Biased support
A biased support for booms that can pivot about a pin, for pivoting travel tracks for vehicles that run on rails, such as trolley travel tracks on booms. The booms are mounted to pivot via pins, the lock on the boom and slide plates on the upper and lower bearing points of the lock. At least one of the two slide plates in the upper bearing point is mounted elastically, so that when the boom is pivoted into the operating position, the entire lock is biased vertically and the pin is relieved of stress.
1. A biased support for pivoting travel tracks on a boom, comprising:
a pin connected to the boom;
a lock on the boom; and
a plurality of slide plates between an upper and lower bearing point of the lock, an upper and a lower of said slide plates being mounted in the upper bearing point, and an upper and a lower slide plate being mounted in the lower bearing point,
wherein at least one of the two slide plates in the upper bearing point is mounted elastically, so that when the boom is pivoted into an operating position, the entire lock is biased vertically and the pin is relieved of stress.
2. A support according to claim 1 , wherein the upper slide plates in the upper bearing point is mounted elastically.
3. A support according to claim 1 , wherein the lower slide plate in the upper bearing point is mounted elastically.
4. A support according to claim 1 , wherein the slide plate is mounted elastically via a spring element.
5. A support according to claim 1 , wherein the slide plate is mounted elastically via a helical spindle activated by a motor or a hydraulic bias device.
6. A support according to claim 1 , wherein each of the upper slide plates have a convex surface in the shape of a cylinder contacting the lower slide plates.
7. A support according to claim 6 , wherein a radius of the cylinder is equal to a distance from a center of the pin to a surface of the lower slide plate.
8. A support according to claim 6 , wherein the lower slide bearings have a concave surface in the shape of a cylinder for contacting the upper slide bearings, so that surface contact occurs when the upper and lower slide plates touch one another.
9. A support according to claim 1 , wherein the slide plates consist of wear-resistant material and have devices for applying lubricants.