Classifications

• • 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
  • B65D90/00—Component parts, details or accessories for large containers
  • B65D90/0006—Coupling devices between containers, e.g. ISO-containers

Definitions

• the invention relates to a stowage piece for securing the position of containers on board ships according to the preamble of claim 1. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for stowing containers on board ships according to the preamble of claim 12.
• Containers are secured on board ships in a variety of ways. Containers stowed below deck are secured in container stacks at outer corners by upright guidance, so-called stowage columns. In addition, stowage pieces are arranged between corner fittings facing one another and overlying containers.
• the storage columns are usually placed in such a way that they guide the outer corners of 40 'containers and thereby form so-called storage cells.
• storage cells In such stowage cells for 40 'containers, shorter 20' containers are also stowed. Then two consecutive 20 'containers each take the place of a 40' container.
• two 20 'containers In order to avoid displacements of the 20 'containers, in particular of their end faces directed towards one another, on storage spaces of 40' containers, two 20 'containers are coupled together to form a 40' container unit. This is done by stowage pieces with bridge plates, which bridge the space between the adjacent end face of the successive 20 'containers.
• auxiliaries are used, who have to work on the containers in the loading space in order to assign the stowage items to the top corner fittings of the already stowed containers. Leave new safety regulations this activity of auxiliary workers on the containers in the hold no longer increases.
• the object of the invention is to create a stowage piece and a method for stowing containers, with which the (international) safety regulations can be fulfilled in a simple manner.
• a stowage piece to solve this task provides stowage cones which are formed when 20 'containers in particular are connected to a 40' container unit for locking with lower corner fittings of upper containers. This makes it possible to provide the stowage items on the containers outside the ship and to place the stowage items with the containers on board on lower containers or corresponding foundations on the floor of the cargo hold. Dangerous work by auxiliary persons on the containers in the hold of ships can be avoided.
• the stowage piece it is provided to form a stowage cone from the two adjacent stowage cones on one side of a bridge plate connecting the 20 ′ containers, in particular on the upper side thereof, such that the stowage piece is under the relevant corner fitting of a container by relative movement of the whole
• the stowage piece can be locked, while the other stowage cone has a movable locking member on the same side of the bridge plate.
• only one of the two stowage cones needs to have moving parts.
• the locking member assigned to the cone in question is designed, for example, as a cross bar. This can be rotated by rotating the cone of congestion lying on another side of the bridge plate. This cone of congestion lying under the relevant upper cone of cone is rotated when it is turned into its locking position so that it in a position allowing insertion into the corner fitting of the lower container.
• a method for solving the above-mentioned object has the measures of claim 12. Accordingly, stowage items are locked under the lower corner fittings of the containers and then these containers are stowed with stowage items locked under their lower corner fittings below deck (in the cargo hold) of the ship, preferably on the underlying container or the cargo hold floor. This type of stowage no longer requires auxiliary personnel to place the stowage items in the loading space on the containers already stowed there. As a result, the method according to the invention fulfills the applicable safety regulations in an incredibly simple manner.
• the method is suitable for locking all the stowage pieces to be assigned to the corner fittings of the containers, namely single stowage pieces in the outer corners of the containers with a central abutment and two stowage cones on opposite sides of the abutment or only one stowage cone on the top of the abutment, and double stowage pieces for Coupling together two 20 'containers on their mutually facing end faces, each with two side-by-side stowage cones on each side of a central bridge plate, thus a total of four stowage cones or only two stowage cones on the top of the bridge plate.
• the method is particularly suitable for stowing two 20 'containers connected in the longitudinal direction, which are simultaneously hung on board a ship under a common transport frame (spreader) (so-called tandem lift).
• a common transport frame so-called tandem lift.
• the pier or one locked elsewhere on land with the two 20 'containers still hanging under the spreader under the lower corner fittings of these containers, namely individual stowage pieces on the outer corner fittings of the two 20' containers and double stowage pieces for connecting adjacent lower corner fittings in the longitudinal direction of the two 20 'container.
• the stowage pieces can be displaced under the lower corner fittings to be connected one behind the other by 20 'containers, preferably in opposite directions by, for example, 10 mm each.
• 20 'containers preferably in opposite directions by, for example, 10 mm each.
• the displaceability of the stowage piece under the lower corner fittings is achieved in that the stowage cones engaging in the elongated holes of the lower corner fittings have a play in the longitudinal direction of the elongated holes. This play is preferably about 10 mm on each side, for a total of 20 mm. This game is achieved in that either the entire stowage cones or only their centerpieces are shorter than the elongated holes, i.e.
• baffle pieces are preferably designed in such a way that they can be locked under the lower corner fittings of the 20 'containers if their mutually facing end faces are at a distance in the range from 66 mm to 86 mm.
• FIG. 3 shows the stowage piece of FIG. 2 when arranged between four corner fittings one above the other and 20 ′ containers stacked one behind the other in the longitudinal direction
• FIG. 4 shows the stowage piece of FIG. 3 in a view from below
• FIG. 5 shows a second exemplary embodiment of a stowage piece between four corner fittings of 20 'containers stacked above and below one another
• FIG. 6 shows a partial section through a lower cone of congestion in FIG. 5,
• FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the stowage piece of FIG. 8,
• FIG. 8 shows a third embodiment of a stowage piece between four corner fittings analogous to the representation of FIG. 3,
• FIG. 9 is a side view of the baffle in the locking position of FIG. 8,
• FIG. 10 shows the stowage piece of FIG. 9 in a state partially released from a lower corner fitting of an upper container
• 11 shows a fourth embodiment of a stowage piece under two facing corner fittings of 20 ′ containers stowed behind one another in the longitudinal direction
• FIG. 12 is a side view of the baffle of FIG. 11,
• FIG. 13 shows a fifth exemplary embodiment of a baffle piece between four corner fittings in a representation analogous to FIG. 3,
• FIG. 14 is a side view of the baffle of FIG. 13,
• FIG. 15 is a bottom view of the baffle of FIG. 13,
• FIG. 16 shows a sixth embodiment of a baffle in a view analogous to FIG. 3,
• Fig. 17 is a side view of the baffle of Fig. 16, and
• Fig. 18 is a bottom view of the baffle of Fig. 16.
• the baffles shown here serve to ensure the horizontal position of containers on board ships, particularly in the hold of ships.
• the baffle pieces simultaneously serve to connect two 20 'containers 20 arranged one behind the other in the longitudinal direction to form a 40' container unit.
• Upper outer corner fittings 21 and lower outer corner fittings 22 are spaced apart from one another which correspond to those of the corner fittings of a 40 'container.
• the upper corner fittings 21 and lower corner fittings 22 on the mutually facing end faces of the two 20 'containers 20 are at a slight distance from one another, so that between the upright, mutually facing side surfaces 23 both the upper corner fittings 21 and the lower corner Fittings 22 creates an intermediate space 39 which usually has a width of 78 mm.
• Fig. 1 shows the longitudinal arrangement of two 20 '-Contai ner 20, which are coupled together to form a 40' container.
• the two 20 'containers 20 hang, for example, under a spreader 24.
• the containers 20 are held under the corresponding coupling means 25 having a spreader 24, in which the coupling means 25 are arranged one behind the other in all eight corner fittings 21 of the two in the longitudinal direction ! intervene in the 20 'container.
• stowage pieces 26 for connecting the 20 ′ containers 20 to a 40 ′ container unit are locked under the lower corner fittings 22 of the mutually facing end faces of the two 20 ′ containers 20 before the 20 ′ containers are placed in the hold of the ship ,
• the stowage pieces 26 each connect two lower corner fittings 22 of adjacent containers (FIG. 1) by means of a flat, horizontal bridge plate 27.
• individual stowage pieces 28, which are assigned to only one corner fitting 22, are locked on the outer lower corner fittings 22.
• the stowage pieces 26 and 28 are locked at a point outside the ship where a person 29 can work safely, for example from a pier 30, under the lower corner fittings 22 of the 20 'container 20 (FIG. 1).
• the stowage cones 31, 32 and 35 are inserted unlocked into the upper corner fittings 21, so that there is no connection between the upper and lower containers in the vertical direction. Because of this, when the ship is unloaded, the 20 ′ containers 20 can be lifted off from the containers or receptacles underneath on the cargo hold floor with the stowage pieces 26 and 28 locked under the lower corner fittings 22 of the upper containers. Outside the ship, the stowage pieces 26 and 28 are unlocked by a person 29, so that they can be removed from the lower corner fittings 22 of the 20 ′ container 20.
• the coupled 20 'containers 20 are then lowered with the stowage cones 31 and 22 locked under their corner fittings 22 onto the 40' container in the corresponding container cell of the ship, the bridge plate 34 being centered on the 40th due to the lack of lower stowage cones on the stowage piece 33 'Container (where there are no corner fittings) can be placed.
• the abutments of the outer baffles rest on the upper corner fittings of the 40 'container. It is also conceivable to arrange baffles 28 with lower storage cones 32 under the outer corner fittings 22, which then engage from above in the outer corner fittings of the 40 'container, again without establishing a vertical connection to the lower 40' con - tainers.
• the procedure is analogous if a 40 'container is stowed on two 20' containers 20. Then under the lower corner moored 22 of the 40 'container 28 locks on land before the 40' container is placed on the two 20 'container 20 located in the cargo hold.
• the stowage piece 26 has the flat, horizontal bridge plate 27, which comes to lie between top corner fittings 21 and bottom corner fittings 22, stacked 20 'containers 20 and four stowage cones 31, 35, 36 and 37. All four stowage cones 31, 35, 36 and 37 are designed differently.
• the stowage cones 31 and 35 are fastened side by side on the underside of the bridge plate 27, preferably welded to them.
• the stowage cones 36 and 37 are connected to the top of the bridge plate 27, preferably again by welding.
• a spacer piece 38 is arranged approximately in the middle between the lower storage cones 31 and 35, which is connected to the underside of the bridge plate 27 and engages in the space 39 between two adjacent upper corner fittings 21 on mutually facing end faces of the 20 ′ container 20.
• the width of the spacer piece 38 corresponds approximately to the specified width of the space 39, so that the spacer piece 38 is supported between the mutually facing side surfaces 23 of adjacent corner fittings 21, that is to say is subjected to pressure in the horizontal direction.
• the upper storage cone 36 (shown on the left in FIGS. 2 and 3) has a preferably cylindrical central part 40 starting from the upper side of the bridge plate 27 and a cross bar part 1 41 connected in one piece with it Bridge plate 34 protruding retaining lugs 42 on opposite sides of the middle part 40. These engage behind opposite sides of the lower elongated hole 43 on the underside of the lower corner fitting 22 from the inside thereof.
• the cross bar 36 opposite cross bar 31 on the underside of the bridge plate 27 (left in Figures 2 and 3) is integrally formed and dimensioned such that it can be inserted through an upper slot 44 in an upper corner fitting 21 of the corresponding 20 'container 20 is.
• the free end of the cross bar 31 is conical for better insertion of the stowage cone 31 into the slot 44 of the upper corner fitting 21.
• the stowage cone 31 is not locked vertically on the corner fitting 21.
• the second storage cone 37 on the upper side of the bridge plate 27 is assigned to an end region of the bridge plate 27 opposite the storage cone 36.
• the storage cone 37 is formed in several parts. It has a central part 45 which is fixedly connected to the upper side of the bridge plate 27 and a rotatable cross bar 46 lying thereover.
• the central part 45 is designed such that it approximately fills the elongated hole 45 in the lower corner fitting 22, both in terms of area and even in depth.
• the rotatable cross bar 46 extends approximately transversely to the longitudinal axis of the middle part 45, as a result of which opposite ends of the cross bar 46 protrude from the middle part 45 and engage from the inside in opposite side regions of the elongated hole 43.
• cross bar 46 If the cross bar 46 is rotated by 90 ° with respect to the position shown in FIG. 3 in the position shown in FIG. 2, it is in register with the middle part 45, that is to say it lies within the outline of the middle part 45, so that the cross bar 46 through the Elongated hole 43 can pass through.
• the cone 35 on the underside of the bridge plate 27 is on the opposite side to the cone 37.
• the cones 35 and 37 are therefore opposite.
• the cone 35 has a center piece 47 and a cone head 48
• Center piece 47 is connected to the underside of bridge plate 27 (opposite center piece 45).
• the center piece 47 is designed so that it can enter the slot 44. In height, however, the middle piece 47 is dimensioned such that it does not extend through the entire depth of the elongated hole 44 (FIG. 3).
• the cone head 48 is rotatably assigned to the center piece 47.
• the conical head 48 is not connected to the center piece 47.
• the cone head 48 is fastened to one end of a vertical shaft 49 which extends through an approximately central corresponding through hole in the middle piece 47, the bridge plate 27 and the middle piece 45 of the cone 37.
• the end of the shaft 49 opposite the conical head 48 is non-rotatably connected to the cross bar 46.
• the cross bar 46 is rotated via the vertical shaft 48 from a locking position (FIG. 3) to an unlocking position (FIG. 2).
• the conical head 48 assumes a position relative to the center piece 47 in which its oval base surfaces, which are approximately the same here, overlap, with which the storage cone 35 can be inserted into a corner fitting 21.
• a locking member 51 is preferably completely accommodated in the conical head 48 there is an opening 50 open on both sides, in which a locking member 51 is preferably completely accommodated.
• the locking member 51 has a cylindrical handle 52, at the upper end of which an elongated plate 53 is arranged.
• a locking pin 54 which projects upwards relative to the plate 53.
• the two locking pins 54 are passed through a corresponding bore in an upper wall 55 of the conical head 48 pointing away from the handle 27.
• the length of the locking pins 54 is dimensioned such that their upper, free end regions engage in corresponding blind bores 56 in the center piece 47 when the plate 53 abuts under the upper wall 55 of the conical head 48. In this position (Fig.
• the locking member 51 by a compression spring, not shown held, which presses the handle 52 with the plate 53 and the locking pins 54 against the upper wall 55, ie in the opening 50 upwards.
• the blind bores 56 in the center piece 47 of the storage cone 35 are positioned such that the cross bar 46 (FIG. 3) which is in the locked position is locked by the upper ends of the locking pins 54.
• the entire stowage cone 35, thus also the rotatable cone head 48 of the same, is then in a position in which it can be immersed in the upper slot 44 of the corresponding upper corner fitting 21 of a container.
• the compression spring By pressing down the plate 52 with the locking pins 54 on the handle 52, the compression spring is biased and the ends of the locking pins 54 are lowered so far that they find a complete seat in the upper wall 55 of the conical head 48, whereby the locking of the cross bar 46 is released is in which the cone head 48 is freely rotatable under the center piece 47 and thereby the cross bar 46 of the storage cone 37 is rotated via the shaft 49.
• the stowage piece 26 is locked under the lower corner fittings 22 of the end face of two 20 ′ containers 20 facing each other in such a way that, when the stowage piece 26 is aligned transversely to the longitudinal direction of the 20 ′ container 20, the stowage cone 36 through the lower elongated hole 43 into the corresponding one lower corner fitting 23 is inserted.
• the retaining lugs 27 come to rest on opposite side areas of the elongated hole 43 in the corner fitting 22, whereby the locking cone 36 is locked under the corner fitting 22.
• the bridge plate 27 of the stowage piece 26 is still in an oblique position to the underside of the 20 ′ container 20 (FIG.
• a further locking of the cone head 48 when 20 'containers 20 are placed one on top of the other is that part of the height of the elongated hole 44, which is not filled by the lower center piece 47 under the bridge plate 27, from the upper part of the cone head 48, namely approximately that Area of the upper wall 55 of the same is filled in, so that the rotatable cone head is secured in a form-fitting manner in the elongated hole 44 and, as a result, in the case of containers stacked one above the other, the entire torsional forces exerted by ship movements on the cone head 48 do not have to be taken over by the locking member 51, so that against Overuse is protected.
• FIGS. 5 and 6 show a baffle which differs from the baffle of FIGS. 2 to 4 only by a modified locking member 59.
• the same reference numbers are used for identical parts of the baffle pieces 26 and 58.
• the locking member 59 is also arranged in an opening 50 on both sides of the conical head 48.
• the locking member 59 has only an angled double lever 60 with legs 61 and 62 of unequal length.
• the double lever 60 is mounted in the opening 50 between the legs 61 and 62 so as to be pivotable about a horizontal axis of rotation 63.
• the axis of rotation 63 is fastened in an upper corner of the opening 50.
• the short, upright leg 61 is passed through a corresponding opening in the upper wall 55 of the cone head 48 and is dimensioned such that it is in a substantially upright position over the top of the cone head 48 protrudes into a depression in the underside of the middle piece 47.
• this depression is a continuous groove 64 in the middle piece 47, so that the upwardly projecting end of the short leg 61 of the double lever 60 into the groove in positions rotated by 180 ° 64 can intervene.
• the longer leg 62 extends obliquely through the opening 50. Due to the oblique course of the longer leg 62, due to its own weight, the double lever 60 is pivoted about the axis of rotation 63 in such a way that the shorter leg 61 essentially stands up and inevitably engages in the groove 64 for positive locking Securing the cone head 48 and thus the cross bar 46 in the locked position of the stowage cone 37. If the double lever 60 is pivoted (counterclockwise with respect to the illustration in FIG.
• baffle piece 65 This only differs from the baffle pieces described above by a differently designed cone 36 on one end region of the top of the bridge plate 27. The same reference numbers are again used for the remaining identical parts of the congestion piece 26.
• the stowage cones 31 and 36 arranged on the left side (FIG. 8) of the bridge plate 27 both above and below are once again formed in one piece.
• a stowage cone 67 is arranged on the underside, which corresponds to the stowage cone 31 on the opposite underside of the bridge plate 27, that is to say is also formed in one piece and in the upper elongated holes 44 of the upper corner fittings 21 and 20 'containers 20 is not lockable.
• the upper cone 68 (on the right in FIG. 8) is designed in a special way. It has a middle piece 69, which is designed similarly to the middle piece 45 of the storage cone 37, namely essentially fills the elongated hole 43, both in area and in depth.
• a middle piece 69 which is designed similarly to the middle piece 45 of the storage cone 37, namely essentially fills the elongated hole 43, both in area and in depth.
• two upright, spaced parallel bearing blocks 71 are fastened, between which an angled double lever 73 is pivotally mounted about a horizontal, transverse axis of rotation 72.
• the bearing blocks 71 are assigned to the middle piece 69 in such a way that the double lever 73 can be pivoted in a vertical plane which extends transversely to the longitudinal extension of the elongated middle piece 69.
• the double lever 73 has two legs 74 and 75 of unequal length, which are at a right angle to one another.
• the two legs 74 and 75 are each inclined, starting from the axis of rotation 72, with their free ends 76 and 77 pointing downward.
• the free ends 76 and 77 of the legs 74 and 75 lie equally on opposite sides of the elongated hole 43 on the inside of the corner fitting 22 (FIG. 9).
• the double lever 73 acts like a rocker, whereby it is due to gravity maintains its locked position (Fig. 9). As a result, the storage cone 68 is locked under the lower corner fitting 22 of a 20 ′ container 20.
• the double lever 73 is pivoted by reaching into the corner fitting 22 through a lateral, upright elongated hole 78 in such a way that its short leg 75 completely passes between the two bearing blocks 71, whereby the storage cone 68 can be pulled out of the slot 43 of the corner fitting 22 downwards.
• the double lever 73 is pivoted further, to the extent that the long leg 74 reaches an approximately vertical position and can also be pulled downward from the elongated hole 43 of the corner fitting 22 (Fig. 10).
• the locking of the storage cone 68 under the corner fitting 22 takes place in such a way that the double lever 73 is pivoted by hand so that the long leg 74 points approximately vertically upwards.
• the double lever 73 with the vertical, long leg 74 can then be inserted through the slot 43 into the corner fitting 22.
• the double lever 73 swings in by contacting the long leg 74 against an edge of the elongated hole 43 such that the short leg 75 can also be threaded through the lan-hole 43.
• the baffle piece 33 shown in FIGS. 11 and 12 essentially corresponds to the baffle piece 65.
• the baffle pieces 33 and 65 differ primarily in that that in FIGS. 11 and 12 shown stowage piece 33 below the bridge plate 34 has no stowage cones.
• the spacer ter Culture 38 which is arranged centrally below the bridge plate 34 at the stowage piece 65, is located at the stowage piece 33 on the bridge plate 27 between the two stowage cones 36, 68 arranged there, which are designed to match the two upper stowage cones 36, 68 of the stowage piece 65 are.
• the stowage piece 33 has parts which match the stowage piece 65, these are in turn provided with the same reference numbers.
• the stowage piece 33 makes it possible, above all because of the smooth underside of the bridge plate 34, to stow two 20 ′ containers 20 that are coupled together at the end on a 40 ′ container or smooth foundations of an intermediate floor of a ship.
• baffle 79 which corresponds to the baffle cones arranged with respect to one end region, for example the baffle piece 26.
• the upper baffle cone 36 and the lower baffle cone 31 of the baffle piece 26 are therefore also present in the baffle piece 79.
• the same reference numbers are used for the same parts. This also applies to the bridge plate 27 and the spacer piece 38, which essentially correspond to the baffle piece 26 and 79.
• the end region of the bridge plate 27 opposite the stowage cones 31 and 36 is provided with a stowage cone 80 on its upper side and with a stowage cone 81 on the opposite underside.
• a common filler 82 Apart from a common filler 82, which will be described in more detail below, these are formed in one piece and firmly connected to the bridge plate 27, preferably by welding.
• the downward-facing stowage cone 81 is similar to the stowage cone 31, namely it also serves for the unlocking of an upper corner fitting 21 of the corresponding lower 20'- Containers 20. There is therefore no locking of the storage cone 81 in the elongated hole 44 of the corner fitting 21.
• the stowage cone 80 is provided with a retaining lug 82 projecting longitudinally to the bridge plate 27.
• This retaining lug 82 is connected in one piece to a middle piece 83 of the cone 80, namely the top of the middle piece 83.
• the holding lug 82 protrudes from the middle piece 83 in the direction of the cone 36 opposite the top of the bridge plate 27 and faces the center of the stub 79.
• the retaining lug 82 projects from the inside of the corner fitting 21 over an end region of the elongated hole 43.
• the middle piece 83 of the stowage cone 80 is shorter than the elongated hole 43 in the corner fitting 21, as a result of which the entire stowage piece 79 can be displaced in the longitudinal direction under the 20 ′ containers 20. So that the displacement of the cone 36 in the elongated hole 43 can also take part, the cone 36 is also made shorter in the longitudinal direction, preferably only about half as long as the elongated hole 43.
• the stowage cone 36 is first inserted into the corner fitting 22 of the 20' container 20 assigned to it and then the stowage piece 79 is rotated by 90 °, as it has already been described above in connection with the locking of the baffle 26.
• the stowage piece 79 is shifted under the corner fittings 22 such that the stowage cone 80 with the projecting retaining lug 82 by pivoting the stowage piece 79, in particular the bridge plate 27, through the elongated hole 43 can get into the corner fitting 22.
• the baffle 79 passes under the corner fittings 22 in its locking position (Fig. 13).
• the stowage piece 80 is secured in the locking position under the corner fittings 22 by a corresponding locking member, which is the already mentioned filler piece 84 in the stowage piece 79 shown.
• the elongated filler 84 is vertically movable in a corresponding guide on the back or outside of both opposing stowage cones 80 and 81. In the exemplary embodiment shown, this is a vertical guide groove 85.
• a breakthrough corresponding to the filler 84 is in the bridge plate 27 86 arranged, which makes it possible to guide the filler 84 both in the area of the upper stowage cone 80 and the lower stowage cone 81 and to move the filler 84 by moving it up and down on opposite sides of the bridge plate 27.
• the filler 84 is not only movable up and down in the guide groove 85 or the opening 86; rather spring-biased by a spring, not shown.
• This spring preload is such that the filler 84 automatically reaches a securing position in which an upper part of the filler is located above the bridge plate 27 and thereby essentially fills the area of the elongated hole 43 in the corner fitting 22 which is not filled out by the central piece 83, so essentially that the baffle 79 can not loosen from the Eckbeschl conditions 22 of the upper 20 'container 20.
• the filler piece 84 is pressed down against the force of the spring pushing upward by reaching into the corner fitting 22 through one of its lateral elongated holes 87.
• the filler piece 84 is pressed down so far that a flat upper side 88 is opposite the Top of the bridge plate 27 no longer protrudes. It can then the entire stowage 79 under the corner fittings 22 can be moved in the horizontal direction.
• the filler piece 84 After the filler piece 84 has been released, it automatically returns to its securing position (namely, due to the spring force of the spring assigned to it) (FIG. 13).
• the filler 84 is also pressed down to lock the stowage 79 under the corner fittings 22, which inevitably occurs when the bridge plate 27 is pressed against the corner fitting 22 from below to insert the stowage cone 80 into the elongated hole 23, because then the top 88 of the filler 84 first comes to rest under the coupling piece 22 and is pressed fully into the bridge plate 27 when the bridge plate 27 is pivoted further against the underside of the corner fitting 22. If, for the subsequent locking of the storage cone 80, the entire storage piece 79 is shifted (based on the illustration in FIG.
• the upper side 88 of the filler piece 84 is automatically cleared from the underside of the corner fitting 22, namely reaches the still unfilled 1 th Area of the elongated hole 23 and can then dip into the elongated hole 43 from below by the upward spring force.
• FIGS. 16 to 18 show a baffle 89 with four baffle cones 90 and 91.
• the two baffle cones 90 arranged on the upper side of the bridge plate 92 are essentially of the same design.
• the two stowage cones 91 located at opposite ends of the underside of the bridge plate 92 are also designed essentially the same. All the stowage cones 90, 91 are formed in one piece apart from filler pieces 93.
• the upper stowage cones 90 serve to lock the stowage 89 under the corner fittings 22 of the upper 20 'containers 20.
• each upper stowage cone 90 has a middle piece 94 which essentially fills the lower elongated hole 43 in the lower corner fittings 22, in particular extending over the entire height of the elongated hole 43.
• the middle piece 94 of the upper left storage cone 90 (FIG. 16) is somewhat shorter than the elongated hole 43. It can also fill the entire elongated hole 43, as is the case with the center piece 94 of the right-hand cone 90.
• a locking projection 95 is formed on the top of each center piece 94. In relation to the longitudinal direction of extension of the center piece 94 or elongated hole 43, this protrudes laterally, that is to say transversely, relative to the center piece 94, and only to one side.
• the locking projection 25 of each storage cone 90 thus engages behind the corner fitting 22 from the inside in an area adjoining one side of the elongated hole 43.
• the middle pieces 94 of the stowage cones 90 are narrower than the elongated hole 43 and the stowage cones 91 (FIG. 17). This narrowing of the center pieces 94 of the stowage cones 90 is dimensioned such that the stowage piece 89 can be locked by tilting about a horizontal longitudinal axis under the corner fittings 22 by rotating the stowage piece 89 about the horizontal longitudinal axis by the stowage cones 90 with the. Locking projections 95 and the adjoining center pieces 94 are threaded through the elongated holes 43 into the corner fittings 22.
• each filler piece 93 is in a vertical guide groove 96 two opposing storage cones 90 and 91 stored.
• Each elongated filler 93 extends through a corresponding opening in the bridge plate 92. In the locking position (FIGS. 16 and 17), an upper end region of each filler 93 protrudes opposite the bridge plate 92 and thereby partially fills the space left on the side 97 of the storage cone 90 between the space in the slot 43.
• the part of the filler 93 protruding upwards with respect to the bridge plate 92 corresponds together with the middle piece 94 to approximately the entire width of the respective elongated hole 43. This results in a positive locking of the stowage piece 89 locked under the corner fittings 22.
• baffle cones to be inserted into the lower corner fittings 22 of the upper container for example the baffle cones 36 and 37 of the baffle piece 26 2 to 4
• This can be achieved, for example, in that the middle piece 45 of the storage cone 37 does not extend over the entire length of the elongated hole 44.
• the baffle 36 which is in any case shorter than the elongated hole 44 in the lower corner fitting 22, allows the baffle 26 to be displaced under the lower corner fittings 22 in that it deviates from the representations in the figures of the drawing for the baffle cone 37 when the baffle cone 37 is arranged centrally in the elongated hole 44 is offset.
• the stowage cone 36 in the relevant lower corner fitting 22 can also be displaced in opposite directions. It can thus be a total of the stowage piece 26 under the lower corner fittings 22 of the one behind the other! Move the 20 'container 20 in opposite directions.
• the amount of displacement and therefore the lockability of the stowage piece 26 under the 20 ′ containers 20 is approximately 10 mm in opposite directions in the event of deviations in the width ds of the space between the mutually facing end faces of the 20 ′ containers 20.

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