Container handling device
US5800114A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 14, 1996 |
| Grant date | Sep 1, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 14, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB62B2202/10
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A container handling device includes four lifting assemblies that can couple to the lower corner of a container. The device has a rolling subframe with a hydraulic cylinder interposed between the subframe and the portion of the assemblies that couple with the container. The device also has an electrohydraulic set and an electric-power-supply and control unit common to all four lifting assemblies. The frame is fastened to the central member of a yoke that is in the form of a "C", and has a height less than that of the container. The yoke includes, at a lower end, a horizontal angle bracket suitable for going around the external angle of the lower corner of a container and, at its upper end, a horizontal angle bracket capable of going around the corner upright of the container. The portion that couples to the lower corner of the container is included on one of the flanges of the lower horizontal angle bracket. The other flange includes, projecting from an inner face, a stationary positioning tenon.
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