# US 12,006,652 B2 · Construction machine for special civil engineering > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,006,652 B2 - Document ID: US12006652B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/388,384 - Filed: 2021-07-29 - Published: 2022-03-03 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2020-09-03 - Assignees: ABI Anlagentechnik-Baumaschinen-Industriebedarf Maschinenfabrik und Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH - Applicants: ABI Anlagentechnik-Baumaschinen-Industriebedarf Maschinenfabrik und Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH - Inventors: Albrecht Kleibl; Christian Heichel - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12006652B2 ## CPC - E02D 7/16: Scaffolds {or supports} for drivers {(guide frames for the elements to be driven per se E02D13/04; supports of the artificial island type E02B17/00)} - E02D 7/08: Drop drivers with free-falling hammer {(E02D7/10 takes precedence)} - E02D 11/00: Methods or apparatus {specially adapted} for both placing and removing sheet pile bulkheads, piles, or mould-pipes (features relating to placing only E02D7/00, to removing only E02D9/00 {; placing apparatus which without special provisions, can be operated to remove, e.g. vibrating drivers E02D7/00}) - E02D 17/13: Foundation slots {or slits}; Implements for making these slots {or slits} - E21B 7/023: {the mast being foldable or telescopically retractable} - E21B 15/003: {adapted to be moved on their substructure, e.g. with skidding means; adapted to drill a plurality of wells} - E02D: FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS (specially adapted for hydraulic engineering E02B); UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES {(tunnels, tunnelling, mining E21)} - E21B: EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS ## Abstract A construction machine for special civil engineering has a leader on which an advancing carriage is guided, which carriage has a holder for a work device, in particular a drilling rig or pile-driving implement, and which can be moved along the leader by way of a first advancing cable (upper cable) and a second advancing cable (lower cable), by way of a drive winch or a drive cylinder, wherein the advancing carriage is connected with the advancing cables and wherein at least one of the advancing cables is attached to a fixed point on the leader and/or the advancing carriage, wherein at least one fixed point is formed by a cable tensioner attached to the leader or the advancing carriage. At least one cable tensioner includes a tensioning drum on which an end-side section of an advancing cable is attached with multiple cable windings. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A construction machine comprising: (a) a leader; (b) an advancing carriage guided on the leader and comprising a holder for a work device; (c) a first advancing cable and a second advancing cable for moving the advancing carriage along the leader; (d) a drive winch or a drive cylinder connected with the first advancing cable and the second advancing cable for displacing the advancing carriage using the first advancing cable and the second advancing cable; wherein at least one of the first advancing cable and the second advancing cable is attached to a first fixed point on the leader or to the advancing carriage or to both the leader and the advancing carriage; wherein a second fixed point is formed by a cable tensioner attached to the leader or the advancing carriage; wherein the cable tensioner comprises a tensioning drum and an end-side section of the first advancing cable or the second advancing cable is attached on the tensioning drum with a plurality of cable windings of the first advancing cable or the second advancing cable; and wherein the cable tensioner has a lock configured to lock the tensioning drum in at least one position of rotation. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The construction machine according to claim 1, wherein the work device is a drilling rig or a pile-driving implement. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The construction machine according to claim 1, wherein the end-side section of the advancing cable is attached to the tensioning drum with at least three cable windings. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The construction machine according to claim 1, further comprising a clamping wedge, wherein the end-side section of the first advancing cable or the second advancing cable held by the tensioning drum is attached to the tensioning drum of the cable tensioner by way of the clamping wedge. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The construction machine according to claim 1, wherein the first and second advancing cables are wound onto a drum on the drive winch with a first end, or are guided by way of drive carriage deflection rollers of a drive carriage, wherein the drive carriage is displaceable by way of the drive cylinder attached to the leader. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The construction machine according to claim 5, wherein the drive cylinder is a hydraulic cylinder. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The construction machine according to claim 5, wherein at least one of the first and second advancing cables is deflected by way of at least one deflection roller affixed to the advancing carriage, and attached to the second fixed point on the leader with a second end of the at least one of the first and second advancing cables. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The construction machine according to claim 1, wherein the leader is a telescoping leader that comprises a first leader part, a second leader part guided on the first leader part, and a hydraulic cylinder, wherein the second leader part is displaceable by the hydraulic cylinder in a longitudinal direction along the first leader part, wherein the first advancing cable and the second advancing cable are respectively attached with a first fixed point of the first leader part with a first end and with a second fixed point of the advancing carriage with a second end. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The construction machine according to claim 1, wherein the lock comprises a locking bolt insertable through a first securing bore of a first bore pattern of a cable tensioner housing that surrounds the tensioning drum, at least in certain regions, into a second securing bore of a second bore pattern arranged in the tensioning drum and/or wherein the lock comprises a brake. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The construction machine according to claim 9, wherein the first bore pattern of the cable tensioner housing and the second bore pattern of the tensioning drum have different angle scales. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The construction machine according to claim 10, wherein two securing bores are arranged in the cable tensioner housing at an angle of 150° relative to one another with reference to an axis of rotation of the tensioning drum, and six securing bores are present in the tensioning drum, wherein the six securing bores are arranged at an angle of 60° relative to one another with reference to the axis of rotation of the tensioning drum. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The construction machine according to claim 1, wherein the tensioning drum is connected with a motor for driving the tensioning device and/or wherein the tensioning drum is connected with a gear mechanism and/or wherein the tensioning drum has holders for attaching a chain hoist or a tensioning apparatus other than a chain hoist. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The construction machine according to claim 12, wherein the gear mechanism is a worm gear mechanism or an epicyclic gear mechanism or a cycloid gear mechanism. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The construction machine according to claim 12, wherein the gear mechanism is a self-locking gear mechanism that is configured so that drive cannot take place by way of the tensioning drum. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The construction machine according to claim 1, wherein the cable tensioner comprises at least one sensor for detecting a cable tension that is in effect. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The construction machine according to claim 15, wherein the sensor is connected with an evaluation and display module for displaying the current cable tension and/or connected with a control and regulation device for control of a motor connected with the tensioning drum, wherein the control and regulation device is set up for automatically correcting the cable tension by way of controlling the motor, based on a comparison of actual cable tension values determined by the sensor with a stored reference cable tension value or a stored reference cable tension range and/or wherein the at least one sensor for detecting the applied cable tension is a load pin in the tensioning drum and/or a sensor for detecting the supporting loads of the cable tensioner.