Apparatus for securing containers on transport vehicles
AssigneeMEC Marine Equipment and Consulting Behr and Horstmann GmbH
InventorsPeter Behr, Matthias Horstmann
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Abstract
An apparatus for securing containers on transport vehicles, especially ships, which comprises a connecting device, a first end of which is connectable to the containers, and a clamping device, a first end of which is equipped with a longitudinally adjustable threaded spindle and connectable to the transport vehicle and a second end of the connecting device comprising a number of fastening stops with which a second end of the clamping device is connectable to said connecting device in suitably chosen increments. The clamping device comprises a sliding carriage which receives the fastening stops and which is essentially freely movable in the axial direction of the clamping device.
Claims12
In an apparatus for securing containers on transport vehicles, especially ships, comprising a connecting device, a first end of which is connectable to said container, and a clamping device, a first end of which is longitudinally adjustable via a threaded spindle and connectable to said transport vehicle, and with a second end of said connecting device which comprises a number of fastening stops with which a second end of said clamping device is connectable to said connecting device in suitably chosen increments, the improvement wherein:
- said clamping device comprises a sliding carriage for receiving said fastening stops of said connecting device which sliding carriage is essentially freely movable in an axial direction of said clamping device;
- said sliding carriage has at least two jaw-shaped cross-pieces for receiving and accommodating said fastening stops;
- said cross-pieces have a respective through hole with a radial opening for receiving and accommodating said connecting device;
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- said through hole of a first one of said cross-pieces, on a side facing said threaded spindle, is provided with a recessed portion which is essentially arranged axially to an axis of said through hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.