Invention Grant
- Patent Title: STS crane
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Application No.: US16499923Application Date: 2018-04-03
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Publication No.: US11247875B2Publication Date: 2022-02-15
- Inventor: Toni Kuparinen
- Applicant: KONECRANES GLOBAL CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: FI Hyvinkää
- Assignee: KONECRANES GLOBAL CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: KONECRANES GLOBAL CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: FI Hyvinkää
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Priority: FI20175306 20170403
- International Application: PCT/FI2018/050239 WO 20180403
- International Announcement: WO2018/185370 WO 20181011
- Main IPC: B66C7/08
- IPC: B66C7/08 ; B66C5/08 ; B66C7/10 ; B66C11/16 ; B66C13/04 ; B63B27/12

Abstract:
An STS crane (Ship-to Shore) includes a portal frame structure; a boom which has a portion extending on a ship's side as well as a portion extending on a quay side; a trolley moving along the boom; a hoisting mechanism which has a rope drum for hoisting ropes, whereby the hoisting ropes are routed from the rope drum through boom ends to the trolley; auxiliary trolleys which move along the boom on both sides of the trolley to support and/or tighten the hoisting ropes; and a folding joint on the boom portion extending on the ship's side for folding up the folding portion of the boom extending to the direction of the ship from the folding joint; whereby there are auxiliary trolley rails arranged for the auxiliary trolleys, these auxiliary trolley rails being separate from the trolley rails; and whereby the drive roping of the auxiliary trolleys is divided into two separate and independent drive ropings which have separate and independent drive mechanisms and which are on different sides of the folding joint on the boom.
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