ASSORTMENT CARRIER CRANE-MANIPULATOR Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: mechanical engineering; materials handling facilities. SUBSTANCE: assortment carrier crane-manipulator has truck-tractor, extension connected to truck-tractor chassis on frame which elongated load platform with guard wall, and bunks is mounted and hydraulic manipulator with clamp arranged in tail part. Load lifting boom of hydraulic manipulator in travelling position, when platform on frame base is not loaded with assortments, is folded into compact unit and placed on platform cradle by means of hinge joint. When platform on frame base is loaded with assortment, load lifting boom members transformed into line, and manipulator clamp members are fixed by quick-release device on inclined flat of guard wall with provision of guaranteed clearance between boom and transported load. EFFECT: optimized design of crane-manipulator, improved performance characteristics. 11 cl, 16 dwg