Freight accommodation on freight carrier – Load bearer accommodation – Retainer
Patent
1993-03-30
1994-10-18
Huppert, Michael S.
Freight accommodation on freight carrier
Load bearer accommodation
Retainer
410 82, 410 70, B61D 1700, B61D 4500, B60P 700, B60P 300
Patent
active
053562496
ABSTRACT:
This invention is directed to an automatic securing system for locking and unlocking an ISO container or the like to a load carrier. The securing system comprises a pair of rails fixed on the load carrier which includes a number of twistlock devices releaseably fixed at selected positions on the rails to automatically lock the container down on the load carrier. The system also includes a release mechanism on the rails that automatically and simultaneously unlocks and releases the engaged twistlocks from the container and the rails. The release mechanism also allows unlocked and released twistlocks to be moved and fixed to different seating positions on the rails to permit automatic locking down of containers with different lengths.
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Buffers AB
Gordon Stephen
Huppert Michael S.
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