CN104220329A

CN104220329A - Coupling means

Info

Publication number: CN104220329A
Application number: CN201380000305.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: M.阿尔斯特伦; J.贝格曼
Original assignee: MacGregor Fin Oy
Current assignee: MacGregor Fin Oy
Priority date: 2013-01-18
Filing date: 2013-01-18
Publication date: 2014-12-17
Anticipated expiration: 2033-01-18
Also published as: DK179088B1; EP2945852A4; EP2945852B1; JP2016508929A; KR20150110469A; EP2945852A1; JP6095185B2; CN104220329B; DE13872225T1; DK201500419A1; WO2014111619A1; TW201502005A; TWI605977B; DE112013000001T5; KR101983431B1

Abstract

Coupling means to be used for lashing and supporting containers, more particularly containers to be transported on cargo ships, which coupling means comprises a lashing bar (2) and a locking head (1) connected to it, which locking head comprises a locking means for locking into the corner casting (7) of a container, and between which locking head (1) and lashing bar (2) is a joint arrangement, which enables movement of the lashing bar in relation to the locking head towards the corner casting and away from the corner casting. The invention is implemented such that when the locking head (1) is locked into the corner casting (7) of a container at least a part of the joint arrangement is above the horizontal plane (L) traveling via the centre of curvature of the bottom edge of the locking hole of the corner casting.

Description

Connecting device

Technical field

The object of the invention is to a kind of for colligation and supporting freight container, more particularly treat the connecting device of the freight container transporting on freighter, described connecting device comprises binding bar and is connected to its elongated insertion part, elongated insertion part comprises the blocking device in the angle foundry goods for locking onto freight container, and between elongated insertion part and binding bar, be provided with a kind of layout that engages, this joint layout make to realize binding bar with respect to elongated insertion part towards angle foundry goods with away from the movement of angle foundry goods.

Background technology

Freight container during transportation must be locked, thereby make to prevent excessive displacement, the inclination of freight container or even topple over when at sea.Freight container is in their end, utilize connecting device and for example lock onto on colligation bridge, connecting device is fixed in their one of end (elongated insertion part) that the other end (bottle screw) in the turning of freight container and the end at them is located the deck that is fixed to colligation bridge or is alternatively fixed to ship or to other supporting structure.Thereby connecting device comprises bottle screw, binding bar and is hinged to the elongated insertion part of binding bar.Conventionally, two or four connecting device is fixed to the end of freight container.By tighten the screws button, can make to be locked as closely.In the end opposite of freight container, conventionally also exist similarly fixing.

Be known in the industry as many schemes of this object.For example, from the known a kind of scheme of open DE3525322, wherein, two fixedly locked heads are mounted on binding bar.

From the known a kind of colligation rod of open DE3501109, its two ends comprise elongated insertion part.

Prior art scheme has several shortcomings.For example, place across while casing for fixed set when binding bar, utilize the elongated orifices at the hinge-point place in elongated insertion part to realize longitudinal adjusting range, thus make binding bar in second will be farther from freight container, and even now, binding bar still may collide each other.In addition, it arranges the restriction of aiming at about binding bar.

Summary of the invention

Be according to the object of connecting device of the present invention, improved scheme as known in the art by convenient installation especially.Utilize the present invention to realize this object, the invention is characterized in, in the time that elongated insertion part is locked in the angle foundry goods of freight container, engage that at least a portion of arranging advances at the center of curvature of the feather edge of the lock hole via angle foundry goods horizontal surface above.

In addition, be also the content of mentioning in dependent claims 2-6 according to the feature of connecting device of the present invention.

What propose now has some remarkable advantage with respect to prior art scheme according to the solution of the present invention.It is suitable that binding bar can be adjusted to apart from the distance of freight container, and can prevent that thus binding bar from colliding each other.Thereby, the invention enables can realize binding bar than before advance in the horizontal direction farther.

Compared with prior art scheme, according in the solution of the present invention, the freight container turning that the top of binding bar and binding bar are connected to distance apart keeps best, be different from the prior art model with slotted hole, in prior art model, the line of centers of pivot pin is arranged in the line of centers below of the angle foundry goods lock hole of freight container.

In addition, prior art has the restriction of the lateral clearance of 38mm between freight container in the time carrying out outside dual crossing colligation.The present invention allows to carry out outside colligation with 25mm lateral clearance between freight container.

Also structurally simply and to be extremely easy to use according to the solution of the present invention.

Brief description of the drawings

Hereinafter, with reference to accompanying drawing, by means of some embodiment, the present invention is described in more detail, in the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 a and Fig. 1 b have shown some the prior art scheme for connecting device.

Fig. 2 a and Fig. 2 b shown in diverse location, according to the binding bar of connecting device of the present invention and elongated insertion part.

Fig. 3 has shown according to the solution of the present invention in the purposes aspect colligation and supporting freight container.

Fig. 4 shown in the lock hole of the angle foundry goods that is fixed to freight container according to a kind of cross section of binding bar of the present invention and elongated insertion part.

Fig. 5 has shown the content identical with Fig. 4, but axonometric (axonometrically).

Detailed description of the invention

Fig. 1 a has shown the perspective sketch map of prior art scheme, wherein, utilized in elongated insertion part in the elongated orifices at hinge-point place and realized longitudinal adjusting range, thereby it is farther from freight container to make will adjust some in binding bar intersected with each other under locking situation.

Fig. 1 b has shown one of the binding bar of being shown by Fig. 1 a as watched from sidepiece and connector accordingly.In Fig. 1 b, can see the hole (groove) in elongated insertion part, thereby binding bar is assemblied in this hole it can be moved in hole.

Fig. 2 a and Fig. 2 b shown be connected to binding bar 2 according to elongated insertion part 1 of the present invention.Elongated insertion part 1 has elongated slot 3, is arranged to through elongated slot 3 at the axostylus axostyle 4 of the end of binding bar 2.In this embodiment, groove is slight curving.Therefore, the object of groove 3 is to make binding bar 2 to move towards the angle of freight container foundry goods with away from angle foundry goods with respect to elongated insertion part 1.In Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, show best this layout.Elongated insertion part 1 also comprises blocking device 5, and blocking device 5 expection is locked in the lock hole in the angle foundry goods of freight container (the Reference numeral 7-10 in Fig. 3).The area supported 6 of blocking device 5 contributes to this locking.

Fig. 3 has shown for container end part being fixed to for example colligation bridge or to boat deck or to the principle of some other supporting structure.In Fig. 3, do not show freight container itself, but only shown their angle foundry goods 7,8,9 and 10.Therefore each, existing in the angle foundry goods shown in four freight containers and Fig. 3 belongs to different freight containers.Angle foundry goods 7 and 8 is the adjacent angular foundry goods of two upper freight containers, and angle foundry goods 9 and 10 is the adjacent angular foundry goods of two freight containers below them accordingly.As known in the art, each angle foundry goods has the lock hole for elongated insertion part 1.Binding bar 2 is only partly shown.They are connected to bottle screw in the manner known to persons skilled in the art, by means of bottle screw, this are fixedly tightened.Therefore bottle screw is for example attached to colligation bridge or boat deck or arrives some other supporting structure.

In the prior art of Fig. 1 a, also as in the present invention, thereby binding bar makes their " right-angled crossings " described in tractive, the binding bar being fixed on the angle foundry goods on left side intersects with the binding bar 2 on the angle foundry goods being fixed on right side, for realizing more fixing of multi-support.

Fig. 4 has shown a kind of cross section, shows fixing to the angle foundry goods (, Reference numeral 7) of freight container of elongated insertion part 1.When blocking device 5 being locked in to angle foundry goods 7 when interior, fixing itself enforcement with manner known in the art.

As can be seen from Figure 4,, in the time that elongated insertion part 1 is connected to the angle foundry goods 7 of freight container, groove 3 is above horizontal surface L.Horizontal surface L is at the At The Height of the center of curvature of the feather edge of lock hole described in the foundry goods of angle.As known in the art, the feather edge of lock hole is bending, but this does not show in institute's drawings attached.When groove 3 and thereby the axostylus axostyle 4 of binding bar 2 above this plane time, can than better off possible before it utilize the adjusting range of binding bar.Longer to the distance of the hinge-point of connecting device and binding bar from the point of crossing of binding bar, just better to the adjustment of binding bar among them, and can not hinder each other.

As substituting of the embodiment showing in accompanying drawing, the joint layout between binding bar and elongated insertion part also can be dissimilar.For example, can be provided with (closed or part is open) circle or eye in the end of binding bar, guide elongated insertion part through this circle or eye.In the case, bar is arranged in order to the specific range that vertically moves at connecting device.And in the case, the hinge-point of binding bar and elongated insertion part is positioned at horizontal surface L top at least in part.

Obvious for those skilled in the art, different embodiments of the invention are not limited in example as described above, but they can change in the scope of below given claim.

The characteristic feature that if desired, may provide in description in conjunction with further feature feature can be separately in using each other.

Claims

One kind for colligation and supporting freight container, more particularly treat the connecting device of the freight container transporting on freighter, described connecting device comprises binding bar (2) and is connected to its elongated insertion part (1), described elongated insertion part comprises the blocking device in the angle foundry goods (7-10) for locking onto freight container, and be provided with and engage layout between described elongated insertion part (1) and described binding bar (2), described joint arrange make to realize described binding bar with respect to described elongated insertion part towards described angle foundry goods with away from the movement of described angle foundry goods, it is characterized in that, in the time that described elongated insertion part (1) is locked in the described angle foundry goods (7-10) of freight container, described horizontal surface (L) top that at least a portion that described joint is arranged is advanced at the center of curvature of the feather edge of the described lock hole via described angle foundry goods.
2. connecting device according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, a kind of joint arranged by the described elongated slot (3) in described elongated insertion part (3) and the described axostylus axostyle (4) that is installed on movably the described binding bar in described elongated slot (3) and formed.
3. connecting device according to claim 2, is characterized in that, described groove (3) is bending.
4. according to the connecting device described in any one in claims 1 to 3, it is characterized in that, in the time that described elongated insertion part (1) is locked in the described angle foundry goods (7-10) of freight container, described groove (3) is positioned at described horizontal surface (L) top of advancing via the center of curvature of the feather edge of described lock hole completely.
5. according to the connecting device described in any one in claim 2 to 4, it is characterized in that, recess is shaped, for convenient, described axostylus axostyle is positioned to its extreme position in the described elongated slot (3) of described elongated insertion part (1).
6. connecting device according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, be provided with circle or eye in the end of described binding bar, described elongated insertion part is guided through described circle or eye, in the case, described binding bar is arranged in order to move specific range with respect to described connecting device towards the angle of described freight container foundry goods with away from described angle foundry goods.