Crane having a crane jib, in particular a bracket crane

US9096413B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Terex MHPS GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Timo Gryzan · Monheim, DE
• Peter Kohn · Aventura, US
• Eberhard Becker · Hagen, DE
• Dieter Eichler · Munich, DE
• Björn Winter · Wetter, DE
• Michael Anthony Kaminski · Ste. Anne, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 18, 2011
• Grant date: Aug 4, 2015
• Expiry date: Apr 7, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B66C23/24
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A crane comprising a laterally projecting crane jib on which a hoisting device is arranged and which is connected to at least one carrier body, which, together with the crane jib, can travel along an upper guide rail and a lower guide rail by way of traveling gears, wherein in each case the upper and the lower guide rails, and correspondingly, the traveling gears, are arranged spaced vertically from one another. In order to provide a crane comprising a laterally projecting crane jib, in particular a bracket crane or a traveling crane, the manufacture, transport and installation of which are optimized, according to the invention the at least one carrier body is designed as one component and connecting surfaces are arranged on said carrier body, to which a respective traveling gear and the crane jib can be detachably fastened.