Abstract: An articulating shore-side gantry crane having inboard and outboard boom sections which in the stowed position have the inboard section projecting upwards at an angle approaching the vertical and the outboard boom section supported in a substantially horizontal position attached to the end of the inboard boom section.

Abstract: An adjustable service platform apparatus for a gantry crane having an elongated base frame which includes a pair of horizontally sliding beams which are laterally extendible outboard in opposite directions from the base frame. Detachable towers with work platforms at the tops are secured to the ends of the sliding beams. The platforms can be raised and lowered and moved inboard and outboard along the crane by the hoist and trolley motions of the crane and can be laterally extended and retracted independently from the hoist and trolley motions of the crane. Operators standing on the work platforms can readily move them to provide access to and permit inspection of the structural elements of the crane's supporting structure from the top of the boom to part way down the base structure of the crane by means of work platform controls.

Abstract: A power shovel generally consisting of a support unit, a stiffleg operatively connected to the support unit for pivotal movement about a stiffleg pivot axis, a handle operatively connected to the stiffleg for pivotal movement about a handle pivot axis, a dipper mounted on the handle, a crowd system operatively connected to the handle for crowding and retracting the dipper and a hoist system for hoisting and lowering the dipper comprising at least one upper fluid actuated rod and cylinder assembly operatively connected at a lower end to the stiffleg and operatively connected at an upper end thereof to the handle on one side of the handle pivot axis, at least one lower fluid actuated rod and cylinder assembly operatively connected at a lower end thereof to the stiffleg and operatively connected at an upper end thereof to the handle on a side opposite to the operative connection of the upper end of the upper fluid actuated assembly to the handle, relative to the handle pivot axis, and apparatus for selectively s

Abstract: A lower works construction for a machine such as a large mining shovel or dragline having a center journal and an upper frame rotatable about a vertical axis of its center journal generally consisting of a lower frame section having a housing for the center journal, a plurality of leg sections mounted on the lower frame section and projecting laterally therefrom and a pair of propelling unit support frame sections, the lower frame section having a plurality of radially projecting bulkheads emanating from the center journal housing, the leg sections having laterally projecting bulkheads disposed in registry with the radially projecting bulkheads of the lower frame section and the support frame sections having laterally projecting bulkheads disposed in registry with the laterally projecting bulkheads of the leg sections whereby vertical and radial loads applied to the upper frame and imposed on the lower frame section will be transferred through the lower frame section to the support frame sections along the bu

Abstract: A power shovel comprising a support unit: a stiffleg operatively connected to the support unit for pivotal movement about a stiffleg pivot axis, the stiffleg comprising a pair of transversely spaced, longitudinally disposed side beams each having an I-shaped cross-sectional configuration including upper and lower flange portions and an interconnecting web portion, a cross-piece section interconnecting the side beam sections and a web section interconnecting the web portions of the side beam sections; a handle operatively connected to the stiffleg for pivotal movement about a handle pivot axis; a dipper mounted on the handle; a crowd system operatively connected to the handle for crowding and retracting the dipper; and a hoist system for hoisting and lowering the dipper comprising at least one upper fluid actuated rod and cylinder assembly operatively connected at a lower end thereof to the stiffleg and operatively connected at an upper end thereof to the handle on one side of the handle pivot axis, at least o