US 11,939,951 B2
Apparatus for onshore or offshore erecting an upstanding construction
Wessel Helmens, Utrecht (NL)
Assigned to MAMMOET HOLDING B.V., Utrecht (NL)
Filed by Mammoet Holding B.V., Utrecht (NL)
Filed on Jan. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/574,123.
Application 17/574,123 is a division of application No. 16/511,974, filed on Jul. 15, 2019, granted, now 11,231,015.
Application 16/511,974 is a continuation of application No. PCT/NL2018/050026, filed on Jan. 15, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 2018176 (NL), filed on Jan. 16, 2017; application No. 2019075 (NL), filed on Jun. 15, 2017; and application No. 2019462 (NL), filed on Aug. 29, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0136486 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. F03D 13/10 (2016.01); B66C 23/20 (2006.01); B66C 23/32 (2006.01); E02B 17/00 (2006.01); E04H 12/34 (2006.01); F03D 13/20 (2016.01); F03D 13/25 (2016.01)
CPC F03D 13/10 (2016.05) [B66C 23/207 (2013.01); B66C 23/32 (2013.01); E02B 17/00 (2013.01); E04H 12/342 (2013.01); F03D 13/20 (2016.05); F03D 13/25 (2016.05); E02B 2017/0039 (2013.01); E02B 2017/0091 (2013.01); F05B 2230/61 (2013.01); F05B 2230/6102 (2013.01); F05B 2240/916 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A crane comprising:
a mast;
hoisting means rotatably mounted on the mast; and
a vertical support and guide facility comprising mounts releasably attachable to an upstanding construction comprising longitudinal construction parts, wherein the mounts are attached to the mast such that the mast is movable up and down along the upstanding construction when at least some of the mounts are attached to the upstanding construction, wherein the mounts comprise a lower mount, an upper mount and an intermediate mount between the lower mount and the upper mount, the intermediate mount being displaceable between the lower mount and the upper mount in opposite directions along the longitudinal direction of the mast, and wherein at least one of the upper mount and/or the lower mount is displaceable, relative to the mast, between the intermediate mount and an extremity of the mast, in opposite directions parallel to the longitudinal direction towards and away from the extremity.