KR101983431B1

KR101983431B1 - Coupling means

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Publication number: KR101983431B1
Application number: KR1020157013521A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 마그너스 알스트롬; 요한 베리만
Original assignee: 맥그레고르 (에프아이엔) 오와이
Priority date: 2013-01-18
Filing date: 2013-01-18
Publication date: 2019-05-28
Also published as: CN104220329A; DK179088B1; DK201500419A1; TWI605977B; EP2945852B1; CN104220329B; DE13872225T1; JP6095185B2; DE112013000001T5; JP2016508929A; WO2014111619A1; TW201502005A; KR20150110469A; EP2945852A4; EP2945852A1

Abstract

More particularly, in a coupling means used to bind and support containers and containers carried by a cargo ship, said coupling means comprise a locking head (1) and a lashing bar (2) connected thereto, And a joint arrangement for enabling the movement of the lashing bar with respect to the locking head being directed towards the corner casting part and deviating from the corner casting part is provided in the corner casting part (7, 8, 9, 10) There is a joint arrangement between the lock head 1 and the lashing bar 2. When the lock head (1) is fitted into the corner casting part (7) of the container, at least one part of the joint arrangement has a horizontal plane (L) moving through the center of curvature of the lower edge of the lock hole of the corner cast part, Above.

Description

[0001] COUPLING MEANS [0002]

It is an object of the present invention to a coupling means used to bind and support containers and more particularly to containers transported by a cargo ship, A locking bar and a locking head, wherein the locking head includes a locking means for engaging the corner casting of a container, and There is a joint arrangement between the locking head and the lashing bar and the lashing bar can be moved relative to the locking head leading to the corner casting and deviating from the corner casting.

Containers should be fixed during transport so that excessive shifting, inclining or even toppling of the containers is prevented at sea. The containers may be fixed at their ends, e.g., at the corners of the container, with one of their ends (locking heads) fixed and lashing bridges or alternatively to the deck of the ship or other support structure at their ends And a coupling means fixed to the other part of the lashing bridge (turnbuckle). The coupling means thus comprises a lock bar, hinged to the turnbuckle, the lashing bar and the lashing bar. In general, two or four coupling means are fixed to the ends of the container. The lock is tightened by tightening the turnbuckle. Similar fixations are generally also at opposite ends of the container.

Many solutions for this purpose are known in the art. For example, in German Published specification DE 35 25 322 in which two fixed locking heads are fixed to the lashing bar.

Known from German Offenlegungsschrift DE3501109 is a lashing rod, whose both ends include a locking head.

Prior art solutions have drawbacks. For example, when the lashing bar is positioned crosswise to secure the containers, a longitudinal adjustment margin is achieved with an extended hole of the hinge point in the locking head , So the second part of the lashing bar is farther away from the container, and despite this situation the lashing bar may still collide with each other. In addition, this sets limits with respect to the alignment of the lashing bars.

The aim of the coupling means according to the invention is to improve the solutions known in the prior art by, inter alia, facilitating the mounting. Characterized in that at least a part of the joint arrangement is on a horizontal plane which moves through the center of curvature of the lower edge of the locking hole of the corner casting when the locking head is fitted in the corner casting of the container. It is realized by the invention.

In addition, the coupling means according to the invention are also characterized in that they are mentioned in dependent claims 2 to 6.

The solution according to the present invention has some significant advantages in terms of the prior art. The distance of the lashing bar from the container can be adjusted appropriately and thereby the mutual collision of the lashing bars can be prevented. The invention thus allows the lashing bar to proceed more horizontally than before.

In comparison with the prior art solution, in the solution according to the invention, the distance from the upper end of the lashing bar to the container corner from which the lashing bar is connected is kept optimal and, unlike the prior art model with a long hole, The centerline of the pin is located below the centerline of the lock hole at the corner of the container.

The prior art also has a limitation of transversal gaps between 38 mm containers when performing external double crossing of the lashing. The present invention allows for external lashing with a 25 mm lateral gap between the containers.

The solution according to the invention is also very easy to use and simple in construction.

In the following, the invention will be described in more detail with the aid of some embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Figures 1a and 1b show some prior art solutions for the coupling means.
Figures 2a and 2b show the lashing bar and locking head of the coupling means according to the invention in different positions.
Figure 3 shows the use of the solution according to the invention for binding and supporting containers.
Fig. 4 shows a cross section of the lashing bar and lock head according to the present invention, which is fixed to the lock hole of the corner cast part of the container.
FIG. 5 is a three-dimensional representation as shown in FIG.

Figure 1a shows a perspective view of the prior art solution and shows that the longitudinal adjustment margin can be adjusted by means of an extended hole of the hinge point in the locking head so that it is possible to adjust some of the lashing bars, .

Figure 1b shows one of the lashing bar and coupling parts seen from the side of Figure 1a. It can be seen in figure 1b that the holes in the locking head are fixed so that the lashing bar can move in the hole.

Figures 2a and 2b show a locking head 1 according to the invention connected to a lashing bar 2. The locking head 1 has an extended hole 3 through which the shaft 4 is disposed at the end of the lashing bar 2. [ In this embodiment, the slot is slightly curved. The purpose of the slot 3 is thus to allow the movement of the lashing bar 2 relative to the locking head 1 being directed towards the corner casting of the container and deviating from the container corner casting. This arrangement is best illustrated in Figures 4 and 5. The locking head 1 also includes a locking means 5 intended to be fitted into the locking hole in the corner casting portion of the container (Figures 7 to 10 in Figure 3). A support surface 6 of the locking means 5 assists in this locking.

Figure 3 illustrates the principle for securing the ends of a container to, for example, a lashing bridge or deck of a ship or some other supporting structure. The containers themselves are not shown in Fig. 3, but instead only their corner castings 7,8,9,10 are shown. Therefore, there are four containers, and each of the corner cast parts shown in FIG. 3 belongs to another container. The corner castings 7,8 are adjacent corner castings of the two upper containers and the corner castings 9,10 are adjacent corner castings of the corresponding two containers below them. As is known in the pertinent art, each corner casting has a locking hole for the locking head 1. The lashing bar 2 is only partially shown. They are connected to the turnbuckle in a manner known in the relevant art with the aid of a firmer fixing. Thus, the turnbuckle is attached to, for example, a lashing bridge or a deck of a ship or some other support structure.

In the prior art of Fig. 1A, the lashing bars are arranged so that they are pulled to draw a " crisscross ", that is to say a lashing bar 2 fixed to the upper right corner casting, The lashing bar is fixed to the upper left corner corner.

Fig. 4 shows a cross-section showing fixing of the locking head 1 to the corner casting part (for example, reference numeral 7) of the container. The fastening itself is embodied in a manner known in the art when fitting the locking means (5) inside the corner casting (7).

4 that the slot 3 is above the horizontal plane L when the lock head 1 is connected to the corner casting 7 of the container. The horizontal plane L is at the height of the center of curvature of the lower edge of the lock hole in the corner casting. The lower edge of the locking hole is curved, although not all shown in the figures, as is known in the art. When the slot 3 and the axis 4 of the lashing bar 2 are on this plane, the adjustment margin of the lashing bar can be used better than previously used. The longer the distance from the intersection of the lashing bars to the coupling means and the hinge point of the lashing bar, the better the lashing bars can be adjusted themselves without interfering with each other.

Instead of the embodiment shown in the figures, the joint arrangement between the lashing bar and the locking head may also be of a different type. For example, a loop or an eye is a loop (closed or partially open) through which the locking head is guided through at the end of the lashing bar. In this case, the bar is arranged to move a certain distance in the longitudinal direction of the coupling means. Also in this case, the hinging points of the lashing bar and the locking head are located at least partially above the horizontal plane L.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that other embodiments of the invention are not limited to the examples described above, but it is obvious that they can be modified within the scope of the claims set out below.

The characteristic features shown in the detailed description together with other characteristic features can be used separately if necessary.

1: Lock head
2: Lashing Bar
3: Slot
4: Axis
5: Locking means
6: Support surface
7, 8, 9, 10: Corner main part
L: horizontal plane

Claims

Containers transported by cargo ships, coupling means used to bind and support containers,
Wherein the coupling means comprises a locking head (1) and a lashing bar (2) connected thereto, the locking head comprising locking means for locking and locking in the corner casting portions (7, 8, 9, 10) And
A joint arrangement is provided between the lock head 1 and the lashing bar 2 to enable movement of the lashing bar with respect to the locking head being directed to the corner casting and deviating from the corner casting,
The joint arrangement is formed from an extended slot (3) in the lock head (1) and an axle (4) of the lashing bar mounted to move in the extended slot,
When the lock head 1 is fitted into the corner casting portions 7, 8, 9 and 10 of the container, the joint arrangement is positioned above the horizontal plane L moving through the center of curvature of the lower edge of the lock hole of the corner cast portion The coupling means being located entirely within the coupling means.

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The method according to claim 1,
Characterized in that the slot (3) is curved.

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The method according to claim 1 or 3,
Characterized in that a concave portion is formed in the extended slot (3) of the locking head (1) to facilitate positioning the shaft in the final position of the extended slot.

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