Joint arrangement and method for connecting main girder parts
AssigneeKonecranes Global Corporation
InventorsTero AALTONEN, Kari SIITARI, Timi HONKANEN
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Abstract
A joint arrangement and method for connecting main girder parts, which comprises a first plurality of finger elements arranged on a first main girder part, a second plurality of finger elements arranged on a second main girder part, each finger element, of the first plurality and the second plurality of finger elements comprises a top surface a bottom surface, a first end and a second end wherein the first plurality of finger elements and the second plurality of finger elements are arranged to interconnect with each other, and a first fastener arranged to rigidly lock the first plurality and the second plurality of finger elements together.
Claims18
A joint arrangement for connecting main girder parts, wherein the joint arrangement comprises
- a first plurality of finger elements arranged on a first main girder part,
- a second plurality of finger elements arranged on a second main girder part,
- each finger element of the first plurality and the second plurality of finger elements comprises a top surface a bottom surface a first end and a second end,
- wherein the first plurality of finger elements and the second plurality of finger elements are arranged to interconnect with each other, and
- a first fastener arranged to rigidly lock the first plurality and the second plurality of finger elements together.
A method for connecting main girder parts, comprising:
- 101) providing a first plurality of finger elements and a second plurality of finger elements on a joint where a first main girder part and a second main girder part are to be connected, each finger element of the first plurality and the second plurality of finger elements comprising a top surface a bottom surface, a first end and a second end, and interconnecting the first and second plurality of finger elements with each other;
- 201) tightening the finger elements of the first plurality and the second plurality of finger elements together with a first fastener;
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- 301) welding the finger elements of the first plurality of the finger elements to the first main girder part, and welding the finger elements of the second plurality of finger elements to the second main girder part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.