Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B61—RAILWAYS
  • B61D—BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES
  • B61D5/00—Tank wagons for carrying fluent materials
  • B61D5/08—Covers or access openings; Arrangements thereof
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
  • B65D90/00—Component parts, details or accessories for large containers
  • B65D90/0006—Coupling devices between containers, e.g. ISO-containers
  • B65D90/0013—Twist lock
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
  • B65D2590/00—Component parts, details or accessories for large containers
  • B65D2590/0008—Coupling device between containers
  • B65D2590/0016—Lashings means

Definitions

• the invention relates to a coupling piece for connecting containers according to the preamble of claims 1, 6, 9 and 13 respectively.
• Coupling pieces of the type mentioned here are used to connect containers on board ships.
• a special feature occurs when connecting 20 'containers that are stowed in a space for 40' containers.
• two 20 'containers are jammed in succession, that is to say with end faces facing one another, on a parking space of 40' containers.
• the outer dimensions of the two consecutive 20 'containers must correspond to those of a 40' container.
• the result is that two consecutive 20 'containers remain only a very narrow gap between the facing end faces. This requires a special peculiarity of the connection of the stacked 20 'containers or specially designed coupling pieces.
• the invention is therefore based on the object of creating coupling pieces for, in particular, the application area described at the outset previously known coupling pieces of this type are easier to handle and have an improved function.
• a coupling piece for solving this problem has the features of claim 1.
• the fact that the abutment protrudes relative to the end faces of the containers ensures that the joint between facing end faces of the 20 'containers consecutively placed on the parking space of a 40' container is always so large that the coupling piece on the side In the direction of the joint between the end faces of the 20 'containers, there is space for the actuating means protruding in this joint. Furthermore, it is ensured that after connecting the lower corner fittings of the uppermost container, the upper corner fittings of the same have such a distance that further containers can be placed thereon and their actuating means can still find sufficient space in the joint.
• the abutment is preferably designed such that it protrudes from the end faces of the containers to be connected by about half the width of the joint between mutually facing end faces of adjacent containers.
• the above abutments of the opposite coupling pieces then bridge approximately the entire joint between the adjacent end faces of the containers.
• This gap is usually about 76 mm or 3 inches.
• the containers are not only kept at a distance by the abutments protruding into the joint; rather, they are supported so that they do not twist or do not twist appreciably in the sea.
• the part of the abutment protruding into the joint opposite the end faces of the containers is beveled towards its free end, and preferably in such a way that when a container is lowered onto the container below, a protruding part of the abutment already located between two adjacent containers slides other coupling piece and thereby the usual width of the joint between these containers is made from the protruding parts of the abutment of the coupling pieces on the mutually facing end faces of adjacent containers, with mutually facing projecting transverse edges on the abutments of the coupling pieces being mutually supported between successive containers.
• Another coupling piece for solving the above object has the features of claim 6.
• the or each recess makes it possible, despite the partial collision of the mutually directed transverse edges of the projecting parts of the abutments, to accommodate the parts of the actuating means which protrude from the coupling pieces in the joint between two adjacent containers.
• the respective franking is preferably arranged eccentrically in the region of the abutment projecting opposite the end faces of the containers. This makes it possible to accommodate the parts of the actuating means protruding from the housing of the two coupling pieces which are supported in the region of the joint between mutually facing end faces and two 20 'containers lying side by side in the joint, as a result of which the risk of a collision of the actuating means of adjacent coupling pieces is eliminated.
• Another coupling piece for solving the above-mentioned object has the features of claim 9.
• a 1 ijnsverschiebl I stored in a coupling projection of the coupling piece locking slide is movable transversely to the longitudinal axis, the locking slide in its Locking position can be moved to the side while maintaining the same. This makes it possible to hang a hooking fitting of a lashing rod or the like through a side elongated hole in the corner fitting, by the coupling projection with the locking slide, past the locking slide.
• Another coupling piece for solving the above-mentioned object has the features of claim 13.
• the means used to move the coupling piece relative to at least one corner fitting of a container ensures that the coupling piece is moved immediately after locking under the corner fitting of an upper container to the associated front side of the container, as a result of which the coupling piece comes into a position relative to the relevant corner fitting , which ensures a reliable, automatic connection of the coupling piece to an underlying container.
• moving the coupling piece in the lower corner fitting ensures that, in the case of coupling pieces with an actuating means, this lies laterally next to the corner fitting and cannot fall between the containers to be connected when the upper container with the attached coupling piece is lowered onto the lower container.
• the agent is preferably supported in a corner fitting of the container to which it is to be moved.
• the means serves to prevent the coupling piece from moving out of the lower corner fitting of an upper container, because the means which engages at least partially in the lower corner fitting prevents the coupling piece from being unscrewed from the pre-locked position under the lower corner fitting of the upper container.
• the means is preferably designed as a pivotable pawl, the pivot axis of which is horizontal and transverse to the direction in which the pawl the coupling piece opposite the corner fitting of the
• Containers moves (direction of movement), runs.
• the pawl can be pivoted in a vertical plane which runs longitudinally to the direction of displacement of the coupling piece. Due to the pivotable mounting of the pawl in a vertical plane along the direction of displacement of the coupling piece, it is possible for the pawl to automatically enter the elongated hole of the corner fitting after the coupling piece has been locked under the lower corner fitting of an upper container. An actuation of the pawl to trigger the pivoting movement of the same is therefore not necessary.
• the coupling piece is moved beneath it. By engaging at least part of the pawl in the elongated hole of the corner fitting, it is simultaneously prevented that the coupling piece under the corner fitting twists so far that it can fall out of it.
• 1 is an illustration of the arrangement of two coupling pieces between four 20 'containers
• FIG. 2 shows an enlarged detail from FIG. 1 in the region of four adjacent corners of the 20 ′
• FIG. 3 is a plan view of the representation of FIG. 2 with indicated corner fittings
• 4 is a view of a vertical parting plane between two housing halves of a housing of the coupling piece
• 5 is a side view of the coupling piece between two containers stacked one above the other with a hooking fitting of a lashing rod suspended in a lower corner fitting
• FIG. 6 is a view of FIG. 5 on the end faces of the corner fittings, partially shown, of containers stacked one above the other,
• FIG. 7 shows a section through a lower coupling projection of the coupling piece according to FIG. 5,
• Fig. 8 is a view of the partially pre-locked under the lower corner fitting of an upper container.
• the coupling piece 10 shown in the figures is suitable, inter alia, for connecting 20 'containers to storage spaces of 40' containers.
• two 20 '-Contai ner 11 shown in dash-dot-1 lines in part in a part of the figures are arranged one behind the other, so that between two mutually facing end faces 12 of two 20' containers 11 a narrow joint 13 is formed, which is usually about 76 mm or 3 inches.
• Stacked 20 'containers 11 are connected to each other at their corner fittings 14, 15, between an upper corner fitting 14 of a lower container 11 and a lower corner fitting 15 of an upper container 11. With the same coupling pieces 10 are on both sides of the Joint 13 lying corner fittings 14 and 15 on mutually facing end faces 12 of the container 11 and the outer end faces, not shown in the figures, of the 20 'contacts 11 are connected to one another.
• the coupling piece 10 has a two-part housing 16.
• the housing 16 is divided in the middle by a vertical parting plane 17 running through two symmetrically designed housing halves, in a plane which is directed perpendicular to the respective end face 12 of the container 11.
• the housing halves are connected to one another to form the housing 16 by screws 18.
• the housing 16 has an abutment 19 which extends in a horizontal plane and which lies between the two 20 ′ containers 11 lying one above the other, to be precise between corner fittings 14 and 15.
• the abutment 19 extends to a coupling projection 20 at the top and a coupling projection 21 at the bottom.
• the upper coupling projection 20 has an approximately square middle part 22 which extends through the lower elongated hole 23 of the lower corner fitting 15 of the upper 20 'container 11.
• the square middle part is dimensioned somewhat smaller than the width of the elongated hole 23.
• the coupling piece 10 is longitudinally displaceable in the elongated hole 23, specifically towards the end face 12 of the respective 20 ′ container 11 or away from the end face 12.
• the upper coupling projection 20 has a cross bar 24 which is integrally connected to it and which projects outwards on opposite sides of the middle part 22 transversely to the parting plane 17.
• the portions of the cross bar 24 projecting outside the central part 22 engage behind the parallel longitudinal sides of the elongated hole 23 in regions, namely from the inside of the corner fitting 15.
• the lower coupling projection 21 has a central part, which has an upper slot 26 in the upper corner fitting 14 of the lower 20 'container 11 fills.
• the central part 25 is extended by a projection 27 which is approximately the width of the
• Middle part 25 and thus corresponds to the elongated hole 26.
• the projection 27 tapers towards the free end of the lower coupling projection 21.
• an elongated locking slide 28 is slidably mounted in the lower coupling projection 21 in the lower coupling projection 21 in the lower coupling projection 21 .
• a vertical central plane of the locking slide 28 lies on the vertical parting plane 17 between the two housing halves of the housing 16.
• a longitudinal central axis of the locking slide 28 runs slightly inclined relative to the horizontal, in such a way that one from the lower coupling projection 21 to form a locking projection 30 retractable end of the locking slide 28 is slightly inclined downward, that is, when the locking slide 28 moves out of the lower coupling projection 21, the locking projection 30 moves away from the underside of the abutment 19.
• a protruding stop 31 located inside the lower coupling projection 21 is arranged on the underside of the locking slide 28 .
• the stop 31 is located in an elongated groove 32 on the underside of a clearance 33 for receiving the locking slide 28 in the lower coupling projection 21.
• the groove 32 is dimensioned such that it limits the displacement of the locking slide 28 in the lower coupling projection 21, in such a way that that on the one hand the locking slide 28 can be moved out of the lower coupling projection 21 to such an extent that the locking projection 30 protrudes sufficiently from the lower coupling projection 21, while on the other hand in the fully retracted state of the locking slide 28 the locking projection 30 is almost completely within the lower coupling projection 21 is located.
• the locking slide 28 On a rear side 34 facing away from the locking projection 30 is the locking slide 28 with a blind bore 35 Mistake. Another blind bore 36 is arranged, starting from a rear side 37 of the clearance 33, in the lower coupling projection 21. Opposing ends of a compression spring 38 are supported in the blind bores 35, 36 between the lower coupling projection 21 and the locking slide 28. By means of the compression spring 38, the locking slide 28 is pressed into its locking position with a locking projection 30 pointing at the most out of the lower coupling projection 21.
• a double arm 40 lever 40 is arranged in the free space 39.
• An axis of rotation 41 extends through the center of the lever 40 and extends perpendicular to the parting plane 17 and thus extends transversely through the free space 39.
• the lever 40 can be pivoted about the axis of rotation 41 in the opposite direction.
• a downward-pointing lever arm 42 of the lever 40 projects into a corresponding recess 43 in the locking slide 28.
• An opposite lever arm 44 of the lever 40 is connected to an actuating means, which in the exemplary embodiment shown is a rope 45.
• the cable 45 is led out of a transverse wall 46 of the abutment 19, which extends horizontally and runs through the center through the parting plane 17 and the abutment 19, from a transverse wall 46 facing the end faces 12 of the 20 ′ container 11.
• the cable 45 for forming the actuating means protrudes laterally with an actuating end 47 out of the transverse wall 46 of the abutment 19.
• a free section of the actuating end 47 is delimited by a handle, namely a knob 48.
• the locking slide 28 is movably mounted in the clearance 33 of the lower coupling projection 21 transversely to its longitudinal central axis 29.
• This mobility of the locking slide 28 in the clearance 33 of the lower coupling projection 21 is due to the fact that the clearance 33 is significantly wider than the locking slide 28 (FIG. 7).
• the locking slide 28 can be tilted in the clearance 33, as a result of which the locking projection 30 protruding from the lower coupling projection 21 can be moved back and forth laterally outside the coupling projection 21, specifically transversely to its movement path in the lower coupling projection 21.
• This lateral mobility of the from the Coupling projection protruding locking projection 30 is dimensioned such that a hooking fitting 49 of a lashing rod 50 can be guided through an upright elongated hole 51 of the upper corner fitting 14 of the lower 20 'container 11 pointing towards the end face 12 of the 20' container 11 and with a contact surface 52 for contact an edge region of the elongated hole 11 can be brought inside the corner fitting 14 (FIGS. 6 and 7).
• a lateral mobility of the locking projection 30 of about 10 mm is sufficient for this.
• the abutment 19 is designed in a special way. It is extended towards the actuating end 47 of the cable 45, and in this way far that it protrudes from the end faces 12 of the 20 'container 11 to be connected (over another) (Fig. 1 to 3).
• the abutment 19 protrudes relative to the end faces 12 of the 20 '-Contai ner 11 or the upright walls facing the end faces 12 of the corner fittings 14, 15 in the joint 13 between adjacent 20' -Contai ner 11 so far that the transverse wall 46 of each abutment 19 protrudes from the end face 12 or the corner fittings 14, 15 by half the width of the usual joint 13 between the 20 'containers 11, that is to say about 38 mm or 1.5 inches.
• each abutment 19 extends to the middle of the joint 13.
• Opposing sides of the transverse walls 46 of the opposing end faces 12 of the container 11 abutments 19 projecting are chamfered, namely provided with a sliding surface 53.
• the sliding surfaces 53 ensure that when the second 20 'container 11 is placed on the underlying container 11, the protruding areas of the abutments 19 slide past one another when the distance between the end faces 12 of the 20' container 11 which are directed towards one another is smaller than the usual width of the Groove 13 is.
• the upper 20 'containers 11 to be placed on the lower 20' containers 11 are thus guided by the abutments 19 projecting into the joint 13 in such a way that the joint 13 with the corresponding width inevitably results.
• the abutment 19 has a recess 54 which extends at least in the area protruding from the corner fittings 14 and 15 (protruding into the joint 13).
• the recess 54 is located on one side next to the vertical longitudinal center axis of the coupling piece, through which the parting plane 17 of the two housing halves of the housing 16 runs (FIG. 3).
• the recess 54 also extends into an area of the exit of the rope 45 from the transverse wall 46 of the abutment 19.
• This exit of the rope 45 from the abutment 19 is also eccentric with respect to the parting plane 17, namely is on the essential part the recess 54 opposite side of the parting plane 17.
• a guide bore 55 of the cable 45 (in plan view of the coupling piece 10) in the end region 56 opening out from the transverse wall 46 is provided with an arcuate course (FIG. 3).
• Abutment 19 in connection with the curved end portion 56 of the guide bore 55 is achieved in the region of the joint
• Each coupling piece 10 is further assigned a means for moving the coupling piece 10 relative to in particular the lower corner fitting 15 of an upper 20 '-Contai ners 11 in the direction of the joint 13 or the joint 13 facing the end face 12 of the 20' -Contai ners 11 serves.
• This means also serves to prevent rotation of the coupling piece 10 under the corner fitting 15 and thus as a fall-out 1 securing the coupling piece 10 pre-locked under the lower corner fitting 15 of a 20 'container 11.
• the means thus has a double function.
• the means is designed as a pivotable pawl 57.
• the pawl 57 is pivotable in a vertical plane, and preferably the parting plane 17.
• the pawl 57 is rotatably mounted on a horizontal pivot axis 58 which extends across the parting plane 17 of the housing 16.
• a helical spring 59 is arranged on the pivot axis 58 and has one end 60 in the housing 16 and the opposite end
• the coil spring 59 is the
• Pawl 57 assigned such that it pivots the pawl 57 counterclockwise with respect to the representation of the coupling piece 10 in FIG. 4.
• the pawl 57 is designed such that it is approximately flush with an upper side 63 of the abutment 19 or is slightly below the upper side 63 when the coil spring 59 is biased with an upper longitudinal side 62.
• a pawl end 64 of the pawl 57 points in the direction of the knob 48 of the actuating means of the coupling piece 10.
• the pawl 57 is from the coil spring 59 pivoted upward, the pawl end 64 protrudes relative to the upper side 63 of the abutment 19 (FIG. 9).
• the pawl 57 lies with its long side 62 under a bottom wall 65 of the corner fitting 15 surrounding the elongated hole 23.
• the pawl 57 is in register with the top 63 of the abutment 19 (Fig. 8).
• the pawl 57 is pivoted by the prestressed coil spring 59 (counterclockwise with respect to FIG. 8).
• the pawl end 64 automatically comes out of registration with the top 63 of the abutment 19 and is supported on the inside of the elongated hole 26 in the corner fitting 15.
• the pawl 57 now moves during its further pivoting the coupling piece 10 under the corner fitting 15 in the direction of the end face 12 of the 20 '-Contai ners 11, to the extent that the central part 22 of the upper coupling projection 20 is approximately in front of the front 12th pointing end of the elongated hole 23 is located (Fig. 9).
• the projecting part of the abutment 19 is located in front of the end face 12 of the 20 'container 11. This also applies to the actuating end 47 with the knob 48 of the actuating means.
• the pawl end 64 of the pawl 57 entering the slot 23 when the coupling piece 10 moves under the corner fitting 15 ensures that the coupling piece 10 cannot rotate under the corner fitting 15 to such an extent that the projections of the cross bar 24 on the upper coupling projection 20 except Get engaged with the corner fitting 15 and the coupling piece 10 could fall off the lower corner fitting 15 of the upper container before the upper container 11 is placed on the lower container 11.
• the coupling piece 10 is released from the lower corner fitting 14 of the upper container 11 by at least being pushed away from the end face 12.
• the pawl end 64 is automatically pivoted out of the elongated hole 23 and held under the bottom wall 65 of the corner fitting 15 in the pivoted-back position. Only the coupling piece 10 under the upper container 11 can be rotated through 90 ° (about a vertical axis), as a result of which the cross bar 24 of the upper coupling projection 20 disengages from the corner fitting 15 and the coupling piece 10 can be pulled down out of the corner fitting 15 .

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