# US 2013/0240809 A1 · Cable winch device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0240809 A1 - Document ID: US20130240809A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/609,900 - Filed: 2012-09-11 - Published: 2013-09-19 - Earliest claimed: 2011-09-12 - Assignees: Liebherr-Werk Nenzing Ges.m.b.H. - Inventors: Reinhard Krappinger; Eugen Schobesberger; Alexander Koehler - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130240809A1 ## CPC - B66D 1/39: by means of axially-movable drums or barrels {(pivotably mounted drums or barrel B66D1/365)} - B66D 1/36: Guiding, or otherwise ensuring winding in an orderly manner, of ropes, cables, or chains - B66D: CAPSTANS; WINCHES; TACKLES, e.g. PULLEY BLOCKS; HOISTS (winding or unwinding ropes or cables for feeding or storage purposes B65H; rope or cable winding or unwinding mechanisms for lifts B66B) ## Abstract The present invention relates to a cable winch device, particularly to a cable winch device for a crane, having at least one cable winch, with at least one cable, wherein the cable is wound and/or can be wound and/or unwound at least partially on the cable winch, and with at least one shifting means by means of which the cable winch can be shifted and/or moved at least partially substantially along the longitudinal axis of the cable winch. The invention further relates to a crane, particularly to a deep sea crane, having at least one cable winch device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 Cable winch device (10), particularly cable winch device (10) for a crane, having at least one cable winch (20), with at least one cable (30), wherein the cable (30) is wound and/or can be wound and/or unwound at least partially on the cable winch (20), and with at least one shifting means, by which the cable winch (20) can be shifted and/or can be moved at least partially substantially along the longitudinal axis of the cable winch (20). ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) Cable winch device (10) according to claim 1, wherein the shifting means comprises at least one linear drive means (40) and/or in that the shifting means comprises at least one guide (50). ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) Cable winch device (10) according to claim 1, wherein the cable winch (20) can be moved and/or shifted at least partially substantially in the two directions along the longitudinal axis of the cable winch (20). ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) Cable winch device (10) according to claim 1, wherein the shifting means comprises a measuring means (60), by which the shifting movement of the cable winch (20) can be measured directly and/or indirectly. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) Cable winch device (10) according to claim 4, wherein the measuring means (60) is an electronic measuring means (60). ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) Cable winch device (10) according to claim 1, wherein the cable (30) is a steel cable (30) or a fiber cable. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) Cable winch device (10) according to claim 1, wherein the cable (30) can be wound and/or unwound over at least one stationarily arranged cable pulley (70) and/or in that the cable winch (20) can be shifted and/or moved relative to a reference point. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) Cable winch device (10) according to claim 7, wherein the cable winch (20) can be shifted and/or moved relative to the cable pulley (70), in particular at least partially substantially in the two directions along the longitudinal axis of the cable winch (20) relative to the cable winch (70). ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) Cable winch device (10) according to claim 8, wherein the cable winch (20) can be shifted and/or moved substantially parallel to the rotation axis of the cable pulley (70). ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) Crane, particularly deep sea crane, having at least One cable winch device (10) according to claim 1. ### Claim 11 (depends on 2) Cable winch device (10) according to claim 2, wherein the cable winch (20) can be moved and/or shifted at least partially substantially in the two directions along the longitudinal axis of the cable winch (20). ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) Cable winch device (10) according to claim 11, wherein the shifting means comprises a measuring means (60), by which the shifting movement of the cable winch (20) can be measured directly and/or indirectly. ### Claim 13 (depends on 3) Cable winch device (10) according to claim 3, wherein the shifting means comprises a measuring means (60), by which the shifting movement of the cable winch (20) can be measured directly and/or indirectly. ### Claim 14 (depends on 2) Cable winch device (10) according to claim 2, wherein the shifting means comprises a measuring means (60), by which the shifting movement of the cable winch (20) can be measured directly and/or indirectly. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) Cable winch device (10) according to claim 14, wherein the measuring means (60) is an electronic measuring means (60). ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) Cable winch device (10) according to claim 13, wherein the measuring means (60) is an electronic measuring means (60). ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) Cable winch device (10) according to claim 12, wherein the measuring means (60) is an electronic measuring means (60). ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) Cable winch device (10) according to claim 17, wherein the cable (30) is a steel cable (30) or a fiber cable. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) Cable winch device (10) according to claim 16, wherein the cable (30) is a steel cable (30) or a fiber cable. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) Cable winch device (10) according to claim 15, wherein the cable (30) is a steel cable (30) or a fiber cable.