Apparatus for Handling and Transport of Heavy Bulky Containers.

摘要

1,151,044. Loading containers on vehicles. BENNES MARREL. 7 March,1968 [16 March, 1967; 29 Dec., 1967], No. 11067/68. Heading B8E. A vehicle comprises a false tipping chassis C actuated by an elevator mechanism D until a supporting stand K with a roller 1 contacts the ground and has a winch M acting on a cable to draw up a girder G provided with means to attach it to a standard transport container P. The girder G, Figs 8, 10, has clamps 8 pivoted on vertical pivots and comprising a shoe 17, 18 which contacts the front and side panels of the container and a plate 14 with a pin 16 which enters a standard hole 4 of the container and can be locked therein by a pin 22. The girder also has rollers 31 and counterweights 32 on a pivot 30 on supports 29 pivoted at 28 on a cross-beam 11 of the girder. As the girder is rested on the ground, Fig. 14, the rollers 31 are pivoted upwards until it rests on its shoes 24 but as the girder is raised during loading, Fig. 16, the counterweight will place the pivot 30 forward of the pivot 28 so that as the weight of the container forces the rollers 31 upwards a stop is contacted which holds the rollers proud of the shoes 24 to roll up the rails 35 of the chassis C. At the end of chassis C a roller bogy H, Fig. 18, is mounted comprising rollers 44 on pivots 45 in side plates 46 pivoted at 43 on a cross-beam 41. At the end of the chassis, Fig. 20, clamp plates 9 are mounted on plates 54 supported on parallel struts and upon operation of a jack 55 when the container is fully loaded the container is clamped to the chassis by projections 55 entering standard corner holes 5 but first the end of the container is raised to allow the clamps to position it centrally on the chassis. In order to prevent distortion of the longitudinal members of the container where they are weakened by fork lift holes the chassis may be mounted as in Fig. 32 by equal length support rods pivoted on differently spaced pivots so that by operation of a jack 113 together with the elevator D the linkage may be deformed and the chassis brought to the ground at a more acute angle so that the fork holes have passed the bogy H before they are contacted. Additionally, the rollers of the bogy may be replaced by an endless roller track.