Cargo container swivel-stacking-pin tool

US5566998A · kind A · utility

Inventor

• William H. Gray · Smithfield, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 25, 1995
• Grant date: Oct 22, 1996
• Expiry date: Oct 25, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D90/0013
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A cargo container swivel-stacking-pin tool (10) for insertion and removal of swivel stacking pins (11, 60) in cargo containers (13) includes a rigid elongated handle (12), a U-shaped pin-engaging member (14, 76) attached to the elongated handle and two trigger actuators (16, 18 and 90, 92) attached to the pin-engaging member. The pin-engaging member has a base member (26, 80) and first and second fork members (22,24 and 86, 88) attached to the base member which define a slot (28, 78) of a size for receiving a bottom insert section (30, 72) of a swivel stacking pin. The trigger actuators are attached to opposite sides of the base member for manipulating locking-head triggers of the swivel stacking pins for enabling top locking heads of the swivel stacking pins to rotate about rotation axes (55, 94) when the top insert sections thereof are inserted in engagement holes (13a) of the cargo containers. The first trigger actuator is closer to the first fork member and the second trigger actuator is closer to the second fork member. The elongated handle is attached to the pin engaging member in different manners for different purposes.