Gantry crane for containers and operating method
OwnerJuan Carlos Barberá Mayorinventor
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Abstract
A gantry crane for containers with at least one raised horizontal beam, comprising ship-side spreaders supported on a first section of said horizontal beam, container land-side spreaders supported on a second section of said horizontal beam, and a horizontal transport carriage, mounted displaceably along the beam so that it is susceptible to being placed under the containers lifted by the ship-side spreaders, and arranged to support the containers and displace them to a position below the land-side spreaders, said horizontal transport carriage comprising anchoring means for separably anchoring the containers.
Claims16
Gantry crane for containers having an elevated horizontal beam, comprising:
- one or more ship-side spreaders arranged to lift one or more containers and supported on a first section of said horizontal beam,
- one or more land-side spreaders arranged to lower one or more containers and supported on a second section of said horizontal beam, and
- a horizontal transport carriage mounted displaceably along the beam so as to be capable of being positioned under the containers lifted by the ship-side spreaders, and arranged to support said containers and displace them to a position under the land-side spreaders, said horizontal transport carriage comprising one or more anchoring assemblies for anchoring the containers in a dissociable way,
- wherein each anchoring assembly comprises a rotation mechanism configured suitable for rotating the anchoring assembly 90° about its vertical axis of symmetry.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.