Abstract A container handling apparatus for translocating intermodal containers of closed or open type design id disclosed. The apparatus includes: a support frame having beams which, in use, are located proximal to one or more opposed 5 pair of vertical edges and one or more horizontal upper edges of the container to be translocated, the support frame including a load bearing arm mounted on a horizontal axis for vertical rotation about the axis, pendulum fashion, said load bearing arm having a counter-weight to one side of the axis; securing means on the load bearing arm, said securing means corresponding to the cornercastings 10 of the type of container to be translocated so that the container is secured to the load bearing arm using twistlocks, said securing means located on an opposite side of the load bearing arm to the counter-weight relative to the axis; and rotating means for rotating the load bearing arm about the axis, such that the axis does not pass through the container and is parallel to a longitudinal axis thereof.
CONTAINER HANDLING METHOD AND APPARATUS
2019-05-02
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B66F HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING, OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD , Hub-, Verhol- oder Schubvorrichtungen, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen, z.B. Vorrichtungen mit unmittelbarer Krafteinwirkung auf die Last / B65G TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS , Transport- oder Lagervorrichtungen, z.B. Förderer zum Laden oder Abladen / B66C Krane , CRANES |
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