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Steering controlling device for wheel crane

US4995472A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 17, 1989
Grant dateFeb 26, 1991
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Expiry dateNov 17, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB62D7/1509
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A steering controlling device for a wheel crane wherein a locking operation in a special mode is permitted upon changing over from the special mode to a normal mode and locking and a mode changing over operation can be prevented during normal running of the crane. The device includes front and rear wheel steering cylinders, a mode changing over valve for controlling the cylinders to change over the steering mode, a mode selecting switch, a locking device for locking the rear wheels in the normal mode, a locking switch, a running detecting sensor for detecting a running condition of the crane, a locking change-over controller means responsive to signals from the locking switch and the running detecting sensor for developing a locking or unlocking instruction signal to the locking device when the crane is not in a normal running condition, and a mode change-over controller means responsive to a signal from the running detecting means for forwarding a steering mode selected by the mode selecting switch to the mode changing over valve when the crane is not in a normal running condition.

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