Method for holding containers
AssigneeMacGregor-Conver GmbH
InventorJurgen Gloystein
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Abstract
A method for release of containers coupled to a lower support area both by manual actuation of a stowage component (10) and by automatic uncoupling of the stowage component (10) from the support area, so as to allow the use of uniform identical stowage components (10) and to allow operation in the area of narrow joints between containers.
Claims10
Method of stowing a container on a support area, the container comprising four corners and the support area comprising at least one stowage component which is secured on the support area, the at least one stowage component comprising a guide piece and a traction drive and the at least one stowage component being introduced to the container via the guide piece into an aperture which is provided in a surface of the container facing the support area, characterized in that all four corners of the container each are releasably connected with one of the at least one stowage component to the support area, and, for releasing the container from the support area, each of two adjacent of the at least one stowage component are opened on one side of the container by the traction drive, and the container is raised at the one side of these two opened stowage components, and the container is thereby tilted, whereby two other of the at least one stowage component located on another side of the container opposite the one side, are released from a locked condition by means of this tilting.
Method of stowing a container on a support area, the container comprising four corners and the support area comprising a plurality of stowage components which are secured on the support area, each of the plurality of stowage components comprising a guide piece and a traction drive and being reversibly moved between a locked position and an unlocked position by the traction drive, and each of the plurality of stowage components being introduced to the container via the guide piece into an aperture which is provided in a surface of the container facing the support area, characterized in that:
- each of the four corners of the container are releasably connected with one of the plurality of stowage components to the support area,
- for releasing the container from the support area, two of the plurality of stowage components are moved to the unlocked position on one side of the container by the traction drive,
- the container is raised at the one side of these unlocked stowage components, and the container is thereby tilted,
- whereby two other of the plurality of stowage components located on another side of the container opposite the one side are released from a locked condition by means of this tilting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.