WO1999000553A1 - A well cover lifting tool - Google Patents
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- WO1999000553A1 WO1999000553A1 PCT/DK1998/000279 DK9800279W WO9900553A1 WO 1999000553 A1 WO1999000553 A1 WO 1999000553A1 DK 9800279 W DK9800279 W DK 9800279W WO 9900553 A1 WO9900553 A1 WO 9900553A1
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- rocker arm
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
- B66F—HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD
- B66F15/00—Crowbars or levers
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
- B66F—HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD
- B66F19/00—Hoisting, lifting, hauling or pushing, not otherwise provided for
- B66F19/005—Lifting devices for manhole covers
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
- E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
- E02D29/00—Independent underground or underwater structures; Retaining walls
- E02D29/12—Manhole shafts; Other inspection or access chambers; Accessories therefor
- E02D29/14—Covers for manholes or the like; Frames for covers
- E02D29/1445—Tools for positioning or removing cover frames
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- the invention relates to a tool for manually lifting a well cover comprising a frame with an upper handle and two coaxially placed wheels for bearing on a foundation next to the cover in use.
- a well cover is in itself heavy and to this must be added that it, in the course of time, can often get firmly stuck in its well curb due to compressed material, rust, and damp. It therefore takes great strength to handle a well cover and especially to loosen and lift it clear of the curb.
- a crowbar is typically used for initially loosening the cover from the curb, after which it is lifted by means of lifting keys engaging with corresponding keyholes or the like in the cover.
- the cover is sometimes instead lifted by means of e.g. a crane which is often complicated to use and rarely available when it is to be used. Thereby, the operator is forced to either wait for the right lifting tools to arrive or lift the cover manually.
- Special tools for handling well covers have also been developed.
- these tools are comprised of an L-shaped lever which in use bears on the foundation at the curb and with a lifting key engages with a lifting opening or the like in the cover.
- the cover is lifted clear at one side whereupon the operator can drag it out of the curb by turning the lever round the fulcrum on the foundation.
- the -shaped lever is provided " with wheels so that the operator is able to drag the cover out of the curb by pulling the lever across the foundation, but in both cases, the work to remove the cover from the curb is time- consuming, laborious, and hard on back and limbs, and furthermore it often involves risk of the operator being injured.
- the object of the invention is to provide a tool of the kind mentioned in the opening paragraph that is of simple construction, quickly to use, and when in use affecting the operator with less physical load than known so far.
- the tool comprises a rocker arm fitted on the frame tiltably around a tilt bearing extending mainly parallel to the wheel axis, that one part of the rocker arm is extending inwards and the other part outwards in relation to the frame, that at least two lifting keys for detachably engaging with corresponding keyholes or similar engageable parts in the cover are placed on the second part with mutual spacing in the longitudinal direction, and that a stop is provided for limiting the turning of the first and second part of the rocker arm upwards from and down towards the foundation respectively.
- the tool can be used for as many as three successive working operations that altogether enables the operator to remove the cover from the curb easily and quickly. Firstly, the tool is used as a long crowbar for breaking the cover free of the curb using little strength, secondly as a lifting tool for lifting the cover, and finally as a trolley for transporting the cover away from the curb.
- the frame can be constructed as a trilateral grating, the tilt bearing, wheel axle, and handle then being placed on each their end of the triangle.
- The- sides of the triangle can be single or double bars in the shape of e.g. braces whereby an especially rigid and user friendly construction is obtained.
- the bars can be pivotally connected to each other at the ends of the triangle so that the frame advantageously can be folded. In folded condition, the tool takes up very little room, and can therefore easily be brought along to a workplace where a well cover has to be removed in order to obtain access to a well.
- the rocker arm can be comprised merely of a single, continuous bar in the form of e.g. a square bar.
- the projecting part of the rocker arm has a detachable extreme section with keys for engaging with the cover.
- the tool can thereby namely be adapted quickly and easily to remove covers with different arranged grip parts.
- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a tool according to the invention
- Fig. 2 is a side view of the tool shown in fig. 1 at a first stage of an operation for removing a well cover from a well
- Fig. 3 is the same but at a second stage
- Fig. 4 is the same but at a third stage
- Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of a tool according to the invention.
- Fig. 6 is the same but in folded condition
- Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a third embodiment of a tool according to the invention, Fig. 8 is the same but in folded condition,
- Fig. 9 shows a longitudinal cross-section of a tool with keys for lifting a well cover
- Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the tool in fig. 9.
- Fig. 1 shows a first embodiment of a tool 1 according to the invention.
- the tool is constructed around a trilateral grating 2 comprised of a first, second, and third bar 3,4,5.
- the bars which e.g. can be pipes, are welded together at the ends of the triangle 6,7,8.
- the first bar 3 is elongated into a handle 9, and a cross axle 10 is welded to the grating 2 at the end 7 between the first and the second bar 3,5.
- a wheel 11 is revolvably fitted on each end part of the axle 10.
- a transverse bearing 12 for a rocker arm 13 with an inner part
- the rocker arm is comprised of two roker arms 16,17 interconnected by a cross-arm 18.
- a stop 19 is fitted on the first bar 3, and as it appears, the rocker arm can tilt around the bearing 12 from a first position where the inner part 14 of the rocker arm abuts on the axle 10, and to the second position shown in fig. 1 where the inner part abuts on the stop 19.
- a notch 20 is furthermore made which fits the axle 10.
- an extension spring 21 is fitted extending between the rocker arm 13 and the axle 10 and serving for forcing the rocker arm into its first position when the tool is not loaded.
- fig. 2 3 4 is seen how the tool shown in fig. 1 is used for handling a well cover 22 on a shaft 23 which at the top is ended by a curb 24 on level with the foundation 25 which e.g. can " be a pavement or a road.
- the lifting tool 26 shown in fig. 9 and 10 is detachably fitted on the outer part 15 of the rocker arm 13.
- the lifting tool 26 is comprised of a square pipe 27 with two lifting keys 28 extending through bushes 29,30 in the pipe 27 with mutual spacing.
- Each key 28 is comprised of an upper part 31 turnable by means of a toggle 32, and a lower part 33 with a T-piece 34 at the bottom, the T-piece can be pushed through an oblong keyhole 35 in the cover 22 (fig. 2,3,4) .
- the distance between the keys 28 can be adapted to the distance between the keyholes 35 in a given cover by displacing one of the bushes 30 in longitudinal mortises 36 in the pipe 27.
- a pin 37 which can be pushed into a corresponding hole (not shown) in the rocker arm serves for fixing the lifting tool in relation to the rocker arm.
- extension springs 21 keep the rocker arm 13 in its first position in which the inner part 14 of the rocker arm abuts on the axle 10, and the rocker arm is therefore extending in almost the same direction as the third bar 5. This ensures that the frame does not overturns during mounting of the lifting tool 26 on the well cover 22.
- the unloaded tool is, in this first tilt position, at first wheeled over a well cover 22 with the rocker arm 13 and thereby the fitted lifting tool 26 placed in a mainly horizontal position, and the lifting keys in position over the oblong keyholes 35 in the cover 2.
- the T-piece 34 of each key 28 is then pushed down through the opposite keyhole 35 and turned 90° by the toggle 32 which therefore conveniently is oriented in the same direction as the T-piece 34.
- the well cover is now fastened to the lifting tool 26 and thereby the tool 1.
- the operator (not shown) is pulling on the handle 9 of the tool 1 in the direction indicated by the arrow, whereby the tool is turned round the support of the wheels 11 against the foundation 25, and at the same time, the rocker arm 13 starts turning to its second position under the influence of the weight of the well cover 22.
- the well cover is, as shown, lifted diagonally upwards, successively being loosened from the curb from the side closest to the wheels 11, and this movement stops when the relative turning movement of the rocker arm 13 is stopped by the stop 19.
- the tool is then functioning as a long crowbar for loosening the cover from the curb, and the operator can therefore easily and effortlessly disengage the cover even if it is firmly stuck by compressed material, rust, and damp
- the operator now turns the tool even further, it will function as a lifting tool that lifts, as shown in fig. 4, the entire cover above the foundation level so that the operator can use the tool as a trolley for transporting the cover away from the shaft 23 in the direction indicated by the arrow.
- the same tool advantageously fills/performs as many as three functions by means of the invention, namely that of a crow-bar, of a lifting tool, and of a trolley.
- all three functions are then put into service again but in reverse order.
- Fig. 5 and 6 show a second embodiment of a tool according to the invention. This structure corresponds essentially to the one shown in fig. 1 - 4, and corresponding components are therefore similarly referenced.
- the tool will take up minimum space if the swing joint 38 has a length that essentially corresponds to the sum of the length of the second and the third side 4,5 minus the length of the first side 3, as the two sides 4,5 then will be lying very close to the first side 3, when the tool is folded, as shown in fig. 6.
- Fig. 7 and 8 show a third embodiment of a tool according to the invention. This structure corresponds essentially to the one shown in fig. 5 - 6, and corresponding components are therefore similarly referenced.
- first and the second bar 39,40 are comprised of U-shaped braces while the third bar is comprised of two separate bars 41 placed on each side of the rocker arm 42.
- the rocker arm 42 is comprised of an inner and an outer square pipe 43,44 that can be telescopically pushed into each other if necessary so that the projection of the rocker arm can be adapted to different working situations, cover structures, and lifting tools.
- the outer square pipe 44 can be put inside the pipe 27 on the lifting tool 26 and thereby create a rigid connection between the rocker arm 42 and the lifting tool 26.
- Other lifting tools can also be attached on the pipe 44, and analogously with the lifting tool 26, these are provided with a cotter 37 that can fit a hole 49 and thereby lock the lifting tool onto the pipe 44.
- the stop for limiting the movement of the rocker arm is not placed on the first bar as in the first and second embodiment of the tool, but is instead comprised of a U-shaped stop-brace 45 with legs 46 extending on each side of the square pipe 43 of the " rocker arm and pivotally connected to the axle 10.
- a guide in the shape of two projections 47,48 placed on each their side of the respective brace legs are provided on each side of the square pipe 43 of the rocker arm.
- the projection 47 is a guide pin and the projection 48 is a rotatable roller.
- the guides ensure that the stop-brace 45 are folded with the rocker arm 13 when the tool is folded, and that the engagement with the rocker arm maintained, as shown in fig. 7, so that the stop-brace can prevent the rocker arm from being swung to the second position where the tool functions as a lifting tool and a trolley.
- the spring 21 on the stop-brace 45 holds on the rocker arm when the tool is folded.
- the tool can be used for handling all types of covers with widely different grip configurations.
- the lifting tool shown in fig. 9 and 10 is only an example of how a lifting tool can be arranged.
- Some covers do not have oblong keyholes but instead lifting rings.
- the keys will be in the nature of hooks for hooking into the rings.
- the cover has to be gripped at its periphery or in notches in the periphery. This demands a tool construction with downwards facing fingers that can be clamped along the periphery of the cover or peripheral notches.
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AU79077/98A AU7907798A (en) | 1997-06-27 | 1998-06-25 | A well cover lifting tool |
EP98929238A EP0991822A1 (en) | 1997-06-27 | 1998-06-25 | A well cover lifting tool |
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DK0764/97 | 1997-06-27 | ||
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