CRANE TIP AND CONNECTION ARRANGEMENT

• Main Authors: VESANEN, PEKKA, KETOLA, ARI-PEKKA, SAHOO, GHANASHYAM, JARKKO, JOKINEN, SUUTARI, MARKO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 29.10.2023
• Subjects: BLASTING; CRANES; DREDGING; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; FOUNDATIONS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; HAULING; HEATING; HOISTING; HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; LIFTING; LIGHTING; LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS,WINCHES, OR TACKLES; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PIPES; SOIL SHIFTING; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING; WEAPONS

Crane tip and connection arrangement comprising a boom having a free end with a boom tip, the boom tip having two free end surfaces on each side of the boom extending in a vertical orientation, a shaft being connected to and between the free end surfaces, the shaft forming a horizontal axis at the boom tip, a link, movably coupled to the boom tip at the axis of the shaft, a rotator movably coupled to the link, at least one hydraulic hose and/or electric line running at least from the boom to the rotator, the hydraulic hose and/or electric line being connected to the rotator, a guide fixture, being fixedly connected to the boom, having a guide surface on an inner surface being opposed to the shaft axis, the hydraulic hose and/or electric line being routed on the guide surface of the guide fixture between a space of the shaft and the link, the hydraulic hose running under the shaft and above the link in a vertical direction, wherein the connection between the hydraulic hose and/or electric line and the rotator is on an outside surface of the rotator opposite of the boom side.