US 4,392,573 AGranted

Tie rope compensation arrangement

AssigneeColes Cranes Limited

InventorKarl M. Gyomrey

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Abstract

A telescopic strut jib crane includes a jib with at least three telescopic sections and at least one tie rope of fixed length. The rope is fed between the head of the base section and head of the outer section around a pulley at the foot of an intermediate telescopic jib section. One end of the tie rope (12) passes around a support pulley (14) to the rear of the jib around first extension pulley (32) at the head of the outermost jib section (2), down the outermost jib section, around a second extension pulley (28) at the foot of the outermost section, to be anchored at or adjacent (26) the head of the intermediate jib section (4). The other end of the tie rope (12) extends from the support pulley (14) around a third extension pulley (34) at the head of the intermediate section (4), down the intermediate section and around fourth extension pulley (36) at the base of said intermediate section (4), and then to the head of the adjacent lower section (6).

Claims7

Dependent claims

A telescopic strut jib crane comprising:

a crane base,
a turntable pivotally mounted to said base,
a jib mounted to said turntable so as to be able to elevate or lower about a pivot at the base of the jib,
said jib comprising at least three telescopic sections, each section telescoping one within the next adjacent telescopic station said sections comprising an outer section, at least one intermediate section and a base section, telescope means for extending telescopically jib sections from said base section,
support pulley means mounted to said turntable to the rear of said jib, tie rope means of fixed length,
said rope means passing from an anchorage at the head of said intermediate section to and around first extension pulley means at the base of said outer section to and around second extension pulley means at the head of said outer section to and around said support pulley means to and around third extension pulley means at the head of said intermediate section down said intermediate section and around fourth extension pulley means at the base of said intermediate section and to the head of the adjacent lower section,
whereby each said section is supported by said rope means from said support pulley means.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.