Patent ID: 9457997
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: B66C

Claim Text:
1. A counterweight fixing means for a crane having a counter jib, wherein the counterweight fixing means comprises a carrier bar, a connection of the carrier bar to the counter jib, and one or more counterweight blocks detachably hooked onto the carrier bar, and one or more plug-in pins, wherein a) the carrier bar is arranged substantially at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the counter jib and horizontally, b) the connection of the carrier bar to the counter jib comprises two connecting struts arranged at right angles to the carrier bar, wherein the connecting struts lie parallel to one another, c) the counterweight fixing means comprises a transverse rail which is arranged parallel to the carrier bar, wherein the transverse rail comprises recesses for receiving at least one or more of the plug-in pins, and d) the counterweight blocks have substantially a U-shaped cross section, wherein the aperture in the U-shape allows the counterweight blocks to be hooked onto the carrier bar, and wherein each counterweight block has a narrow side which is directed toward the counter jib when the counterweight blocks are in the hooked-on state, and wherein the narrow side has recesses for receiving the plug-in pins.