Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
  • B66C—CRANES; LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS, WINCHES, OR TACKLES
  • B66C1/00—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles
  • B66C1/10—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles by mechanical means
  • B66C1/12—Slings comprising chains, wires, ropes, or bands; Nets
  • B66C1/16—Slings with load-engaging platforms or frameworks
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
  • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
  • Y10T403/00—Joints and connections
  • Y10T403/70—Interfitted members

Definitions

• container ships capable of carrying standard containers stacked on top of each other on the ship.
• This mode of transport in particular makes it possible to significantly reduce costs: containers having standardized dimensions, they can be placed one above the other so as to form a compact assembly.
• These standardized containers which are parallelepipedic comprise at each of their upper apices a hooking base, which allows them to maneuver on a loading terminal with standardized lifting and handling means.
• hoisting means comprise a movable ceiling lamp equipped with four fasteners each engaging in a corresponding attachment base of the container for gripping and handling.
• such a container also comprises at each vertex of its lower face a hooking base that can be secured to a fastening base of an upper face of a container on which it is placed.
• the securing of a base to another is provided by means of a removable lock.
• FIRE I LLE OF REM PLACEM ENT (RULE 26) it is possible to secure this merchandise to a platform to load this platform on the ship by placing it on a container to which it is then attached.
• such a platform has a rectangular shape of the same dimensions as a container in top view, and it is equipped at the tops of its upper face and its underside of fastening bases of the same type as those fitted to the containers. .
• Such a platform can thus be handled as a container, that is to say by using lifting and handling means of the same type as those used for containers.
• such a platform allows to transport on a container ship goods that are too wide, too long or too high to fit in a container.
• the object of the invention is to provide a solution that makes it possible to remedy this drawback.
• the subject of the invention is a method of loading merchandise onto a container-carrying vessel comprising the steps of:
• - Provide a rectangular platform of the type comprising at each of its vertices a fastening base for securing with a container of the same dimensions on which this platform is intended to be installed;
• a ceiling lamp of lifting and container handling equipment placing on top of the assembly constituted by the support and the goods which it carries, a ceiling lamp of lifting and container handling equipment, this ceiling lamp comprising four attachment members, and being positioned so that each body of hooking is in line with a base of the platform;
• the invention also relates to a method as defined above in which the slings are fixed to the ceiling lamp by means of fasteners of the ceiling lamp.
• the invention also relates to a method as defined above in which the beams are fixed on the upper face of the platform, more precisely to the upper faces of two consecutive bases of the platform.
• a beam is fixed to the front end of the platform and a beam is fixed to the rear end of the platform, each beam being oriented transversely to the platform.
• the subject of the invention is also a beam comprising a longitudinal body comprising two ends, an upper wall and a lower wall, characterized in that the beam comprises at least two bases on the upper wall and at least two locking members on the lower face. , and at least at each end, a lifting ring and a protection plate, perpendicular to the body of the beam.
• the beam may further comprise two bases separated from each other along the beam by a distance corresponding to the length separating two bases of the platform which are located at each end of a small side of the platform.
• the invention also relates to a beam as described above having at each of its ends at least one lifting ring.
• the beam may comprise at each of its ends a plate oriented in a direction in a direction normal to the beam, each plate having dimensions greater than the beam section so that the beam rests on the slices of these plates when is in support on the ground.
• Figure 1 is an overview of a platform
• Figure 2 is a front view of a beam according to the invention.
• Figure 3 is a top view of the beam according to the invention.
• Figure 4 is an overall perspective view of the platform equipped with two beams according to the invention.
• FIG. 5 is an overview of a loading operation according to the invention.
• Figure 6 is a side view showing an intermediate stage of the process according to the invention.
• Figure 7 is a perspective view showing an intermediate stage of the method according to the invention.
• the idea underlying the invention is to use a standardized platform, fixing two transverse beams at its front end and at its rear end. These beams extend beyond the side edges of the platform, and the ends of these beams receive slings to secure the assembly to the lifting means and handling containers.
• Such a platform which is shown in Figure 1 by being identified by 1 comprises a rectangular frame 2 made of steel surrounding a central parallelepipedal core 3 which may be wood.
• This platform has dimensions corresponding to those of a standardized container, so as to be attached to the upper face of such a container.
• the frame 2 is formed of two longitudinal members 4 and 5, and two crosspieces 6 and 7 in the form of U-section profiles which are welded to each other so as to surround the periphery of the core 3. Each vertex of this
• SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) frame incorporates a hooking base, these four bases being identified by 8a to 8d.
• Each base 8a-8d essentially comprises a first oblong opening oriented in the longitudinal direction X of the platform 1 and opening into an upper face 9 of this platform, and a second oblong opening oriented in the longitudinal direction X and opening into a lower face 10 .
• the platform 1 is arranged to be secured to a container by its underside 10 using four removable locks of the type described in patent document O200509515. Each removable lock is then interposed between a base of the upper face of the container and a corresponding base of the platform 1 to secure them to one another.
• Such a beam which is represented in FIGS. 2 and 3 by being identified by 11, is here formed from an I-beam. It comprises a longitudinal body 12 comprising two ends, an upper wall 13 comprising two bases 14a and 14b and a bottom wall 17 having two locking members 15a and 15b.
• This beam 11 has two lifting rings 18a and 18b at each of its ends on the upper wall 13, and two other lifting rings 25a and 25b at each of its ends on the bottom wall 17, as well as protection plates 16a and 16b, square, perpendicular to the beam body and constituting the termination of each end.
• the beam 11 has on its bottom wall 17
• FIRE I LLE OF REM PLACEM ENT (RULE 26) two locking members 15a and 15b separated from each other along this beam by a distance corresponding to the distance separating two consecutive attachment bases of the same small platform side, such as the bases 8a and 8b, or the bases 8c and 8d.
• Each locking member 15a, 15b comprises a parallelepiped sole 19a, 19b fixed to the bottom wall 17 of the beam 11, and provided with a rotating olive protruding from this sole, these olives being marked by 20a and 20b, respectively.
• Each olive 20a, 20b has a shape allowing its engagement in a corresponding opening of a base 8a-8d of the platform 1, and is pivotable about an axis normal to the face of the sole of which it exceeds.
• each locking member 15a, 15b further comprises an operating lever or the like, not shown, for rotating the rotary olive in the sole between an unlocked position and a locked position.
• each olive 20a, 20b extends perpendicular to the beam body, and in the locked position each olive 20a, 20b extends parallel to the beam body, as in Figure 2.
• This beam 11 further comprises two bases 14a,
• Each base 14a, 14b comprises a metal cube welded to the beam 11, this cube comprising at its upper wall an oblong opening compatible with the removable locks, that is to say capable of receiving an olive.
• This beam is symmetrical with respect to a plane
• FIRE I LLE OF REM PLACEM ENT located between its ends and extending 1 s t ansversalement with respect to the general direction of the beam body.
• the bases 14a and 14b are arranged symmetrically with respect to the median plane. The same is true of the locking members 15a and 15b.
• the locking members 15a, 15b of the beam 11 enable direct attachment to two consecutive bases of a small side of a platform, such as the bases 8a and 8b. This operation is ensured by first placing the olives 20a, 20b of the two latching members of the beam in the unlocked position, by means of the not shown operating levers.
• the beam 11 is then gripped with a hoist, and it is placed in line with the short side 6 of the platform 1, so that the olives 20a, 20b are located at the right of the corresponding bases 8a and 8b.
• the hoist is then driven to lower the beam 11 on the platform 1 until it rests on it, the olives 20a, 20b then engaging in the openings 8a and 8b.
• the levers or actuators of the two attachment members 15a, 15b are then maneuvered to place them in the locked position in order to completely fix the beam 11 to the platform 1.
• a second beam, marked 11 'and identical to the beam 11, is then attached to the small opposite side 7 of the platform 1, that is to say at its rear end, to form a support assembly marked by 30,
• This assembly comprises the platform 1 equipped with the beam 11 fixed to the upper face of its front end 6, and the beam 11 ', identical, but which is fixed to the upper face of the rear end 7 of this platform 1.
• FIRE I LLE OF REM PLACEM ENT (RULE 26) beams 11 and 11 'extend perpendicular to the longitudinal direction X of the platform 1, their respective ends being located laterally beyond this platform 1, the locking members of each beam 11, 11' being locked in the corresponding bases of the platform 1.
• Figures 5 to 7 illustrate the use of the support 30 for handling a commodity 21 having a length and width greater than the length and width of the platform.
• This commodity which is installed on the platform by means of bases 22 can be for example a pleasure boat as in Figures 5 and 6, or a tank or a cylinder as in the example of Figure 7.
• a ceiling 23 of a container lifting and handling device is then positioned above the support 30 on which the goods 21 is installed, in line with the platform 1.
• This ceiling 23 constitutes a container gripping member, and it comprises for this purpose four attachment members, referenced 26a to 26d, arranged in the same arrangement as the attachment bases of a container or a platform.
• the fasteners of the ceiling lamp 23 are located at each vertex of a rectangle, so as to engage in the corresponding bases of a container or platform top face.
• each sling is fixed by a first end to one of the four rings 18a, 18b located at the ends of each beam 11, 11 'and at its other end to a fastening member of the ceiling lamp 23.
• the slings may have their upper end hooked directly to a shackle
• SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) ceiling lamp 23, or via an additional element.
• Each upper end of the sling may also be fixed to the ceiling lamp 23 by means of a shackle engaged in a ring of the ceiling lamp 23 situated in the vicinity of the fastening member, such a ring being able to be shifted for example by about ten centimeters or more in relation to the fastening member.
• the beams 11 and 11 have lengths greater than the width of the platform and the goods transported, so that the slings 24a-24d, once hooked, do not interfere with the goods 21.
• the beam 11, the slings 24a and 14b and the ceiling lamp 23 respectively form the base, the sides and the top of a trapezium in front view according to FIG.
• the assembly is then raised by raising the ceiling 23 and deposited on a container used as a base and previously disposed in the container vessel.
• the support 30 is fixed on the base container using removable locks previously arranged on the attachment bases of the upper face of the base container.
• the slings 24a-24d are then detached from the rings 18a-18b and brought back to the ground for another use.
• the assembly is suspended from the ceiling 23 by means of slings.
• Sling means any means for suspending the assembly ceiling 23 as for example, ropes, straps, chains or cables.
• the assembly consisting of the support 30 and the goods 21 is prepared on a so-called potting area located at a distance from the container ship.
• This assembly is transferred to the loading area equipped with the lifting equipment and container handling, this transfer being for example
• each beam 11, 11 ' is fixed to the platform 1 directly by means of the attachment members equipping said beam.
• a removable lock typically comprises a parallelepipedal sole provided with two rotary olives at its opposite faces.
• the beam is then placed in line with the removable locks installed on the bases of the platform, so that the two bases of this beam are at the right of the two locks.
• the beam is then lowered on the locks so that the upper olives of these locks engage in the mounting bases of the beam.
• the removable locks are then actuated by an operator to enter the locked position, so as to completely secure the beam to the platform.
• the beam 11 also includes rings 25a and 25b on the bottom wall 17, identical to the lifting rings 18a and 18b of the upper wall 16, which allow the use of the beam 11 when returned.
• the beam is rotated 180 ° relative to its longitudinal axis so that the bases 14a and 14b face the ground.
• the beam 11 can then be fixed by the bases 14a and 14b on the upper face 9 of the platform 1 with removable locks.
• the clipping members 15a or 15b were to be damaged, the beam 11 could be used according to the method described
• the ends of the slings 24a-24d are fixed directly to the attachment members of the ceiling lamp 23, but they can also be fixed to the ceiling lamp 23 by means of complementary elements fixed to the fastening members of the ceiling lamp 23.
• protection plates 16a, 16b which constitute the terminations of each beam end, they protect the rings 18a, 18b, the bases 14a, 14b and the locking members 15a, 15b fitted to the beam, when this beam is deposited on the floor.
• these protective plates 16a, 16b have sufficient dimensions so that, the beam 11 being placed on the ground bearing on the edges of the protective plates 16a, 16b, the various elements equipping the beam are spaced apart from the ground.

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