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AssigneeDP World UAE Region FZE
InventorsAttila Bálint, Giancarlo Poli, Samuel Corral Aviles, Laszlo Kiss, Fahim Rashid Hussain, Balazs Daniel, Máté Bárány
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According to an aspect of this disclosure, there is provided a pinning gripper configured for rotatably displacing a twist-lock between a locking and unlocking condition, for fitting and removing twist-lock from an intermodal container. The gripper including gripping attachment and cam actuating mechanism, for gripping a body and cam of the twist-lock, respectively, a rotary actuator for rotating the mechanism, a displacing system for displacing moving parts of the gripper, during manipulation thereof and an electronic control module for controlling the displacement system. The attachment includes a pair of movable jaw members to optimally orientate and locate an axis of rotation of the cam relative to an axis of rotation of the rotary actuator, the axes being substantially perpendicular to a plane in which the jaw members move, in use. Jaw members include movable fingers, each independently movable with respect to an associated jaw member.
A container twist-lock pinning/unpinning assembly for rotatably displacing a cam of a twist-lock between a locking condition in which the cam of the twist-lock engages a corner block of an intermodal container to which the twist-lock is fitted, for locking the twist-lock to the corner block, and an unlocking condition in which the cam is disengaged from the corner block, thereby permitting both insertion and withdrawal of the cam from the corner block, during fitting and removal of the twist-lock to and from the corner block, respectively, the pinning/unpinning assembly comprising:
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