Eye plate unit and lashing eye assembly including the same
OwnerJung-Kuang Hsieh, Oscar Magnus Ahlströminventors
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Abstract
A lashing eye assembly includes amounting unit and an eye plate unit which includes two wing members and a bridge member. The wing members are angularly displaced from each other about an axle axis. Each of the wing members has a rim portion and a body portion which is formed with a lashing eye configured to couple a lower end of a lashing rod assembly. The bridge member has an outer interconnecting surface interconnecting outward regions of the rim portions of the wing members, and an inner interconnecting surface which extends in a circumferential direction about the axle axis to interconnect inward regions of the rim portions of the wing members.
Claims13
An eye plate unit for anchoring a pair of lashing rod assemblies on a mounting unit, each of the lashing rod assemblies having an upper end coupled to a corner casting of a shipping container, and a lower end opposite to the upper end in a lengthwise direction of the respective lashing rod assembly, the mounting unit including
- a base mounted on a platform,
- a first lug member and a second lug member each of which extends from an upper major surface of the base, and each of which has an inside surface and an outside surface opposite to said inside surface in a direction of an axle axis, the inside surfaces of the first and second lug members being spaced apart from each other in the direction of the axle axis, and
- a pin axle extending along the axle axis, and interposed between the inside surfaces of the first and second lug members,
- said eye plate unit comprising:
- a first wing member and a second wing member which are angularly displaced from each other about the axle axis, each of said first and second wing members having
- a body portion formed with a lashing eye which defines a central line, and which is configured to couple the lower end of a corresponding one of the lashing rod assemblies, and
- a rim portion extending about the central line, and having an inward region, an outward region, and a juncture region interconnecting said inward and outward regions;
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- a bridge member disposed between the first and second lug members, and extending to interconnect said juncture regions of said first and second wing members, said bridge member having
- an outer interconnecting surface interconnecting said outward regions of said first and second wing members, and
- an inner interconnecting surface which extends in a circumferential direction about the axle axis to interconnect said inward regions of said first and second wing members, and which is configured for the pin axle to bear on said inner interconnecting surface such that said inward regions of said first and second wing members are spaced apart from each other by a gap, thereby permitting said first and second wing members to be yieldable in the circumferential direction to a jerking force exerted on said lashing eyes of said first and second wing members through the lashing rod assemblies as a result of a tilting movement of the shipping container.
A lashing eye assembly for anchoring a pair of lashing rod assemblies on a platform, each of the lashing rod assemblies having an upper end coupled to a corner casting of a shipping container, and a lower end opposite to the upper end in a lengthwise direction of the respective lashing rod assembly, said lasing eye assembly comprising:
- a mounting unit including
- a base mounted on the platform,
- a first lug member and a second lug member each of which extends from an upper major surface of said base, and each of which has an inside surface and an outside surface opposite to said inside surface in a direction of an axle axis, said inside surfaces of said first and second lug members being spaced apart from each other in the direction of the axle axis, and
- a pin axle extending along the axle axis, and interposed between said inside surfaces of said first and second lug members;
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- an eye plate unit including
- a first wing member and a second wing member which are angularly displaced from each other about the axle axis, each of said first and second wing members having
- a body portion formed with a lashing eye which defines a central line, and which is configured to couple the lower end of a corresponding one of the lashing rod assemblies, and
- a rim portion extending about the central line, and having an inward region, an outward region, and a juncture region interconnecting said inward and outward regions, and
- a bridge member disposed between said first and second lug members, and extending to interconnect said juncture regions of said first and second wing members, said bridge member having
- an outer interconnecting surface interconnecting said outward regions of said first and second wing members, and
- an inner interconnecting surface which extends in a circumferential direction about the axle axis to interconnect said inward regions of said first and second wing members, and which is configured to permit said pin axle to bear on said inner interconnecting surface such that said inward regions of said first and second wing members are spaced apart from each other by a gap, thereby permitting said first and second wing members to be yieldable in the circumferential direction to a jerking force exerted on said lashing eyes of said first and second wing members through the lashing rod assemblies as a result of a tilting movement of the shipping container.
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