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.
Claims4
Gantry crane for containers having an elevated horizontal beam, comprising:
- one or more ship-side spreaders supported on a first section of said horizontal beam and arranged to lift one or more containers,
- one or more land-side spreaders supported on a second section of said horizontal beam and arranged to lower one or more containers,
- a horizontal transport carriage mounted movably along the horizontal 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,
- ship-side cable portions and land-side cable portions for maneuvering the ship-side spreaders and the descent land-side spreaders,
- a winch system to which the ship-side cable portions and land-side cable portions and,
- a control unit for commanding the winch system in a way that lowering containers with the land-side spreaders provides a counterweight for the simultaneous raising of containers with the ship-side spreaders.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.