US 11,858,782 B2
Trolley of rope crane
Jari Kaiturinmäki, Hyvinkaa (FI); and Simo Säkkinen, Hyvinkaa (FI)
Assigned to Konecranes Global Corporation, Hyvinkaa (FI)
Appl. No. 17/309,759
Filed by Konecranes Global Corporation, Hyvinkaa (FI)
PCT Filed Dec. 16, 2019, PCT No. PCT/FI2019/050892
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 17, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/128155, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 20186108 (FI), filed on Dec. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0112054 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. B66C 11/00 (2006.01); B66D 1/14 (2006.01); B66D 1/28 (2006.01)
CPC B66C 11/00 (2013.01) [B66D 1/14 (2013.01); B66D 1/28 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A trolley of a rope crane, comprising:
a trolley body,
a transverse load beam of the trolley, forming part of the trolley body,
a hoisting mechanism which is supported to the trolley body and comprises a rope drum for at least one hoisting rope, a hoisting motor for driving the rope drum, and a gear for coupling the hoisting motor to the rope drum,
whereby the gear has a primary side coupled to the hoisting motor, and a secondary side coupled to the rope drum, and
whereby the rope drum is located, as seen in the vertical direction of the trolley, between the hoisting motor and load beam parallel to the load beam,
whereby the hoisting mechanism is supported by a three-point support to a main beam, whereby the first support point and second support point are located adjacent to the secondary side of the gear so that the first support point is higher on the main beam and the second support point is lower on the main beam at a distance from the first support point, and whereby the third support point is formed by a support of the rope drum end facing away from the gear to the load beam at a lateral distance from the first and second support point,
wherein at the first support point, the movement of the gear in the vertical, longitudinal, and transverse directions is prevented, but rotation is allowed,
at the second support point, the movement of the gear in the direction towards the load beam is prevented, but movement in the longitudinal and vertical direction of the load beam as well as rotation are allowed, and
at the third support point, the movement of the rope drum end facing away from the gear in the vertical direction and towards the load beam is prevented, but movement in the longitudinal direction of the load beam and rotation are allowed.