IP Library Granted Patent US 7,377,486
Granted Patent B2
US 7,377,486 · App. 11/472,944 · Granted May 27, 2008

Support frame of a hoisting machine

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Patent No.
US 7,377,486
App. No.
11/472,944
Granted
May 27, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hoisting machine, such as a cable block, includes a support frame having at least two face plates, which are detachably joined together and spaced apart by at least two longitudinal members. The support frame includes a simple structural design, in which the longitudinal members are detachably joined to the face plates such that the ends of the longitudinal members are pressed against a bearing surface of the face plates in the direction of their lengthwise axis, transversely to the longitudinal member.

Claims (33)

1. A hoisting device, comprising:

a support frame having at least two face plates detachably joined together and spaced apart by at least two longitudinal members, said longitudinal members being detachably joined to said face plates, said longitudinal members each having a lengthwise axis and at least two ends, wherein said ends are pressed against a bearing surface of said face plates transversely to said longitudinal members; and

a cable drum mounted between said face plates, said cable drum having an axis of rotation parallel to said lengthwise axis of said longitudinal members, wherein said ends of said longitudinal members are each pressed against said bearing surface by a connection element, said connection element thrusting against said face plate radially with respect to said lengthwise axes of said longitudinal members.

2. The hoisting device of claim 1 , wherein a gearing is secured to said support frame.

3. The hoisting device of claim 1 , wherein said hoisting device is a cable block.

4. The hoisting device of claim 1 , wherein said connection element is a stud.

5. The hoisting device of claim 1 , wherein an end of said connection element is pressed onto an outer circumferential surface of said longitudinal member to produce a form fitting.

6. The hoisting device of claim 5 , wherein said connection element is a stud.

7. The hoisting device of claim 6 , wherein said stud is a threaded pin with an annular cutting edge to produce the form fitting.

8. The hoisting device of claim 6 , wherein said stud is screwed into a threaded borehole positioned in said face plate adjacent to said borehole, said threaded borehole having a lengthwise axis pointing transversely to said lengthwise axis of said longitudinal member.

9. The hoisting device of claim 1 , said face plates having mutually facing inner surfaces, said inner surfaces having boreholes, wherein said ends of said longitudinal members are inserted into said boreholes.

10. The hoisting device of claim 9 , wherein a length of insertion of said ends of said longitudinal members into said boreholes is greater than a diameter of said ends of said longitudinal members.

11. The hoisting device of claim 9 , wherein said boreholes are blind boreholes.

12. The hoisting device of claim 9 , wherein said face plates are rectangular and have four corners, wherein one borehole is arranged in each corner of said face plates, said boreholes being arranged concentrically to a center point of said cable drum and staggered by 90 degrees relative to one another.

13. The hoisting device of claim 1 , wherein said longitudinal members being fastened in parallel and diagonally opposite with respect to said face plates.

14. The hoisting device of claim 1 , wherein said longitudinal members are configured as round tubes.

15. The hoisting device of claim 1 , wherein said longitudinal members are configured as a single piece.

16. A hoisting device, comprising:

a support frame having at least two face plates detachably joined together and spaced apart by at least two longitudinal members, said longitudinal members being detachably joined to said face plates, said longitudinal members each having a lengthwise axis and at least two ends, wherein said ends are pressed against a bearing surface of said face plates transversely to said longitudinal members; and

a cable drum mounted between said face plates, said cable drum having an axis of rotation parallel to said lengthwise axis of said longitudinal members, wherein said ends of said longitudinal members are pressed against said bearing surface by a connection element, said connection element thrusting against said face plate radially with respect to said lengthwise axes of said longitudinal members; and

a gearing secured to said support frame and an electric motor operatively connected at said gearing.

17. The hoisting device of claim 16 , wherein said connection element is a stud.

18. The hoisting device of claim 17 , wherein said stud is a threaded pin with an annular cutting edge to produce the form fitting.

19. The hoisting device of claim 17 , said face plates having mutually facing inner surfaces, said inner surfaces having boreholes, wherein said ends of said longitudinal members are inserted into said boreholes.

20. The hoisting device of claim 19 , wherein a length of insertion of said ends of said longitudinal members into said boreholes is greater than a diameter of said ends of said longitudinal members.

21. The hoisting device of claim 20 , wherein said boreholes are blind boreholes.

22. The hoisting device of claim 21 , wherein said stud is screwed into a threaded borehole positioned in said face plate adjacent to said borehole, said threaded borehole having a lengthwise axis pointing transversely to said lengthwise axis of said longitudinal member.

23. The hoisting device of claim 22 , wherein each of said face plates is rectangular and has four corners, wherein one borehole is arranged in each corner of said face plates, said boreholes being arranged concentrically to a center point of said cable drum and staggered by 90 degrees relative to one another.

24. The hoisting device of claim 23 , having two longitudinal members, said longitudinal members being fastened in parallel and diagonally opposite with respect to said face plates.

25. The hoisting device of claim 24 , wherein said longitudinal members are configured as round tubes.

26. The hoisting device of claim 25 , wherein said longitudinal members are formed as a single piece.

27. The hoisting device of claim 16 , wherein an end of said connection element is pressed onto an outer circumferential surface of said longitudinal member to produce a form fitting.

28. The hoisting device of claim 27 , wherein said connection element is a stud.

Assignments (7)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2018
From: DEMAG CRANES & COMPONENTS GMBH
To: KONECRANES GLOBAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046460/0274 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 15, 2018
From: TEREX MHPS GMBH
To: DEMAG CRANES & COMPONENTS GMBH
Reel/Frame 046162/0643 →
MERGER Recorded Apr 12, 2018
From: TEREX MHPS IP MANAGEMENT GMBH
To: TEREX MHPS GMBH
Reel/Frame 045917/0948 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 23, 2016
From: TEREX MHPS GMBH
To: TEREX MHPS IP MANAGEMENT GMBH
Reel/Frame 038788/0035 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 9, 2015
From: DEMAG CRANES & COMPONENTS GMBH; TEREX MHPS GMBH
To: TEREX MHPS GMBH
Reel/Frame 034703/0915 →
RELEASE OF CERTAIN IP PATENTS Recorded Nov 29, 2012
From: UNICREDIT LUXEMBOURG S.A., AS SECURITY AGENT
To: SAF-HOLLAND, INC.
Reel/Frame 029371/0520 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 22, 2006
From: WINTER, KLAUS-JURGEN; BACKSMANN, JURGEN
To: DEMAG CRANES & COMPONENTS GMBH
Reel/Frame 018033/0251 →