Vibration isolator for container and the like, and method of using the same

A vibration isolator for container and merchandise transport pallet that provides vibration isolation for cargo protection, being interposed beneath a transport container or a merchandise transport pallet wherein

• shock absorbing members based on a plurality of pneumatic springs are interposed between a base frame which is loaded on a load carrying vehicle and a load carrying frame on which the container or the merchandise transport pallet is loaded;
• said load carrying frame is made up of steel members connected in a form of a lattice, and at least at four corners of the lattice, a twist lock is disposed which, by turning a latch fitted into a latch receiving structure provided for the container or the merchandise transport pallet, is engaged such that the twist lock will not come off;
• said base frame is made up of steel members connected in a form of a lattice, and in a corresponding place therein, a latch receiving structure with which a latch of a twist lock of the load carrying vehicle is engaged is disposed;
• an air chuck which connects to a compressed air pipe from the load carrying vehicle, and an air reservoir which accumulates compressed air introduced through the air chuck for supplying it to the pneumatic springs are provided;
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• said load carrying frame and base frame are combined to provide an assembly which is capable of being mounted to either a bottom face of the container or the merchandise transport pallet, or a top face of the load carrying vehicle.

A vibration isolator for container and merchandise transport pallet that provides vibration isolation for cargo protection, being interposed beneath a transport container or a merchandise transport pallet wherein

• shock absorbing members based on a plurality of pneumatic springs are interposed between a base frame which is loaded on a load carrying vehicle and a load carrying frame on which the container or the merchandise transport pallet is loaded;
• said load carrying frame is made up of steel members connected in a form of a lattice, and at least at four corners of the lattice, a twist lock is disposed which, by turning a latch fitted into a latch receiving structure provided for the container or the merchandise transport pallet, is engaged such that the twist lock will not come off;
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• said base frame is made up of steel members connected in a form of a lattice, and also in a corresponding place therein, a twist lock is disposed.