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US 4,227,843 AGranted
Device for coupling, transportation and placing of goods containers
OwnerSverre Damminventor
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Abstract
A device for supporting a container on a chassis of a vehicle and for coupling the supported container to the chassis. The device has a basic frame defined by a pair of longitudinal, substantially parallel beams interconnected by cross-beams. At least two bridges are supported by the basic frame and are movable towards and away from the basic frame by a lifting mechanism. The bridges and basic frame have complementary shapes to facilitate proper positioning of the bridges with respect to the basic frame.
Claims8
A device for supporting a container on a chassis (1) of a vehicle and for coupling the container to the chassis, said device comprising:
- a pair of longitudinal, substantially parallel beams (2) defining a basic frame linkable to said chassis (1), each longitudinal beam (2) of said pair having a sloped inside face (17), the inside faces (17) of the two beams (2) facing each other;
- cross-beams (3) mounted near end portions of said pair of beams (2), said cross-beams having facing sloped faces (4);
- at least two bridges (5), each bridge having a platform (5) which covers part of the space defined between said pair of longitudinal beams (2), each platform having at one of its ends a sloped lower face (4') complementary to the sloped face (4) of the cross-beam (3) to which it is adjacent, and each platform (5) having downwardly projecting side feet (9) with lower surfaces complementary sloped to said sloped faces (17) of the two longitudinal beams (2);
- lifting means (7) arranged below said platforms (5) for raising said bridges into contact with the bottoms of containers to be supported;
- and means for coupling a supported container with said device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.