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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2000
Filed:
May. 15, 1998
Michael Irsch, Lebach, DE;
Mannesmann AG, Dusseldorf, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus for reducing the axle load of a multiaxle movable crane which includes a truck; a superstructure rotatably mounted on the truck; a main jib including a basic jib and at least one telescopic section, the basic jib having a plurality of rollers fastened in operative connection, the main jib being releasably fastened to the superstructure; and a semitrailer having a front end and a back end with a loading area, a first ramp-like beam and a second ramp-like beam arranged in a longitudinal direction of the semitrailer in the loading area so as to be parallel to and at a distance from one another, each ramp-like beam having a top edge and a contoured runway disposed along the top edge, the rollers being configured to the contour of the runway and operable to transport the main jib from the superstructure to the semitrailer.