CA1079691A - Pipe laying crane - Google Patents

Pipe laying crane

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CA1079691A
CA1079691A CA275,944A CA275944A CA1079691A CA 1079691 A CA1079691 A CA 1079691A CA 275944 A CA275944 A CA 275944A CA 1079691 A CA1079691 A CA 1079691A
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Georgy A. Arendt
Evgeny I. Romanov
Alexandr L. Lipovich
Galina L. Vainshtein
Vladimir V. Pokrovsky
Boris A. Burov
Tsalel S. Khaitovich
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SPETSIALNOE KONSTRUKTORSKOE BJURO "GAZSTROIMASHINA"
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Abstract of the Disclosure This invention relates to load-lifting machinery and can find utility when applied to pipe laying cranes made use of in construction large-diameter pipings.
The pipe laying crane of the invention comprises the under-carriage mounting the framework with the engine and transmis-sion, and mounted equipment. The mounted equipment incorporates the loading boom with a pipe hanger, the counterweight and the hoist which is connected to the loading boom and to the pi-pe hanger through a system of tackles. The undercarriage is made sectionalized, i.e., it is composed of the two track bogie arranged on both sides of the framework, one of said bogies carrying the loading boom. The latter bogie is connected to the other bogie with a possibility of setting motion in the direction square with the frame axis for changing the track gau-ge of the undercarriage. Besides, the output unit of the trans-mission that imparts torque to the boom-carrying bogie, is made extensible.
The pipe laying crane of the character set forth hereinabo-ve, while in working position (i.e., with the boom-carrying bogie extended), has a greater load-lifting capacity than the prior-art cranes of the same weight, whereas when in the posi-tion with the minimized track gauge between the bogies, the cra-ne is transportable by rail or on trailers with its undercarria-ge in the assembled state.

Description

This invention relates to load-lifting machinery pro-vided with a side boom adapted for lifting, hauling and lowering loads on either side of the longitudinal axis thereof, and has particular reference to pipe laying cranes designed ~or handling and laying pipe strings into trenches when constructing pipelines.
The present invention can find most utility when applied to pipe laying cranes having a rather great load-li~ting capacity made use of for constructing trunk pipings from large-diameter pipes (1420 mm and over).
It is known to be in extensive use pipe laying cranes, wherein the running gear or undercarriage mounts the framework that carries the engine and transmission adapted to translate torque therefrom to the undercarriage; the latter carries also the mounted equipment which incorporates the loading boom with a hanger for gripping the pipe being handled, and a counter-weight, both of them being cantilever-mounted on both sides of the framework longitudinal axis, and has a hoist interlinked, through a system of tackles, to the loading boom and to the pipe ; gripping hanger.
The principal component of such a pipe laying crane is a tractor, predominantly a track-laying one.
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10~9691 The heretofore known pipe laying cranes based on con-ventional-design crawler tractors, are successfully applicable for constructing the pipinys of dia. 1220-mm pipes (inclusive).
To handle pipes of larger diameters (1420 mm and over) now in current use for constructing trunk pipelines, a substan-tially higher load-lifting capacity is required on the part of the prior-art pipe laying cranes.
A number of engineering solutions of the problem has been developed up till now.
In particular, it is on a wide-scale use an increase of the mass of counterweights (both fixed in position or of the swing-aside type); however, such a trend in solving the problem results in a considerable rise of the mass of the whole pipe laying crane, as in some cases the mass of the tractor itself need also be increased so as to retain the own stability of the pipe laying crane with the counterweight swung aside and zero load on the pipe hanger.
One more way of increasing the loading capacity of the known pipe laying cranes is attaining a higher stability moment due to an increased distance from their centre of gravity to the edge of overturning.

Thus, there is known from patent literature the pipe laying crane, wherein the frame with the engine and transmission is arranged unsymmetrically relative to the longitudinal axis of the tractor undercarriage, being offset to the side opposite to the loading boom arrangement, i.e. so that the centre of gravity of the unloaded pipe laying crane towards the counter-weight. Such a constructional arrangement made it possible to add much to the stability moment of the pipe laying crane and, consequently, to its load-lifting capacity without increasing the mass of the crane.
However, further effective increasing of the stability moment is attainable in the known pipe laying cranes by increas-ing their track gauge in excess of 2.5 to 2.6 m, with the result that their outline dimensions, when in transit position, fail to comply with railway cargo clearance gauge. That is why such pipe laying cranes cannot be conveyed by rail without dismantling their undercarriage which is a labour consuming task.
On the other hand, transporting such pipe laying cranes under their own power or on trailers offers likewise much troubles account of two great a track gauge of the undercarriage thereof.

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It is therefore a primary object of the present invention to provide a pipe laying crane which would have a minimized weight and higher load-lifting capacity to be suitable for use in constructing large-diameter pipings (1420 mm and over).
It is another object of the present invention to provide a pipe laying crane which would be transportable by rail without dismantling the undercarriage thereof so as to render its handling less labour consuming.
Accordingly, the present invention provides a pipe layin~ ;
crane, comprising: a framework carrying an engine and a trans-mission; an undercarriage mounting said framework and comprising:

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first and second track bogies arranged respectively on opposite sides of said framework, said first bogie being locked against lateral movement relative to said framework, and said second bogie being displaceable laterally with respect to said first bogie and said framework and to an extended position so as to change the track gauge of said undercarriage, said framework being offset relative to said track bogies when said second bogie is in said extended position; a loading boom cantilever-mounted on said second track bogie so as to be displaceable therewith and carrying a hanger for gripping the pipe being handled; a counter-weight cantilever-mounted on said first track bogie of said undercarriage; a hoist mounted on said undercarriage; and a system of tackles interlinking said hoist with said boom and pipe gripping hanger; said transmission having an extensible output unit adapted to transmit torque to said second track bogie of said undercarriage when in said extended position.
Such a constructional arrangement makes it possible to bring the pipe laying crane from transport position into the working one by displacing the boom-carrying track bogies towards the side opposite to the other track bogie. Besides, the track gauge of the crane undercarriage can be maximized, and the centre of gravity of the pipe laying crane (when loaded) is displaced in this case towards the counterweight, whereby the stability moment of the pipe ;
laying crane and, consequently, its load-lifting capacity are increased.
When displacing the boom-carrying track bogie towards the other track bogie, i.e., when bringing both bogies together, the pipe laying crane is rendered into transport position, wherein the track gauge of its undercarriage is minimized so that its outline dimensions in that position well agree with the railway cargo clearance gauge; thereby, the pipe laying crane is made transportable by rail without dismantling the undercar-~0'79691 riage thereof and, besides, the conditions of its transporting under own power or on trailers are also improved.
It is expedient that the track bogies should be inter-linked by means of a hydraulic cylinder whose longitudinal axis be substantially perpendicular to the frame longitudinal axis, and by two telescopically extensible beams arranged parallel to said hydraulic cylinder on both sides thereof; and that the rod of the hydraulic cylinder be articulated to the frame of the boom-carrying track bogie, while the extensible members of the telescopic beams be fixed in place on said frame and the barrel of the hydraulic cylinder be articulated to the frame of the track bogie, while the guides of the telescopic beams are held in posi-tion to said frame.
Such a constructional arrangement enables one to travel the boom-carrying track bogie smoothly and without cocking with respect to the other track bogie carrying the rest of the equip-ment, in the direction square with the frame axis.
The track gauge of the crane undercarriage can be adjusted, whenever necessary, in the course of the crane opera-tion or on the move.
The axes of the telescopic beams are reasonable to liesubstantially in the same plane, and the loose ends of the guides of said beams are expedient to be rigidly interlinked through a longitudinal girder so as to establish along therewith a bearing frame that carries the framework of the crane; an open-end hole should be provided in the longitudinal girder for the hydraulic cylinder rod to pass through.
Such a constructional feature provides for a necessary rigidity of the mutual arrangement of the telescopic beams and, thereby, a more precise travelling of the track bogie carrying the loading boom, as well as enables the hydraulic cylinder to be located at a height large enough to provide a required ground clearance.

1~)'79691 The loading boom and the counterweight with the hoist may be mounted on the respective track bogies by way of U-frames, r each of said frames embracing the track bogie from above and being held in place with its ends to the track bogie frame.
The U-frames are favourable to be interlinked through an extensible gantry established by two uprights whose bottom ends are articulated to the respective U-frames, while their top ends are interconnected through a hinge joint, the pivot shaft of said hinge joint mounting the sheaves of the tackle that interconnects the hoist with the loading boom.
Such a constructional arrangement ensures distribution of the load from said tackle between the both of the U-frames of the mounted equipment.
According to a further embodiment of the invention, used as the output unit of the transmission is a splined driven shaft mounted in the housing of the respective final drive reduc-tion unit square with the frame longitudinal axis and carrying the casing of the clutch of said final drive reduction unit. The end of said splined shaft facing said track bogie, is locked against axial displacement with respect thereto, while its loose end is located in a guide which is made as a hollow shaft or axle and is mounted in the final drive reducer housing coaxially with said splined shaft, with a possibility of axial movements relative to said guide in the course of setting movements per-formed by said track bogie.
Provision of the driven shaft extensible along the final drive guide makes it possible to transmit torque from the engine to the boom-carrying track bogie with the latter in any position relative to the other track bogie, thus making possible a stepless adjustment of the track gauge of the crane under-carriage.
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splined shaft should be mounted on the guide through a spherical pivot provided on said shaft. r Such an arrangement rules out any possibility of cock-ing or interfering of the splined shaft with the guide.
In what follows the present invention is illustrated in a disclosure of one of possible embodiments thereof to be read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic view of a pipe laying crane, according to the invention, while in transit position (i.e. with the undercarriage track gauge minimized);
Fig. 2 illustrates the pipe laying crane of Fig. 1 while in working position (i.e. with the undercarriage track gauge maximized)i -FigO 3 is a view facing the arrow "A" in Fig. 1 with a fragmentarily cutaway view of the crawler chain of the boom-carrying track bogie (mounted equipment being purposely not shown);
Fig. 4 is a view facing the arrow "B" in Fig. 2 showing the crawler chain of the boom-carrying track bogie in a fragmen-tarily cutaway view (mounted equipment being purposely not shown);
Fig. 5 is a section taken along the line V-V in Fig. l;
Fig. 6 is a section taken along the line VI-VI in Fig.
2; and Fig. 7 is a scaled-up view of the area "C" in Fig. 3 taken substantially in longitudinal section, taken along the axis of the splined shaft of the transmission final drive reduc-tion unit.
The present invention is applicable to any of the here-tofore known pipe laying cranes and is by no means bound to a specific embodiment thereof that will be the subject of the des-cription that follows.
Discussed and presented in Figures here and hereinafter as-an illustrative example of the present invention is a pipe laying crane based on a standard crawler-mounted tractor with a side loading boom which has been modified according to the pre-; sent invention.
As pipe laying cranes are a widespread and commonknowledge for those skilled in trade, there is no need to des-; cribe their units in detail save those directly involved in the present invention or modified according thereto.
Reference being now directed to the accompanying draw-ings, Figs. 1 and 2 show the pipe laying crane to comprise,according to the present invention a crawler-type undercarriage 1 which carries a framework (or body) 2, wherein an engine 3 (Figs. 3 and 4) with a transmission 4is accommodated, the latter imparting torque from the former to the undercarriage 1.
The framework 2 mounts an operator's cab 5 equipped with standard controls (not shown) of the motion of the pipe laying crane and of operation of the mounted equipment.
The mounted equipment (which is likewise standard, con-ventionally adopted for pipe laying cranes) comprises a loading boom 6 (Figs. 1 and 2) with a hanger 7 for gripping the pipe being handled (not shown) and a counterweight 8, both being cantilever-mounted on both sides of the longitudinal axis "O-O"
(Fig. 3) of the framework 2, as well as a hoist 9 linked through a system of tackles 10 and 11, to the loading boom 6 and to the pipe gripping hanger 7, respectively.
According to the invention, the undercarriage 1 is made sectionalized, vis., of two track bogies 12 and 13 (Figs. 2 to 6), arranged on both sides of the longitudinal axis "O-O" of the framework 2. The track bogie 12 mounts the loading boom, while the other track bogie 13 carries the framework 2, the coun-terweight 8 and the hoist 9.
The track bogie 12 carrying the loading boom 6, is linked to the other track bogie 13 so as to be free to perform setting movements with respect thereto in the direction square with the axis "O-O" of the framework 2 in order to change the track gauge "H" (Fig. 3)(i.e., the distance between the longitudinal axes of the caterpillars) of the undercarriage 1 of the pipe laying crane.
To effect such a movement of the bogie 12 the latter is linked to the other bogie 13 through a hydraulic cylinder 14 (Fig. S) whose longitudinal axis is substantially perpendicular to the axis "O-O" of the framework 2, whilst a rod 15 (Fig. 6) of said hydraulic cylinder 14 is hinge-mounted through a lug 16 to a frame 17 of the track bogie 12 on which the loading boom 6 is mounted; a barrel 18 of said hydraulic cylinder 14 is hinge-mounted on a frame 19 of the other track bogie 13.
Two telescopically extensible beams 20 (Fig. 5) are mounted on both sides of the hydraulic cylinder 14 parallel to the axis thereof, each of said beams consisting of a guide 21 (Fig. 6) and an extensible member 22 mounted in said guide. The extensible members 22 of the both beams 20 are held in place to the frame 17 of the track bogie 12 carrying the loading boom 6 while the guides 21 are linked-in with the frame 19 of the other track bogie 13.
The axes of the telescopically extensible beams 20 lie substantially in the same horizontal plane, while the loose ends of the guides 21 of said beams 20 are rigidly interlinked throuuh a longitudinal girder 23 so as to establish along therewith a bearing frame that carries the crane framework 2. For the rod 16 of the hydraulic cylinder 14 to freely pass through, a corres-ponding open-end hole 24 is provided in the longitudinal girder 23.
The loading boom 6 and the counterweight 8 with the hoist 9 are mounted on the respective track bogies 12 and 13 by way of U-frames 25 (Fig. 2) and 26, respectively, each of said U-frames is free to embrace the caterpillar of the respective track bogie 12 and 13 from above and with its ends is locked in place to the respective frames 17 and 19 of said bogies.
The aforesaid ~-frames 25 and 26 according to the invention are interlinked through an extensible gantry which is formed by two uprights 27 (Fig. 2) whose bottom ends are arti-culated to the respective U-frames 25 and 26, while the top ends are interconnected via a hinge joint 29, the pivot shaft of said hinge joint carrying sheaves 30 of the tackle 10 that intercon-nects the hoist 9 with the loading boom 6.
The transmission 4 (Fig. 3) which imparts torque from the engine 3 to the caterpillars 12a and 13a of the respective track bogies 12 and 13, comprises all units conventional for crawler tractors, such as gearboxes, central tor main) drive (all being not shown), as well as final reducers and drives of each crawler track bogies 12 and 13.
According to the invention, the unit of the transmis-sion 4 that translates torque from the final drive reduction unit to the transversally traversable track bogie 12 carrying the loading boom 6, is made extensible.
Every particular feature of said transmission output unit and of the parts and components of the adjacent units closely cooperating therewith that have been modified according to the present invention will hereinafter be described in detail;
while any of the operative units broadly known and commonly applied in the field may be used as the rest of the components of 3 the transmission 4.
According to the invention, used as, the output unit of the transmission 4 (Figs. 3 and 4) adapted to transmit torque to a final drive 31 (Fig. 3) of the track bogie 12, is a driven splined shaft 32 (Fig. 7) mounted in a housing 33 of a respective .

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final drive reduction unit 34 of the transmission 4 and arranged square with the longitudinal axis "O-O" of the framework 2.
Said splined shaft 32 carries a toothed casing 35 ad-apted to interact by meshing with a toothed sleeve 36 of the clutch of the final drive reduction unit 34.
Said toothed sleeve 36 is set on the extension of a hub 37 protruding from the housing 33, while the opposite exten-sion of said hub carries a drive gear 38 of the final drive reduction unit 34 that transmits rotation to the shaft 32 what-ever the position of the latter with respect to the hub 37.
The end of the splined shaft facing the track bogie12, is fixed against axial displacement with reference thereto.
To this aim, a toothed sleeve 39 of the clutch of the final drive 31 is set in place on said extension of the shaft 32, and a toothed casing 40 of that clutch is secured on a shaft 41 of a drive pinion 42 of the final drive 31.
Said drive pinion 42 imparts rotation through a train of idle gears (not shown) of the final drive 31 to a drive sprocket 43 on which the continuous caterpillar 12a (Fig. 3), while on the opposite said caterpillar 12a encompasses an idler wheel 44 serving to adjust the tension of said caterpillar.
Provision is made for track support rollers (not shown) set on the frame 17 of the track bogie 12 between the drive ; sprocket 43 and the idler wheel 44, through which rollers the pipe laying crane rests upon the caterpillar 12a. The other bogie 13 with the caterpillar 13a is arranged in a similar way.
According to the invention, the splined shaft 32 is made extensible in the course of setting motion performed by the track bogie 12. To this end, the loose end of the shaft 32 is mounted in a stationary fixed guide 45 coaxial therewith so as to be free to perform axial movements with respect to said guide.

Said guide 45 is made as a hollow axle which with its one end is 10'79691 set in an open-end hole coaxial with the shaft 32 and made in the housing 33 of the final drive reduction unit 34 on the side oppo-site to the final drive 31, while the other end of said hollow axle is mounted on a bracket 46 made fast on the crane framework 2.
The guide 45 should be long enough for the splined shaft 32 to accommodate with the track gauge "H" of the pipe laying crane undercarriage 1 minimized.
In order that the splined shaft 32 be free to slide along the guide 45 without oblique setting or scoring its inner surface, the loose end of said shaft 32 carries a spherical pivot 47 slidable along the guide 45.
The pipe laying crane of the present invention operates as follows.
When in the initial (transport) position illustrated in Fig. 1 the pipe laying crane features the minimized track gauge "H" of its undercarriage 1. In this case the rod 15 of the hy-draulic cylinder 14, the extensible members 22 of the telescopic beams 20 and the splined shaft 32 are in the rightmost position, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5.
With the pipe laying crane in that position the track gauge "H" of its undercarriage 1 ensures that the outline dimen-sions of the machine in transit position comply with the railway cargo clearance gauge, so that the crane may be conveyed by rail on trailers without dismantling the undercarriage thereof.
The pipe laying crane is propelled by a conventional way.
Upon starting the engine 3 torque is imparted therefrom through the transmission 4 to the caterpillars 12a and 13a of the track bogies 12 and 13.
Torque is transmitted to the splined shaft 32 (Fig. 7) of the final drive reduction unit 34 from its drive gear 38 through its hub 37, the toothed sleeve 36 and the toothed casing 35 of one of the clutches, while from the shaft 32 tor~ue is imparted through the toothed sleeve 39 and the toothed casing 40 of the other clutch to the shaft 41 of the drive pinion 42 of the final drive 31, which drive pinion translates torque further on through a train of idle gears (not shown) to the drive sprocket 43 which rotates the caterpillar 12a of the track bogie 12.
Torque transmission to the caterpillar 13a of the track bogie 13 differs from that to the caterpillar 12a of the track bogie 12 only in the construction of the splined shaft 32 which is made extensible in the torque transmission pattern of the caterpillar 13a of the track bogie 13.
In order to bring the pipe laying crane from the tran-sit (Fig. 1~ to the working position (Fig. 2), one must dis21ace the track bogie 12 carrying the loading boom 6, in a cross direc-tion away from the other track bogie 13 so as to increase the track gauge "H" which is in fact the distance across the both bogies.
The track bogie 12 is dislodged to the leftmost (as viewed in Figs. 2, 4 and 6) position by the hydraulic cylinder 14 whose rod 15 is in this case extended from the cylinder barrel 18 so as to change its rightmost position (Fig. 5) for the leftmost one (Fig. 6). There travel along with the bogie 12 in the same direction also the externsible members 22 of the beams 20 that slide along their guides 21 for the purpose, as well as the splined shaft 32 of the final drive reduction unit 34 of the transmission 4 which shaft in this case is extended from the guide 45 while sliding thereover with its spherical pivot 47.
With the pipe laying crane in transit position (Fig. 1) the track bogies 12 and 13 are arranged symmetrically with respect to the longitudinal axis "O-O" of the framework 2, as shown in Fig. 3 and crane centre of gravity approximates the axis "O-O"
when the boom 6 carries no load.

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Displacement of the track bogie 12 carrying the load-ing boom 6, to the leftmost position (~ig. 2) with respect to the other track bogie 13 carrying all the rest of the crane units apart from enlarging the track gauge "H" of the crane undercarriage (which on its own account adds to the stability moment of the crane), also renders the crane unsymmetric relative to the longi-tudinal axis "O-O" of the framework 2.
Owing to that fact the total weight of the pipe laying crane becomes redistributed with respect to the track bogies 12 and 13 so that its centre of gravity gets offset from the line "O-O" towards the counterweight 8. Thereby the stability moment of the pipe laying crane and, thence, its load capacity are heightened.
That is why the crane, while in working position (Fig.
2) is capable of hoisting a load weighing much more than that hoisted by the crane in transit position (Fig. 1).
To further increase load-lifting capacity of the crane one can swing aside the counterweight 8 about its bracket as shown in Fig. 2.
The operation of the mounted equipment of the pipe lay-ing crane discussed above does not substantially differ from that of the commonly known cranes.
The pipe (not shown) lying on the ground or one from a pile is secured by a wire rope to the hook of the hanger 7 (Fig.
2). Then the pipe is lifted hauled and lowered into the trench by approximately changing (by virtue of the hoist) the length of the wire ropes of the tackles 11 and 10 which control the hanger 7 and the loading boom, respectively. As a result, the centre of gravity of the pipe laying crane is offset towards the loading boom under the weight of the pipe being handled.
However, said displacement of the crane centre of gravity occurs within the limits of its overturning edge, as the crane features higher stability moment as compared to the conventional-design pipe laying cranes of the same weight.
To bring the pipe laying crane from working (Fig. 2) to transit position (Fig. 1) the afore-described procedure is to be reversed.
Thus, the pipe laying crane of the invention has greater load-lifting capacity when in working position than the known cranes of the same weight, whereas when in transit position, the proposed crane is transportable by rail or on trailers without dismantling its undercarriage which renders profitable its appli-cation for constructing modern large-diameter (1420 mm and over) pipelines, as well as enables such crane to be used very effic-iently for handling operations in some other branches of construc-tion engineering.

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THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A pipe laying crane, comprising: a framework carrying an engine and a transmission; an undercarriage mounting said framework and comprising: first and second track bogies arranged respectively on opposite sides of said framework, said first bogie being locked against lateral movement relative to said framework, and said second bogie being displaceable laterally with respect to said first bogie and said framework and to an extended position so as to change the track gauge of said under-carriage, said framework being offset relative to said track bogies when said second bogie is in said extended position; a loading boom cantilever-mounted on said second track bogie so as to be displaceable therewith and carrying a hanger for gripping the pipe being handled; a counterweight cantilever-mounted on said first track bogie of said undercarriage; a hoist mounted on said undercarriage; and a system of tackles interlinking aid hoist with said boom and pipe gripping hanger; said transmission having an extensible output unit adapted to transmit torque to said second track bogie of said undercarriage when in said extended position.
2. A pipe laying crane as claimed in claim 1, wherein the track bogies are interconnected through a hydraulic cylinder whose axis is substantially perpendicular to the framework longitudinal axis, and through two telescopically extensible beams arranged on both sides of said hydraulic cylinder parallel thereto, whereas the rod of said hydraulic cylinder is articulated to the frame of the second track bogie which carries the loading boom, while the extensible members of said telescopic beams are held in place on said frame, the barrel of the hydraulic cylinder being articulated to the frame of the first track bogie to which are held in position the guides of said telescopic beams.
3. A pipe laying crane as claimed in claim 2, wherein the axes of the telescopic beams lie substantially in the same horizontal plane, while the free ends of the guides of said beams are rigidly interlinked through a longitudinal girder to form along therewith a bearing frame on which the framework is mounted, said longitudinal girder being provided with an appropriate open-end hole for the hydraulic cylinder rod to pass through.
4. A pipe laying crane as claimed in claim 1, wherein the loading boom and the counterweight with the hoist are mounted on the respective track bogies by way of U-shaped frames, each of said frames is free to embrace the respective track bogie from above and with its ends is held in place to the frame thereof.
5. A pipe laying crane as claimed in claim 4, wherein the U-frames are interconnected through an extensible gantry established by two uprights, the bottom end of each of said uprights being articulated to one of the U-frames, while the top ends of each of said uprights are interconnected through a hinge joint whose pivot shaft carries the sheaves of the tackle interlinking the hoist to the loading boom.
6. A pipe laying crane as claimed in claim 1, wherein use is made of a driven splined shaft as the output transmission unit, said shaft being set in a housing of a corresponding final drive reduction unit in the direction perpendicular to the framework longitudinal axis and carrying a casing of a clutch of said reduction unit, the end of said splined shaft facing the second track bogie carrying the loading boom is locked against axial displacement with respect thereto, and the free end of said shaft is set in a guide which is mounted in the housing of the final drive reduction unit coaxially with said splined shaft so as to allow axial movement with respect to said guide in the course of the lateral movement of said second track bogie.
7. A pipe laying crane as claimed in claim 6, wherein the loose end of the splined shaft is mounted in the guide on a spherical pivot provided thereon.
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