# US 10,246,314 B2 · Wire locking structure for boom extension

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- Number: US 10,246,314 B2
- Document ID: US10246314B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/553,677
- Filed: 2015-10-30
- Published: 2018-02-01
- Granted: 2019-04-02
- Earliest claimed: 2015-02-27
- Assignees: Tadano Ltd.
- Applicants: Tadano Ltd.
- Inventors: Yoshikado Itasaka; Yudai Masuda
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10246314B2

## CPC

- B66F 9/0655: {with a telescopic boom}
- B66C 23/703: {telescoped by flexible elements, e.g. cables, chains or bands}
- B66C 23/705: {telescoped by hydraulic jacks}
- B66F 9/06: movable, with their loads, on wheels or the like, e.g. fork-lift trucks (vehicle aspects B60 - B62; vehicles predominantly for transporting loads and modified to facilitate loading or unloading B60P1/00; low-lift hand trucks for transporting goods B62B3/06)
- B66F 9/065: non-masted (mobile jacks of the garage type mounted on wheels or rollers B66F5/00)
- E02F 3/388: {Mechanical locking means for booms or arms against rotation, e.g. during transport of the machine (transporting-cranes B66C23/344)}
- 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 ({invalid lifting devices A61G7/10; } mounting artificial islands on piles or like supports E02B17/00; scaffolding combined with lifting devices E04G1/22; lifting devices for sliding forms E04G11/24; lifting of buildings E04G23/06; shores or struts E04G25/00; lifts or other hoisting devices on ladders E06C7/12; props for mining E21D15/00)
- B66C: CRANES; LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS, WINCHES, OR TACKLES ({specially adapted for lifting invalids A61G7/10;} rope, cable, or chain winding mechanisms, braking or detent devices therefor B66D; specially adapted for nuclear reactors G21)
- E02F: DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING (winning peat E21C49/00)

## Abstract

A boom-extending wire locking structure has a wire locking tool, provided at a base end side of a first boom member and/or a base end side of a third boom member, that locks an extending wire by winding a lock part of each wire member. The wire locking tool includes: a pair of fixing pieces provided on both sides in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to a boom-extending direction and fixed to the first boom member and/or the third boom member; and wire locking parts, provided between the pair of fixing pieces, including arch-shaped grooves for winding the respective lock parts of the wire members. The wire locking parts are arranged in a central axis direction of the arc shape between the pair of fixing pieces. Central axes of the wire locking parts are arranged at different positions in the orthogonal direction from respective adjacent wire locking parts.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A boom-extending wire locking structure that locks an extending wire in an extendable boom, the extendable boom comprising:
a first boom member;
a second boom member that is extendable with respect to the first boom member;
a third boom member that is extendable with respect to the second boom member;
an extending wire that couples a base end side of the first boom member and a base end side of the third boom member; and
an extending sheave provided at a leading end side of the second boom member with a part of the extending wire wound around the extending sheave, the extending sheave being configured to cause a movement of the third boom member with respect to the second boom member in an extending direction by moving a coupling part of the extending wire on the third boom member side in the extending direction along with a movement of the second boom member with respect to the first boom member in the extending direction, wherein:
the extending wire includes a plurality of wire members, each of the wire members including a plurality of pairs of stretched parts stretched between the base end side of the first boom member and the base end side of the third boom member, and a lock part that is interposed between adjacent pairs of the stretched parts and locked at at least one of the base end side of the first boom member and the base end side of the third boom,
a wire locking tool that locks the extending wire by winding the lock part of each wire member is provided at at least one of the base end side of the first boom member and the base end side of the third boom member,
the wire locking tool includes a pair of fixing pieces provided on both sides in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the extending direction and fixed to at least one of the first boom member and the third boom member, and a plurality of wire locking parts provided between the pair of fixing pieces, the wire locking parts including grooves for winding the respective lock parts of the wire members, each of the grooves having an arc shape, and
the plurality of wire locking parts are arranged in a central axis direction of the arc shape between the pair of fixing pieces, and central axes of the wire locking parts are arranged at different positions in the orthogonal direction from respective adjacent wire locking parts.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The boom-extending wire locking structure according to claim 1, wherein:
the extending sheave includes a plurality of sheaves respectively provided for the plurality of pairs of stretched parts, and
the plurality of sheaves are disposed at positions opposite to respective end portions of the grooves in the extending direction.