US3872977A - Crane with rocking mast and telescopic jib - Google Patents

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US3872977A
US3872977A US342553A US34255373A US3872977A US 3872977 A US3872977 A US 3872977A US 342553 A US342553 A US 342553A US 34255373 A US34255373 A US 34255373A US 3872977 A US3872977 A US 3872977A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66C—CRANES; LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS, WINCHES, OR TACKLES
    • B66C23/00—Cranes comprising essentially a beam, boom, or triangular structure acting as a cantilever and mounted for translatory of swinging movements in vertical or horizontal planes or a combination of such movements, e.g. jib-cranes, derricks, tower cranes
    • B66C23/62—Constructional features or details
    • B66C23/64—Jibs
    • B66C23/70—Jibs constructed of sections adapted to be assembled to form jibs or various lengths
    • B66C23/701—Jibs constructed of sections adapted to be assembled to form jibs or various lengths telescopic
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66C—CRANES; LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS, WINCHES, OR TACKLES
    • B66C13/00—Other constructional features or details
    • B66C13/18—Control systems or devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66C—CRANES; LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS, WINCHES, OR TACKLES
    • B66C23/00—Cranes comprising essentially a beam, boom, or triangular structure acting as a cantilever and mounted for translatory of swinging movements in vertical or horizontal planes or a combination of such movements, e.g. jib-cranes, derricks, tower cranes
    • B66C23/18—Cranes comprising essentially a beam, boom, or triangular structure acting as a cantilever and mounted for translatory of swinging movements in vertical or horizontal planes or a combination of such movements, e.g. jib-cranes, derricks, tower cranes specially adapted for use in particular purposes
    • B66C23/26—Cranes comprising essentially a beam, boom, or triangular structure acting as a cantilever and mounted for translatory of swinging movements in vertical or horizontal planes or a combination of such movements, e.g. jib-cranes, derricks, tower cranes specially adapted for use in particular purposes for use on building sites; constructed, e.g. with separable parts, to facilitate rapid assembly or dismantling, for operation at successively higher levels, for transport by road or rail
    • B66C23/34—Self-erecting cranes, i.e. with hoisting gear adapted for crane erection purposes
    • B66C23/348—Self-erecting cranes, i.e. with hoisting gear adapted for crane erection purposes the erection being operated by jacks
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66C—CRANES; LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS, WINCHES, OR TACKLES
    • B66C2700/00—Cranes
    • B66C2700/06—Cranes in which the lifting movement is done with a hydraulically controlled plunger

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  • a collapsible crane comprised of a mast and jib is provided with a jack for raising and lowering the mast.
  • the jib is comprised of a jib head telescopically received in ajib foot pivoted to the mast and the jib foot is automatically extended relative to the mast by a jib tie as the mast is raised.
  • First and second cables are attached to the jib head for extending and retracting the jib head and operably connected to a carriage which is slidably mounted within the mast. The movement of the carriage within the mast is coordinated with the raising of the mast so that the free end of the jib head initially moves along a substantially vertical trajectory and then along a substantially horizontal trajectory during the raising of the mast from a horizontal to ,a vertical position.
  • the present invention relates to cranes of the type having both a rocking mast and a telescopic jib. It relates more particularly, although not exclusively, to a self-propelling movable crane.
  • the object of the invention is to achieve this result by simple means, which ensure an automatic operation.
  • a crane according to the invention includes a base onto which the foot of a rocking mast is linked, the top of said mast receiving the linking arrangement for a jib foot within which a telescopic jib head is adapted to slide, while a tie connects the end of the jib foot to the base of the crane, said crane being characterized in that one end of a jib extending cable is located between the jib foot and the jib head to enable said jib head to extend, the other end ofsaid cable being wound inside the mast between a first set of fixed pulleys and a first set of movable pulleys, while one end of the jib retracting cable is attached to the jib head, and the other end is wound between a second set of fixed pulleys and a second set of movable pulleys, the two sets of movable pulleys being carried by a single carriage adapted to slide within the mast, and actuated by means synchronized with the
  • control means for the carriage include a double-acting hydraulic jack mounted in the same hydraulic circuit as a mast raising jack linked between the mast and the base of the crane.
  • control means for the carriage include two connecting rods linked to each other to form a knuckle joint, one of said rods being. besides, linked to the sliding carriage while the other one is linked within the mast, while the joint of the two connectingv rods is linked to an arm connected to the platform.
  • Said arm is preferably telescopic, and provided with a stroke'end stop limiting the length of extension of said arm. Owing to this arrangement, the knuckle joint starts breaking, that is, shifting the carriage in the direction of the extension ofthe telescopic jib, only after the mast is raised beyond a critical angular position.
  • means are provided, besides, for varying the inclination ofthejib as the mast rocks.
  • Said means include preferably two king-posts linked onto the top of the mast to support the jib raising cable, the rear end of said cable being not fixed directly to the platform, but attached to a point provided with means which make it describe a given trajectory automatically as the mast is. raised.
  • said trajectory is merely an arc of a circle, the guiding means being constituted by a crank arrangement turning about a fixed point on the platform,
  • FIG. 1 shows a crane according to the invention, in its folded position.
  • FIG. 2 shows the crane of FIG. l in its extended position.
  • FIG. 3 shows the lifting hook in a partially lowered position.
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 show two intermediate positions of the crane.
  • FIGS. 6, 7, and 8 are detailed views of the two cables for extending and retracting te telescopic jib, respec tively, in a modified embodiment controlled by a telescopic jack.
  • FIG. 9 is the hydraulic diagram of the control and synchronization system for the two jacks, in its neutral position.
  • FIG. 10 illustrates the same diagram in the mast raising and jib extending position of the system.
  • FIGS. ll, 12 and 13 show another modification, wherein the jib telescoping carriage is controlled by a broken or folding knuckle joint.
  • FIGS. 14 and 15 illustrate the automatic control sys tem for the jib raising cable.
  • the crane shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 includes:
  • rocking pin 3 horizontally disposed at the top of a stand 4 on'the platform 2;
  • a jib foot 6 linked through a pin 7 to the top of the mast 5;
  • ajib head 8 adapted to slide telescopically within the jib foot 6;
  • tie 12 the front end I3 of which is fixed to the jib foot 6, while its rear end 14 is directly or indirectly fixed to the platform 2;
  • mast raising jack 18 which is a double-acting jack, one end 19 of which is linked to the side of the mast 5, and the other end 20 of which is linked to the platform 2.
  • a carriage 22 is adapted to slide within the mast 5 in lengthwise direction (FIG. 8, double arrow 21).
  • This carriage includes a first set of movable pulleys 23, and a second set of movable pulleys 24.
  • a cable 26 is wound between the movable pulleys 23 and a set of fixed pulleys 25, and passes then round a return pulley 27 fitted to the top ofthe mast 5, and then round a return pulley 28 fitted to the end of the jib foot 6, before it is fixed at a point 29 at the rear of the jib head 8.
  • Said cable 26 is used for extending the telescopic jib, that is, pulling the jib head 8 out in the direction of the arrow 30.
  • a cable 32 is wound between the movable pulleys 24 and a second set of fixed pulleys 31 mounted within the mast 5, and passes then round a return pulley 33 provided in the jib foot near the point where the latter is linked to the mast 5, the end 34 of said cable being disposed directly on the rear part of the jib head 8.
  • the cable 32 is used for retracting the head 8 of the telescopic jib into the foot 6.
  • a double-acting jack 36 is mounted between the carriage 22 and a fixed point 35 on the mast 5. Said jack is controlled in synchronism with the jack 18 provided for raising the mast. Such synchronism is ensured by the hydraulic system illustrated in FIGS. 9 and 10.
  • the hydraulic circuit shown in FIG. 9 includes a pump 37 which delivers oil into a line 38 from a tank 39.
  • the valve spool 40 for raising the crane is connected, on the one hand, to the feed line 38 and to a return line 41, and, on the other hand, to two lines 42 and 43 which supply the two chambers of the raising jack 18.
  • a further valve spool 44 in parallel is connected to the lines 42 and 43, and supplies the two chambers of the jib telescoping jack 36 through two lines 45 and 46.
  • the valve-spool 44 is returned by a spring 47 to its closed position as shown in FIG. 9.
  • the head 48 of said jack comes to butt against the valvespool 44 which is thus brought to its open position as shown in FIG. 10, whereby the line 46 is pressurized and, as a consequence, the jib telescoping jack 36 extends.
  • the mast rises as shown in FIG. 4, while the tie l2 stretches and raises the jib 6 in the direction of the arrow 49.
  • the jib head 8 remains within the jib foot.
  • the jack 18 When once the mast is inclined to a maximum, the jack 18 is at the end of its stroke, and actuates the valve-gear 44 (FIG. which opens the supplyto the telescoping jack 36. Consequently, the jack 36 extends and actuates the carriage 22, so that the jib head 8 moves out in the direction of the arrow 50 (FIG. 5).
  • This arrangement enables the end of the jib head 8 to describe a trajectory 52 adapted to move the load on the hook around andabove an obstacle such as as house under construction 53 (FIG. 2).
  • the jib is automatically telescoped by the movement of thecarriage 22. If the jack 36 extends (FIG. 8), this lowers the carriage 22 and pulls on the cable 26, which causes the jib head 8 to come out. At the same time, the tackle 24-3l shortens, and releases a length of the cable 32.
  • FIGS. 11, 12 and 13 illustrate a 22 embodiment, wherein the control of the carriage 2 is ensured by a knuckle system instead of a jack 36.
  • This knuckle system includes:
  • a linking pin 58 connecting the two rods 54 and 56, while acting as a pivot pin for a telescopic arm 59 connected to the platform 2 by a linking pin 60.
  • Said arm 59 is provided with a stroke-end locking pawl 67, which locks automatically in the direction of the extension of the arm (raising of the mast). On the contrary, in the direction of its shortening, the arm 59 unlocks automatically only when the mast 5 is inclined by about 45,
  • the telescopic arm 59 When the mast 5 is sufficiently raised (about by 45), the telescopic arm 59 reaches the end of its stroke. From now on, it cannot extend any longer. and, since the mast 5 keeps rising, the knuckle 5456 breaks, which causes a lowering of the carriage 22 (FIG. 11) in the direction of the arrow 61. As a result, and as in the preceding example, the telescopic jib 6-8 extends (FIG. 5, arrow 50). At the end of the extension stroke of the telescopic arm 59, the latter is locked by the pawl 67 (FIG. 11).
  • FIGS. 14 and 15 may be used, said arrangement shifting the lower anchoring point 14 of the jib raising tie 12 according to a predetermined law.
  • the anchoring point 14 moves along a path 62 in the shape of an arc of a circle.
  • the arrangement merely includes two connecting rods 63 and 64, which are linked to each other at the point 14. Besides, the rod 63 pivots about a fixed point 65 on the platform 2, while the rod 64 is linked to the mast 5 through a pin 66.
  • a crane comprising a base, a hollow mast pivoted on one end at said base, first controlmeans for moving said mast between a horizontal position and a vertical position about said one end, a jib foot pivoted at one end on the opposite end of said mast, an extendable jib head telescopically disposed in said jib foot, tie means connecting the opposite end of the jib foot to the base of the crane to cause said jib foot to pivot on said mast as said mast pivots on said base, cable means connected to the end of said jib head within said jib foot for extending and retracting said jib head relative to said jib foot, carriage means slidably mounted in said hollow mast and operatively connected to said cable means to extend and retract said jib head upon movement of said carriage means within said mast, second control means for moving said carriage within said mast and means for initiating the operation of said second control means subsequent to the initiation of said first control means whereby the free end of said jib head first
  • a crane as set forth in claim 1 further comprising means for causing the inclination of the jib to vary automatically as the mast pivots about said base.
  • a crane as set forth in claim 3 wherein the trajectory described by the point where said tie is connected is an arc of a circle, the means to which one end of said tie is connected being constituted by a crank turnable about a fixed point on said base, said one end of said tie being fixed to the end of said crank and a rocker arm pivoted to said crank end at one end and to said mast at the other end thereof.
  • a crane comprising a base, a hollow mast pivoted on one end at said base, first control means for moving said mast between a horizontal position and a vertical position about said one end, a jib foot pivoted at one end on the opposite end of said mast, an extendable jib head telescopically disposed in said jib foot, tie means connecting the opposite end of the jib foot to the base of the crane to cause said jib foot to pivot on said mast as said mast pivots on said base, cable means connected to the end of said jib head within said jib foot for extending and retracting said jib head relative to said jib foot, carriage means slidably mounted in said hollow mast and operatively connected to said cable means to extend and retract saidjib head upon movement of said carriage means within said mast, second control means for moving said carriage within said mast and means for initiating the operation of said second control means subsequent to the initiation of said first control means whereby the free end of said jib head first moves along

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