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Twist-lock handling system

一种扭锁、操纵装置的技术，应用在扭锁的存储。领域，能够解决劳动成本密集等问题

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-10-31
NSL ENG PTE LTD
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It is also labor cost intensive as usually 2 people need to be assigned to do such a job

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[0065] FIG. 1 shows the various stages of unloading a container 402 from a ship's deck 408 using a twistlock handling apparatus 10 that removes and places twistlocks from a corner housing 404 of the container 402 .

[0066] During the first and second stages, the quayside crane 406 lifts (or lifts) the top container 402 from the vertical stack of containers on the ship's deck 408 . Twist locks 400 are used to lock containers 402 together in a vertical stack. To lift the top container, the twist locks that connect it to the container below are first released from the container below in the conventional manner and remain with the top container 402 .

[0067] In a third stage, the crane 406 moves the container 402 across the quay until the container 402 is over the twistlock handling device 10 . The container 402 is then lowered onto the apparatus 10 and the twist locks 400 extending out of each of the lower four corner housings 404 are released from the container 402 by the man...

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An apparatus (10) for either securing twist-locks (400) to shipping containers (402) or releasing them therefrom or both, comprises a cradle (11) adapted to receive at least one shipping container and at least one manipulation device (14) operative to secure a twist-lock to the shipping container or release it therefrom, the manipulation device comprising engagement means (27) operative to engage and rotate at least a portion of the twist-lock so as to secure the twist-lock in the shipping container or to release it therefrom. The manipulation device may form part of a twist-lock handling assembly (12) which includes a storage system for twist-locks (16) and a guide assembly (15) for feeding twist-locks into and out of register with the manipulation device (14).

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technical field [0001] The present invention generally relates to an apparatus for operating a twist-lock for securing a shipping container for transport. One aspect of the invention relates to an apparatus for securing twistlocks to and / or for releasing twistlocks from a shipping container. Other aspects of the invention relate to storage of twist locks. [0002] In the context of the present invention, the term "twist lock" is understood to refer to any attachment device used on containers to secure these shipping containers for transport, regardless of the mechanism by which these attachment devices interengage with the shipping containers, and / or they secure to what structure. Background technique [0003] Twist locks are used to secure shipping containers (or containers) to ships and to secure containers to each other. Twist locks are mounted on the bottom and top of the container so that multiple containers can be connected in a vertical stack. When the container h...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): B65D88/10B65D90/00B65D90/12B60P7/13B63B27/00B66C1/10
CPCB66C1/663B65D90/0013Y10T29/53B60P7/132B65D90/002B65D88/10B65D90/12B60P7/13B63B27/00
Inventor 卡麦隆·海
Owner NSL ENG PTE LTD
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