Coupling piece for connecting containers
AssigneeConver Ingenieur-Technik GmbH & Co. KG
InventorJurgen Gloystein
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Abstract
The coupling piece for connecting two container corner fittings has a housing (10) with an upper and a lower middle piece (21/22), a locking bolt (15) and two crossbars (16 and 17) fastened to its free ends projecting from the housing (10). The lower middle piece (22) only partially matches the contour of an orifice in a container corner fitting, so that the lower crossbar (17) projects laterally beyond it. In the released position, the upper and lower crossbars (16 and 17) are rotated through an angle relative to one another, so that the lower crossbar (17) has to be introduced into the container corner fitting first and then the entire housing has to be rotated through this angle, before the upper crossbar (16) is correctly aligned opposite the orifice in the container corner fitting of the upper container.
Claims9
A coupling device for connecting containers, comprising:
- a housing having continuously widening abutment, center parts arranged bilaterally therefrom and a continuous central opening;
- a locking bolt mounted rotatably in the opening of the housing, with a first crossbar located at one end of the locking bolt outside the housing and a second crossbar located at the other end of the locking bolt outside the housing;
- the first crossbar having a first longitudinal axis, and the secod crossbar having a second longitudinal axis offset from the first longitudinal axis by a predetermined angle;
- the center part of the housing having corner portions which are arranged such that the center part may be rotated through the predetermined angle in an opening of a corner fitting of a container;
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- the center part of the housing having a pair of diametrically opposed stops, each projecting outwardly and protruding into a corresponding recess in the second crossbar and permitting limited rotation of the locking bolt.
A coupling device for connecting containers, comprising:
- a housing having continuously widening abutment, center parts arranged bilaterally therefrom and a continuous central opening;
- a locking bolt mounted rotatably in the opening of the housing, with a first crossbar located at one end of the locking bolt outside the housing and a second crossbar located at the other end of the locking bolt outside the housing;
- the first crossbar having a first longitudinal axis, and the second crossbar having a second longitudinal axis offset from the first longitudinal axis by a predetermined angle;
- the center part of the housing having corner portions which are arranged such that the center part may be rotated through the predetermined angle in an opening of a corner fitting of a container;
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- the center part of the housing having at least one stop projecting outwardly and protruding into a corresponding recess in the second crossbar;
- characterized in that the second crossbar, in a released position, assumes a relative position in relation to the housing, which corresponds to the predetermined angle, and the first crossbar coincides with a main direction of the housing.
A coupling device for connecting containers, comprising:
- a housing having continuously widening abutment, center parts arranged bilaterally therefrom and a continuous central opening;
- a locking bolt mounted rotatably in the opening of the housing, with a first crossbar located at one end of the locking bolt outside the housing and a second crossbar located at the other end of the locking bolt outside the housing;
- the first crossbar having a first longitudinal axis, and the second crossbar having a second longitudinal axis offset from the first longitudinal axis by a predetermined angle;
- the center part of the housing having corner portions which are arranged such that the center part may be rotated through the predetermined angle in an opening of a corner fitting of a container;
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- the center part of the housing having at least one stop projecting outwardly and protruding into a corresponding recess in the second crossbar.
- wherein the second crossbar and said stop or stops define a joint contour which matches the contour of the orifice of the container corner fitting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.