(19)
(11) EP 0 869 096 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
19.01.2000 Bulletin 2000/03

(43) Date of publication A2:
07.10.1998 Bulletin 1998/41

(21) Application number: 97308302.5

(22) Date of filing: 20.10.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7B66C 13/06
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV RO SI

(30) Priority: 07.11.1996 JP 29489796

(71) Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Tokyo 100-0005 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Toyohara, Takashi, Mitsubishi Heavy Ind., Ltd.
    Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima (JP)
  • Kouno, Susumu, Mitsubishi Heavy Ind., Ltd.
    Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima (JP)
  • Hoshina, Hiromitsu, Mitsubishi Heavy Ind., Ltd.
    Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima (JP)

(74) Representative: Cross, Rupert Edward Blount et al
BOULT WADE TENNANT, 27 Furnival Street
London EC4A 1PQ
London EC4A 1PQ (GB)

   


(54) Suspended load swing displacement detector


(57) A swing displacement detector comprises a swing displacement detector 15 for detecting relative displacement xl between a trolley 4 and a suspended load 6 in a crane suspending the suspended load 6 by a rope 5 or the like; a crane upper structure displacement detector 16 for detecting the displacement of a crane upper structure 1 supporting the trolley 4 from the ground surface; and an arithmetic means 17 for receiving as inputs the measured value xl of suspended load displacement by the swing displacement detector 15, and the measured value x2 of crane upper structure displacement by the crane upper structure displacement detector 16, and for correcting the measured value xl of suspended load displacement based on the difference between the measured value xl of suspended load displacement and the measured value x2 of crane upper structure displacement. Thus, the vibrational component of the crane upper structure can be eliminated from the measured value of swing of the suspended load, whereby the swing component of the suspended load can be detected highly accurately.







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