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US 5,735,416 AGranted
Traversing gear arrangement for a crane moving on rubber tired wheels or the like
AssigneeKCI Konecranes International PLC
InventorOlavi Jussila
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Abstract
The invention relates to a traversing gear arrangement for a crane moving on rubber-tired wheels or the like. The crane having an electric motor functioning as the traversing gear and including gearing and wheels arranged in pairs. The wheels in each of the pairs of wheels are connected to each other by a hollow pipe shaft such that one of the wheels is a drive wheel, while the other is a free wheel. The traversing gear connected to the drive wheel is mounted inside the pipe shaft.
Claims4
A wheel traversing gear assembly for a crane moveable on wheels comprising a hollow pipe shaft,
- a pair of wheels, each of the wheels being mounted on the pipe shaft, one of the pair of wheels being a drive wheel and the other a free wheel,
- a traversing gear including an electric motor and gearing, the traversing gear being connected to the drive wheel and at least partly disposed inside the pipe shaft, and
- first and second bearings arranged to roll on a surface of the pipe shaft, the drive wheel being mounted on the pipe shaft via said first roller bearing and the free wheel being mounted on the pipe shaft via said second roller bearing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.