideaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Peters, Jr., Joseph F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lee, Kenneth
• Application Number:
  US07/588,929
• Time in Patent Office: 768 Days
• Field of Search: 212/155, 212/150, 212/146, 212/147, 212/149, 212/151, 212/154, 212/156, 212/168, 212/222, 212/153, 212/157
• US Class Current: 212/277
• CPC Class Codes: B66C 23/905 electrical

Abstract

A safety device for a crane which can make a safety operation precisely taking a relationship between a swinging condition of a boom and a limit working region into consideration. In the device, a working radius and a swinging angle of the boom and projection amounts of projectable support members of the crane are detected, and a limit working region of the boom is set in accordance with a weight of a suspended cargo and the projection amounts. A remaining angle over which the boom can be swung until the set limit working region is exceeded is calculated, and also a braking angular acceleration at which swinging movement of the boom is braked and stopped without leaving a shake of the suspended cargo is calculated. Further, a swinging angle of the boom required to brake and stop the swinging movement of the boom at the braking angular acceleration is calculated, and the thus calculated required angle and the remaining angle are compared with each other. Thus, a safety operation is performed before the remaining angle exceeds the required angle. Meanwhile, the set limit working region and a current working radius and swinging angle of the boom are indicated on the same screen of a display unit.

Claims

1. A safety device for a crane which includes a boom mounted for swinging movement and a plurality of ground engaging support members mounted for projecting movement and wherein a suspended cargo is suspended at a predetermined position of said boom, said safety device comprising:

working radius detecting means for detecting a working radius of said boom,

swinging angle detecting means for detecting a swinging angle of said boom,

support member detecting means for detecting projection amounts of said support members,

limit working region setting means sensitive to said support member detecting means for setting a limit working region of said boom in accordance with a weight of the suspended cargo and projection amounts of each of said support members,

remaining angle calculating means for calculating a remaining angle over which said boom can be swung until the set limit working region is exceeded,

braking angular acceleration calculating means for calculating a braking angular acceleration at which swinging movement of said boom is braked and stopped without leaving a shake of the suspended cargo,

required angle calculating means for calculating a required swinging angle of said boom required to brake and stop the swinging movement of said boom at the braking angular acceleration,

comparing means for comparing the thus calculated required angle and the remaining angle, and

operating means for performing a safety operation before the remaining angle exceeds the required angle.

3. The safety device of claim 1 wherein said required angle calculating means comprises means for calculating the required angle θ

_r according to;

space="preserve" listing-type="equation">θ

.sub.r =-Ω

.sub.0.sup.2 /2β

,

where Ω

₀ is an angular velocity of said boom at a time immediately before the boom is braked, and β

is the braking angular acceleration.

4. The safety device of claim 3 wherein said operating means includes means for setting a pressure difference Δ

P between a driving side pressure and a braking side pressure of a boom braking hydraulic motor such that braking angular acceleration is β

.

2. A safety device for a crane which includes a boom mounted for swinging movement and a plurality of ground engaging support members mounted for projecting movement and wherein a suspended cargo is suspended at a predetermined position of said boom, said safety device comprising;

working radius detecting means for detecting a working radius of said boom,

swinging angle detecting means for detecting a swinging angle of said boom,

support member detecting means for detecting projection amounts of said support members,

limit working region setting means sensitive to said support member detecting means for setting a limit working region of said boom in accordance with a weight of the suspended cargo and projection amounts of each of said support members, and

display means for indicating the thus set limit working region and a current working radius and swinging angle of said boom on the same screen.