Patent ID: 7066094
Filing Date: 2006-06-27
Classification: B66C

Abstract:
1. A supporting framework of a craneway for a crane which travels on at least one crane rail, said supporting framework comprising: a track carrier elongated in a track direction and comprising at least one carrier section of reinforced concrete; a system of pillars comprising a plurality of pillars, each pillar of said plurality of pillars having a top part and a bottom part resting on a base component and comprising reinforced concrete, said top parts supporting said track carrier, and said base components anchored in the ground beneath the supporting framework and supporting said system of pillars; an adjustable bearing proximate one of said top part and said base component in each one of a subset of said plurality of pillars for adjusting a desired course of said track carrier, wherein said adjustable bearing allows adjustments in at least a vertical direction or a lateral direction relative to said track direction; and a crane rail made from metal and mounted on said track carrier such that thermal expansion and contraction of said crane rail relative to said track carrier is allowed.