Variable level lifting platform for a cargo container handling crane
US5538382A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 3, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jul 23, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 3, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB66C19/002
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
"A variable level platform suspended from the gantry of a cargo container handling gantry crane by a pair of scissors jacks with fleet through wire rope reeving for suspending a lifting spreader thereunder whereby the platform effectively shortens the spreader lift lines for reducing container sway and container handling cycle times."
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