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Granted Patent B2
US 11,180,351 · App. 16/720,546 · Granted Nov 23, 2021

Telescopic arm for crane and crane comprising said arm

Inventors: Paolo Dario Maini (Lissone, IT); Giuliano Castelli (Barlassina, IT)
Assignee: CIFA S.P.A.
B66C23/708B66C23/705
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Patent No.
US 11,180,351
App. No.
16/720,546
Granted
Nov 23, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Telescopic arm for a crane for lifting loads, which comprises a first tubular segment, a second tubular segment located in the first segment and extractable with respect to the first segment along an extraction axis (X). The telescopic arm comprises a clamping device configured to axially and selectively clamp, along the extraction axis (X), the first segment and the second segment. The clamping device comprises a clamping seating provided in the first segment and a clamping pin associated with the second segment, sliding along a sliding axis (Z) transverse to the extraction axis (X) and able to be selectively inserted in the clamping seating.

Claims (17)

1. A telescopic arm for a crane for lifting loads, comprising

a first tubular segment,

at least a second tubular segment located in the first tubular segment and extractable with respect to the first tubular segment along an extraction axis, and

at least a clamping device configured to axially and selectively clamp, along said extraction axis, the first tubular segment and the second tubular segment,

wherein said clamping device comprises at least one clamping seating provided in said first tubular segment and a clamping pin associated with the second tubular segment, sliding along a sliding axis transverse to said extraction axis and able to be selectively inserted in said clamping seating,

wherein said clamping device further comprises at least one housing seating made through a lateral wall of said second tubular segment, and a bushing inserted into said at least one housing seating and provided with a through seating into which said clamping pin is slidingly inserted, and

wherein between the at least one housing seating and the bushing, rotation limitation devices are provided configured to allow a controlled angular rotation around the sliding axis of said bushing and of said clamping pin with respect to said at least one housing seating.

2. The arm as in claim 1 , wherein said rotation limitation devices are configured to allow a controlled rotation with respect to the sliding axis by an angle comprised between ±1° and ±5°.

3. The arm as in claim 1 , wherein said rotation limitation devices comprise a hollow and a protruding element associated with said bushing and respectively with said at least one housing seating, or vice versa, and wherein said protruding element has sizes smaller than said hollow to allow said controlled angular rotation of the bushing with respect to the at least one housing seating.

4. The arm as in claim 3 , wherein said protruding element comprises a tongue attached on the external surface of said bushing.

5. The arm as in claim 1 , wherein said clamping pin is configured to slide only axially along the sliding axis in the through seating of the bushing, and to prevent a reciprocal rotation of the clamping pin with respect to the through seating.

6. The arm as in claim 1 , wherein said bushing is provided with axial constraint elements configured to constrain the axial position of the bushing itself in the at least one housing seating, and to allow the circumferential rotation thereof.

7. The arm as in claim 1 , wherein said clamping pin is provided with an attachment portion, located protruding from the bushing and on which an actuation terminal acts to determine the axial translation along the sliding axis of the clamping pin in the through seating so that it can be selectively inserted into said clamping seating.

8. The arm as in claim 1 , wherein said first tubular segment comprises a plurality of clamping seatings distanced from each other along said extraction axis, and each defining a respective clamping position of said second tubular segment with respect to said first tubular segment.

9. The arm as in claim 1 , wherein said arm comprises a plurality of segments located one inside the other and selectively extractable along the extraction axis, and wherein each pair of segments comprises two clamping devices located in an opposite position with respect to the extraction axis, and acting on opposite walls of said pair of segments.

10. A crane comprising the telescopic arm of claim 1 , provided with a plurality of segments.

11. The arm as in claim 1 , wherein the rotation limitation devices comprise a hollow and a protruding element associated with the bushing and with the at least one housing seating.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 19, 2019
From: MAINI, PAOLO DARIO; CASTELLI, GIULIANO
To: CIFA S.P.A.
Reel/Frame 051331/0969 →
Priority Claims (1)
IT 102018000020221 · Dec 19, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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