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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7455187 | Traveling crane and assembling/disassembling method thereof A traveling crane according to the present invention includes a hook hoisting guide sheave for guiding a hook hoisting rope from the top of a boom toward the end of a jib, and the hook hoisting guide sheave is arranged on the top of the boom in a state that the guid... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7441670 | Derrick crane The invention relates to a derrick crane having a main boom and having a derrick boom which are connected to one another by a stay cable to guy the main boom, having an auxiliary tip adjoining the main boom and a stay cable for its guying. In accordance with the inv... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7380677 | Crane, as well as a process for raising its boom The within invention concerns a crane with a rotating platform that can rotate on a vertical axle, a boom that is connected to the rotating platform and which can luff on a luffing axle, guying connected on the one hand with the boom and on the other hand with a guy... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7341158 | Traveling crane and assembling/disassembling method thereof A traveling crane according to the present invention includes a hook hoisting guide sheave for guiding a hook hoisting rope from the top of a boom toward the end of a jib, and the hook hoisting guide sheave is arranged on the top of the boom in a state that the guid... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7311213 | Crane A crane including a cabin provided on the left or right side, a boom raised and lowered around a pair of boom feet provided on the left and right sides of the base of the boom, and a gantry provided behind the boom. The boom foot on the side of the cabin is located ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7219810 | Mobile crane with elongated boom The invention concerns a mobile crane with a long main boom. According to the invention, the main boom is in two parts linked at a swivel point in such manner that the boom can bend when raised and can be positioned in extended or quasi-extended final erection posit... | 05/22/2007 |
| 6702131 | Construction machine The present invention provides a construction machine in which a plurality of winches are arranged to be overlapped vertically at a rear part of an upper rotating body. Therefore, a space that the winches occupy is reduced, so that the space of the upper ... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6508371 | Jib crane A jib is supported for its luffing movement by a luffing rope mounted to a longitudinally intermediate portion of the jib. The jib has a truss structure with upper and lower beam members respectively overhanging upward and downward of load action line whi... | 01/21/2003 |
| 5730304 | Combination roll bar and crane A roll bar and crane device for use with vehicles such as a truck is adapted to be mounted to the truck bed. The device includes left and right leg members and a central beam extending therebetween and being selectively detachable thereto. A U-shaped boom... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5425427 | Folding marker for agricultural implement An improved folding marker for an agricultural implement that is partially self-supporting in the use position and during a portion of the folding operation. An inner arm is pivotally attached to the agricultural implement for simultaneous movement in bot... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5292016 | Luffing jib backstop assembly A luffing jib backstop assembly for limiting rotation between a luffing jib and a boom to which the luffing jib is attached is disclosed. The assembly comprises at least one backstop pendant attached at a first end to the luffing jib and at a second end t... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5253771 | Counter-balanced, multiple cable construction crane The invention is a counter-balanced, multiple cable construction crane. The apparatus for hoisting payloads comprises a crane having a lifting segment and a counter-balanced segment. The lifting segment comprises an end effector and three cables. One end ... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5020962 | Apparatus for dismantling buildings A building is rapidly and inexpensively dismantled by dropping a heavy inverted U-shaped tool on a building or other structure from an elevation thereabove as from the upper outer end of a boom on a crane, the tool is initially suspended from a cable lead... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4967917 | Jib derricking gear for a crane A jib derricking gear for a jib crane having a boom and a jib for hoisting work extended from the boom head of the boom comprises a pair of jib derricking cylinder actuators. Load on the jib is distributed to the pair of jib derricking cylinder actuators,... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4892201 | Jib system for cranes, especially mobile cranes A telescopic outrigger is swivel mounted and disposed so that it can be moved in the longitudinal direction in an jib trough. When the telescopic jib is in its horizontal or slightly inclined operating position, it is situated in the jib trough. In order ... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4826023 | Crane for offshore platform and method of installing same A crane or derrick for use on an offshore platform comprising a base, a boom operatively connected to the base, and a sectioned kingpole secured to said base, the kingpole including a first kingpole section secured to the base and at least one additional ... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4787524 | Overload protection system for a crane An adaptive multi-stage overload protection system for a crane provides an optimal response dependent upon the magnitude of the crane overload. The control system permits the crane operator to take remedial action for overloads of relatively low magnitude... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4762240 | Articulating crane An articulating shore-side gantry crane having inboard and outboard boom sections which in the stowed position have the inboard section projecting upwards at an angle approaching the vertical and the outboard boom section supported in a substantially hori... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4730742 | Apparatus for lifting an elongate member An apparatus for supportably elevating and lowering material handling apparatus having an elongate member includes two arms radiating upwardly from a base. A lower undercarriage arm is pivotably attached to the elongate member, and the lift arm is attache... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4673093 | Process for mooring a crane for heavy loads A process for mooring a crane having a crane jib which is hingedly connected to a slewing frame, luffing wires for luffing the crane jib in and out, and a guy mast hingedly connected with the top of the frame, the luffing wires passing about hoisting bloc... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4664269 | Crane for heavy loads, in particular offshore crane, and process for the mooring of a crane To permit an increase of the maximum permissible load of a crane for heavy loads, in particular an offshore crane, some of the luffing wires for luffing in and out the crane jib (4), are extended by guy wires (17); to avoid the disadvantage that the frame... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4635803 | Compact pedestal-mount crane A compact pedestal crane having a boom pivoted at a front edge of a main frame with a winch frame aligned with the boom and a plurality of winches mounted on the winch frame. An A-frame gantry is mounted on and extends above the winch frame and an engine ... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4610365 | Hoisting means including constant tension hoist wire Hoisting arrangement having a boom or a crane with two separately driven hoist wires each with its individual cargo hook. The cargo hooks along with the hoist wires are used for various lifting operations. The hoist wires and a topping wire are operated b... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4601633 | Hoist A hoist that includes a winding drum for a load-lift cable mechanism. The um has two drum sections of slightly different diameter; end portions of the cable are wound in different directions on the drum sections, so that one cable section winds onto a dru... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4596336 | Mobile crane According to the invention a extendible and retractable luffing jib (13) is hingedly supported by a main boom (10,25) which can be positioned in a horizontal position, which luffing jib (13) protrudes at its rear side over some distance beyond the main bo... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4574964 | Breakaway bail A breakaway bail for a pedestal mount crane pivotally attached to the gantry by a pin extending through bushings secured to a pair of parallel plates with a spacer between the plates aligned with the bushings. A beam having an upright flange is secured be... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4573593 | Tower crane with hammer head adaptation A flat box is interposed between the pulley carrying head and the top element of the main boom of a tower crane, with traverses being exchangeably hinged to the box, the traverses being tensioned against the head and respectively carry a load cable guidin... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4557391 | Method of controlling the angle of a pivotal boom with extensible sections A method and apparatus is disclosed for controlling the angle of a pivoted, pendant supported extensible boom and the mast-boom angle between working positions and a transport position. The structure for controlling the angle includes a wire rope driven b... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4544071 | External pendant pay-out system with anti-droop control An apparatus is disclosed for maintaining a predetermined mast-boom working angle of a pendant supported boom substantially constant during extension and retraction of the boom. One embodiment of the invention includes control means connected between the ... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4535900 | Transfer apparatus and method A transfer apparatus and method utilizing a boom having complete spatial freedom. The boom is supported by a series of ropes and may be moved in any of three mutually parallel planes so as to transfer material in any desired manner, as by utilizing a conv... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4527698 | Method of and apparatus for supporting rope of crane having articulating structure A crane has an elevation structure foldable at its intermediate portion, a rope extended along the structure and a rope support for supporting the rope. When the structure is folded and elevated, the rope support is moved to and held at a position near th... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4506791 | Ship's derrick A ship's derrick can be swiveled and tripped up by means of a goose-neck pin-bearing and one or more topping lift tackles. Its tackle is fastened to a crab which can be moved in the longitudinal direction of the derrick by means of a tackle line. In the c... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4492311 | Coupling and latching mechanism for extensible boom A coupling and latching mechanism for a multisection extensible boom that includes a manual section and is operable from a remote location such as the cab of a crane. The mechanism includes pairs of spaced jaw type couplings secured to adjacent boom secti... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4492312 | External pendant pay-out system with anti-droop control An apparatus is disclosed for maintaining a predetermined mast-boom working angle of a pendant supported boom substantially constant during extension and retraction of the boom. One embodiment of the invention includes control means connected between the ... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4491228 | Floating sheave type pendant pay-out system for pendant supported boom A method and apparatus is disclosed for controlling the angle of a pivoted, pendant supported extensible boom and the mast-boom angle between working positions and a transport position. The structure for controlling the angle includes a wire rope driven b... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4489818 | Cross-pit conveyor Cross-pit conveyor for strip-mining operations and cooperating with one or more excavating machines includes a pair of struts and a base strut, all arranged and interconnected in a configuration constituting a horizontally oriented isosceles triangle, the... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4489838 | Low droop multi-part pendant supported boom A telescopic boom is disclosed which is pivotally supported by its base section for movement about a horizontal axis. The boom is supported by a live mast through multi-part pendant lines, which pendant lines are each reeved over sheaves attached to the b... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4467928 | Pendant supported boom with fixed and live pendant portions A pendant supported extensible boom is disclosed having the boom and a live mast pivoted to a base about an axis near the lowermost surface of the boom for providing a stowed mast-boom angle of about 10°, and a fixed length pendant is provided to maintai... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4453643 | Cranes Described herein are cranes and particularly those which are stability balanced, normally mounted on a truck or similar vehicle and provided with a boom of telescoping sections. The crane according to the invention has a boom provided with an upper lattic... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4421241 | Removable live mast and hoist unit A removable live mast and hoist unit is disclosed for use with a crane of the type having a pivotal live mast releasably connected to the boom of a crane for raising and lowering the boom. The unit includes the live mast and a boom hoist frame that are ri... | 12/20/1983 |
