A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
The present invention relates to a vessel comprising an excavator for dredging or shifting soil for cleaning watercourses, the excavator comprising; -a weight balanced boom hingeably supported around a boom hinge axis, -a bucket-arm hingeably connected to the boom,and provided with a bucket and/or digging tool at a free end of the bucket-arm, wherein a counterweight is connected to the boom and wherein the counterweight is positioned with respect to the boom such that a centre of gravity of the counterweight is above and about vertically aligned with the boom hinge axis when the bucket and/or digging tool is at a lowest digging position.
The present invention relates to a vessel comprising an excavator for dredging or shifting soil for cleaning watercourses, the excavator comprising; -a weight balanced boom hingeably supported around a boom hinge axis, -a bucket-arm hingeably connected to the boom,and provided with a bucket and/or digging tool at a free end of the bucket-arm, wherein a counterweight is connected to the boom and wherein the counterweight is positioned with respect to the boom such that a centre of gravity of the counterweight is above and about vertically aligned with the boom hinge axis when the bucket and/or digging tool is at a lowest digging position.
Counterweight backhoe dredger
BOOR MARCEL (author)
2021-08-12
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC:
E02F
Baggern
,
DREDGING