Grappler spreader for closely stacking cargo containers
US4149747A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 31, 1975 |
| Grant date | Apr 17, 1979 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 31, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB66F9/186
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A cargo container handling implement, i.e., a grappler spreader, having the customary four grappling arms for the bottom lifting of piggy-back trailers and four latch units for interlocking with the top latch receptacles of cargo containers, and, in addition, a mechanism by which the latch units are adjustable with respect to the remainder of the grappler spreader in its lateral direction to enable the implement to support a container with the vertical plane of its outwardly offset side beyond the lateral extremities of the adjacent pair of upwardly stored grappling arms.
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