Railway rolling stock – Special car bodies – Sleeping
Patent
1974-06-05
1976-08-03
Gelak, Bernard A.
Railway rolling stock
Special car bodies
Sleeping
24221R, 105366R, 220 15, B65G 114
Patent
active
039724395
ABSTRACT:
Means for the releasable horizontal coupling of shipping containers at their standard corner fittings is provided by a horizontal connector having a pair of parallel spaced-apart planar exterior walls, a pivot housing extending transversely outward from each of the walls, and a separately operable chuck pivotally mounted for rotation in each pivot housing. Each chuck includes a latching surface which is first engaged in a corner-fitting recess of a container and then urged to gather a one of the planar walls into flush contacting engagement with the facing vertical surface of the corner fitting. Four connectors are used to couple two container modules into a composite structure capable of transmitting both tension and compression forces between the modules sufficient to make a single beam of the connected modules, which beam can be moved by standard container handling equipment. The horizontal connector is adapted to use at both the top corner fittings and the bottom corner fittings.
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Gelak Bernard A.
Kelly Robert A.
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