Back to results
US 4,049,132 AGranted
Crane adapted to the handling of uniform cargo units
AssigneeSalen & Wicander Terminalsystem AB
InventorPer Stromback
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Means for transporting shipping containers from a quay to a ship includes a crane having a lifting yoke and an operator's cage at an elevated level, as well as a guiding device located at a lower level than said cage and being adapted to be positioned above a selected container for directing the yoke into engagement therewith.
Claims5
Means for handling cargo units of uniform size at a quay having a ranging area and adapted for mooring a ship along its water edge, and comprising
- a crane extendable over said ranging area and reaching outside the quay's water edge and having lifting means being terminated by a yoke for piecemeal engaging said cargo units,
- guiding means at two opposite edges of said yoke,
- an operator's cage at an elevated level at said crane,
- a gantry means extendable over said ranging area and located at a lower level than said operator's cage,
- a trolley movable along said gantry means and an operator's seat at said trolley, and
- two guides at said trolley located oppositely to each other and each having a guide member for cooperating with the guide means at said yoke.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.