Vertical motion compensated crane apparatus
CA 1088894 A · Owner: National Advanced Drilling Machines Inc. · Inventors: Sideris, John N. J.; Bromell, Raymond J.
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Disclosed is a crane employing a fluid cylinder and a piston assembly secured to the crane boom and operatively interconnected with the cable between the boom sheave and the load hook to vary the vertical distance between the boom sheave and the load hook in response to relative vertical movement between the crane boom and the platform to or from which a load is to be transferred. Sensors which generate a signal in response to vertical movement are associated with each platform which is movable with respect to a fixed horizontal position. Signals from the sensors are used to control the position of the piston in the cylinder and thereby vary the vertical separation between the hook and the …
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- Granted November 4, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 4, 1997.
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