Strut structure for a crane detachable into two sub-assemblies
OwnerMayeul JUSNELinventor
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Abstract
A strut structure for a crane, comprising a strut arm including a foot and a top, wherein the strut arm is divided into an upper strut half-arm to which at least one tie rod is fastened, and a lower strut half-arm to which at least one reinforcing bar is fastened, which are assembled by a detachable intermediate mechanical connection, such that the strut structure is detachable into two sub-assemblies, after disassembly of the detachable intermediate mechanical connection, which are an upper sub-assembly comprising the upper strut half-arm and the at least one tie rod, and a lower sub-assembly comprising the lower strut half-arm and the at least one reinforcing bar.
Claims18
A strut structure for a crane, comprising:
- a strut arm including a foot and a top;
- at least one tie rod including an upper tie rod end fastened to the top of the strut arm;
- at least one reinforcing bar including an upper bar end fastened to the strut arm, between the foot and the top;
- said strut structure being characterized in that the strut arm is divided into an upper strut half-arm and a lower strut half-arm assembled end to end by a detachable intermediate mechanical connection, the foot forming part of the lower strut half-arm and the top forming part of the upper strut half-arm;
- and in that the upper bar end of the at least one reinforcing bar is fastened to the lower strut half-arm;
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- so that the strut structure is detachable into two sub-assemblies, after disassembly of the detachable intermediate mechanical connection, which are an upper sub-assembly comprising the upper strut half-arm and the at least one tie rod, and a lower sub-assembly comprising the lower strut half-arm and the at least one reinforcing bar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.