US3799601A - Spreader for cargo containers - Google Patents

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US3799601A
US3799601A US00248602A US24860272A US3799601A US 3799601 A US3799601 A US 3799601A US 00248602 A US00248602 A US 00248602A US 24860272 A US24860272 A US 24860272A US 3799601 A US3799601 A US 3799601A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66C—CRANES; LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS, WINCHES, OR TACKLES
    • B66C1/00—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles
    • B66C1/10—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles by mechanical means
    • B66C1/62—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles by mechanical means comprising article-engaging members of a shape complementary to that of the articles to be handled
    • B66C1/66—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles by mechanical means comprising article-engaging members of a shape complementary to that of the articles to be handled for engaging holes, recesses, or abutments on articles specially provided for facilitating handling thereof
    • B66C1/663—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles by mechanical means comprising article-engaging members of a shape complementary to that of the articles to be handled for engaging holes, recesses, or abutments on articles specially provided for facilitating handling thereof for containers

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  • a spreader for handling unit containers includes a frame with recesses in the corners, and an exchange- [52] US. Cl 294/81 SF, 294/67 DA able unit Secured within each of the recesses Witha [51] Int. Cl. B661: 1/66 pivotable, vertical lifting latch for insartion into a hole Field of h- 294/67 67 81 SF; in a corner fitting in a container.
  • the pivota'ble latch is 24/221 R, 221 A; 105/366 R, 366 B, 3 t rnable in a block which is adjustable in both'hori- 366 E; 248/119 R, 361 R; 287/2, 103 R; zontal directions with respect to the recess.
  • the latch 296/35 35 A has across piece at its bottom for engagement beneath the top wall of the container after passing [56] References Cited through an opening therein.
  • a cargo container is a unit container designed in such a way that it can easily be handled with various mechanical aids. So that it can be handled by crane the container is usually provided with corner fittings having three elongated holes. When the containers are being moved by cranes in ports and storage places they are usually handled with the help of spreaders provided at the corners with vertical lifting latches having a T- shaped end, which are inserted into the top holes of the corner fittings and turned so that the Tshaped points of the latches keep together spreader and container.
  • the containers are standardised. Swedish standard SIS 842101 corresponds to ISO R 668 and ISO DR 1019.
  • the present invention relates to a spreader for handling cargo containers which are provided with lifting holes in which latches having T-shaped ends are inserted and then turned so that spreader and container are connected together. So that the spreader can be used for containers having different distances between the lifting holes in the corners, the frame of the spreader is provided with an exchangeable corner unit having a vertically journalled, pivotable latch pin.
  • the corners of the spreader frame may have a slit with two vertical walls between which said corner unit can be inserted and locked with bolts or lock which can easily be inserted or operated. It may, for example, consist of a plate in which the latch is journalled.
  • the plate may have two horizontal holes and be fixed between the vertical walls in the frame of the spreader by horizontal bolts inserted through holes in the walls and holes in the plate.
  • This connection of the exchangeable corner unit is particularly favourable with respect to the space requirement.
  • Particular characteristics of the invention are the provision of an arrangement by which the unit may be adjusted in both horizontal directions with respect to the frame recess in which it is mounted.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 show a spreader seen from the side and from above, respectively
  • FIG. 3 shows on a larger scale a side view of a corner according to BB in FIG. 2,
  • FIG. 4 a section according to CC in FIG. 3 and
  • FIG. 5 a section on the line DD in FIG. 3.
  • the cables run over pulleys 4 journalled in holder 5 which by means of shafts 6 are journalled in lugs 7 in the frame I.
  • the spreader is provided at the corners with guiding rollers 8 to guide the spreader when it is lowered into a ship cell structure. It is also provided with guides 9 which are flexibly journalled about shafts 10 in the spreader frame and can be operated between the posi tion shown in the lefthand part of FIGS. 1 and 2 and the position shown in the righthand parts of said Figures.
  • the outermost parts of the end beams 2 have two vertical walls 11. Between these a corner unit 12 can be inserted.
  • This consists of a plate 13 in which a latch 14 having a T-shaped lower part 15 is pivotably journalled.
  • the plate 13 is provided with two projecting guides 16 which partly surround the cylindrical part of the peg l4 projecting below the plate 13. These guides are shaped to substantially fill the elongated holes 17 in the corner fittings 18 of a container. They support and protect the latches 14 during the connection procedure and prevent the latches 14 from being displaced so that the point 15 catches into the corner fitting 118 when the spreader is to be released from the container.
  • the latch 14 is provided with a ring 20 which transfers the lifting force from the latch 14 to the plate 13.
  • the ring 20 is locked with a ring 21.
  • the latch M is also joined with a crank lever 22 having a pin 23 for connection of an operating rod 24 operated by means of an actuating mechanism, not shown.
  • the latch, 14 can be turned between the position shown in the drawings and the other position in which the T-shaped end of the latch grips against the inner surface of the comer fittings at the side of the elongated holes.
  • the corner unit 12 is connected to the walls 11 by means of two bolts 30' provided at one end with a head 31.
  • the bolts are locked by means of a locking plate 32 which is attached on one of-the walls 11 by means of bolts 33. Between the plate 13 and the walls 11 is a gap 34.
  • the unit 12 can thus be moved to a limited extent between the walls 11.
  • the holes 35 for the bolts 30 are slightly elongated.
  • the unit 12 is therefore also slightly movable perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the bolts.
  • Spreader for handling unit containers comprising a frame provided with a recess in each of its corners, a plurality of removable units each composed of a carrier plate and a vertical latch pivotably journalled in each carrier plate about an axis fixed with respect to the carrier plate, and locking means for releasably securing one of the units in each of the recesses, whereby different spacing of the latches in the frame can be accomplished by using carrier plates with different locations of the latches therein.

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US4179149A (en) * 1978-06-02 1979-12-18 Brissonneau & Lotz Marine S. A. Suspended seizing device or the like
US4488749A (en) * 1982-09-03 1984-12-18 Renner Manufacturing Company Spreader assembly
WO2001083354A1 (fr) * 2000-05-03 2001-11-08 Noell Crane Systems Gmbh Verrou tournant pour engins de levage
CN102834341A (zh) * 2010-02-24 2012-12-19 货运技术瑞典股份公司 扭锁绝对定位的集装箱起重吊具
US10719257B1 (en) 2019-04-29 2020-07-21 EMC IP Holding Company LLC Time-to-live (TTL) license management in an active/active replication session

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SE420483B (sv) * 1979-05-09 1981-10-12 Scal Sweden Ab Lyftanordning for container eller liknande, der ett stativ eller liknande forefinnes
SE420907C (sv) * 1980-03-26 1983-11-28 Taylor Richard J Lasanordning vid lyftok, serskilt for container

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US3078115A (en) * 1959-08-31 1963-02-19 Matson Navigation Co Lifting beam
US3442480A (en) * 1966-03-11 1969-05-06 Midland Ross Corp Container tie-down apparatus
US3493258A (en) * 1967-08-10 1970-02-03 Midland Ross Corp Cargo container lifting equipment
US3675960A (en) * 1970-04-01 1972-07-11 Skagit Corp Self leveling spreader frame
US3677599A (en) * 1970-11-06 1972-07-18 Vickers Haskins Pty Ltd Self aligning latching mechanism on a cargo container spreader

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US3078115A (en) * 1959-08-31 1963-02-19 Matson Navigation Co Lifting beam
US3442480A (en) * 1966-03-11 1969-05-06 Midland Ross Corp Container tie-down apparatus
US3493258A (en) * 1967-08-10 1970-02-03 Midland Ross Corp Cargo container lifting equipment
US3675960A (en) * 1970-04-01 1972-07-11 Skagit Corp Self leveling spreader frame
US3677599A (en) * 1970-11-06 1972-07-18 Vickers Haskins Pty Ltd Self aligning latching mechanism on a cargo container spreader

Cited By (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4179149A (en) * 1978-06-02 1979-12-18 Brissonneau & Lotz Marine S. A. Suspended seizing device or the like
US4488749A (en) * 1982-09-03 1984-12-18 Renner Manufacturing Company Spreader assembly
WO2001083354A1 (fr) * 2000-05-03 2001-11-08 Noell Crane Systems Gmbh Verrou tournant pour engins de levage
CN102834341A (zh) * 2010-02-24 2012-12-19 货运技术瑞典股份公司 扭锁绝对定位的集装箱起重吊具
US8556312B2 (en) * 2010-02-24 2013-10-15 Cargotec Sweden Ab Container-lifting spreader with drive for the telescopic movement of spreader's beams protected against damage by collision
CN102834341B (zh) * 2010-02-24 2014-12-31 货运技术瑞典股份公司 扭锁绝对定位的集装箱起重吊具
US10719257B1 (en) 2019-04-29 2020-07-21 EMC IP Holding Company LLC Time-to-live (TTL) license management in an active/active replication session

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