Claims
- 1. A transloading apparatus for freight containers, interchangeable containers and semi-containers, comprising:
- a horizontally displaceable support spaced above a container to be transloaded and including at least one crane trolley;
- at least two vertically elongated rigid lifting structures on said support;
- a linear guide system on said support for vertically displacing said lifting structures along a fixed vertical path relative to said support;
- a respective pendulum assembly on each of said rigid lifting structures, each of said pendulum assemblies including an elongated member mounted at an upper end of the respective lifting structure and having a lower end capable of swinging relative to the lifting structure; and
- load receiving means connected to and swingable with said lower ends and provided with formations for engagement with said container and affixing said container detachably to said apparatus.
- 2. The apparatus defined in claim 1 wherein said elongated members are rods.
- 3. The apparatus defined in claim 2 wherein each of said rods is connected by a ball joint at its upper end to the respective lifting structure and at its lower end to said load receiving means.
- 4. The apparatus defined in claim 1 wherein said elongated members are ropes.
- 5. The apparatus defined in claim 1, further comprising selectively operable arresting means for preventing swinging movement of said load receiving means relative to said lifting structure.
- 6. The apparatus as defined in claim 5 wherein said arresting means includes a centering pin on one of said load receiving means and said support, and a receiving element engageable by said centering pin on the other of said load receiving means and said support.
- 7. The apparatus as defined in claim 5 wherein said arresting means includes a respective adjustment unit engaging each of said elongated members.
- 8. The apparatus as defined in claim 7 wherein said adjustment units are servocylinders.
- 9. The apparatus as defined in claim 8 wherein at least three of said servocyclinders are provided for positioning said load receiving means relative to said container.
- 10. The apparatus as defined in claim 1 wherein said lifting structures are provided with separate means for vertically displacing same independently of one another relative to said support.
Priority Claims (2)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of Ser. No. 08/424,423 filed Apr. 21, 1995 (now U.S. Pat. No. 5,727,702 issued Mar. 17, 1998).
That application is a national phase of PCT/EP94/02711 filed Aug. 13, 1994 based upon German national applications P 4329470.7 of Sep. 1, 1993 and P 43 52 522.4 of Dec. 14, 1993 under the International Convention.
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