Patent · US Expired

Variable level lifting platform for a cargo container handling crane

US5538382A · kind A · utility

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7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 3, 1994
Grant dateJul 23, 1996
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Expiry dateJun 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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