Handling apparatus for goods transport containers
First Claim
1. A handling device for containerised transport systems, which device has a frame for attachment to the end wall of a container, said frame comprising spaced uprights and cross-members joining the uprights, the frame having extendable legs slidable vertically relative to the uprights and power means to effect the vertical sliding of the legs, and the frame being adapted for rigid attachment to an end of a container by means of first locking devices which project at one face of the frame adjacent the upper ends of its side uprights, the first locking devices being adapted for locking engagement with upper ISO castings or the like fittings of the container, and by means of second locking devices which also project at said face of the frame for locking engagement with bottom ISO castings or the like of the container, and the frame also having sockets for receiving prongs of a fork-lift machine, which sockets open in a direction facing away from the opposite face of the frame.
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Abstract
Handling devices for use in containerized transport systems are adapted for temporary but rigid attachment to the ends of a container. Each device comprises a frame provided with (a) locking devices to engage the standard ISO castings or like fittings of the container, (b) power-operable extending legs with feet, which legs can be extended into ground contact and lift the container to permit loading on to a vehicle or off-loading, and (c) sockets for engagement by the prongs of a fork-lift machine to facilitate handling of the device when being fitted to or removed from the container.
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- 1. A handling device for containerised transport systems, which device has a frame for attachment to the end wall of a container, said frame comprising spaced uprights and cross-members joining the uprights, the frame having extendable legs slidable vertically relative to the uprights and power means to effect the vertical sliding of the legs, and the frame being adapted for rigid attachment to an end of a container by means of first locking devices which project at one face of the frame adjacent the upper ends of its side uprights, the first locking devices being adapted for locking engagement with upper ISO castings or the like fittings of the container, and by means of second locking devices which also project at said face of the frame for locking engagement with bottom ISO castings or the like of the container, and the frame also having sockets for receiving prongs of a fork-lift machine, which sockets open in a direction facing away from the opposite face of the frame.
- 23. A handling device for containerized transport systems, which device comprises a frame of spaced uprights and cross-members joining the uprights, the frame having power-extendable legs and being adapted for rigid attachment to an end of a container by means of first locking devices which project at one face of the frame adjacent the upper ends of its side uprights, the first locking devices being adapted for locking engagement with upper ISO castings or the like fittings of the container, and by means of second locking devices which also project at said face of the frame for locking engagement with bottom ISO castings or the like of the container, said uprights being hollow and housing the extendable legs, each hollow upright also accommodating an operating ram for the leg housed within the said upright, which ram is connected by pivots to an upper part of the upright and to a lower part of the leg so as to relieve the ram of side loads.
- 25. A lifting and lowering device for attachment to goods containers with ISO castings or the like fitments, which device comprises a post, an extendable leg in telescoping engagement with the post so as to be extendable and retractable relative to the post, an operating ram within the post for effecting extension and retraction of the leg, said ram being connected by pivots to an upper part of said post and to a lower part of the leg so as to relieve the ram of side loads, said post being adapted for attachment to a goods container by means of first locking devices at the upper end of the post for locking engagement with upper ISO castings or the like fittings of the container, and by means of second locking devices for locking engagement with lower ISO castings or the like fittings of the container.
- 29. A handling device for containerized transport systems, comprising a hollow post, a first locking device for engagement with a container at its top and mounted adjacent the upper end of the post to extend downwardly at a location offset from the axis of the post, an extendable leg slidable vertically within the post, a ram housed within the post and connected between the post and the leg to effect extension and retraction of the leg, a second locking device for engagement with the bottom of a container, means mounting the second locking device for vertical sliding adjustment relative to the post and the leg to vary the vertical spacing of the first and second locking devices, means connected to the first locking device to remotely effect locking of the first locking device to a container, and socket means carried by the handling device for engagement by the fork of a fork-lift machine for mounting and demounting the handling device on and from a container.
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