Freight accommodation on freight carrier – Load bracing means – Brace bar – wall-to-wall
Patent
1999-01-11
2000-08-22
Gordon, Stephen T.
Freight accommodation on freight carrier
Load bracing means
Brace bar, wall-to-wall
410144, 410102, 410106, 410112, B60P 708
Patent
active
061062065
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The invention relates to a lashing device that is integrated into truck superstructure walls.
A lashing device of this type comprising numerous (lashing troughs) lashing cups is known from DE 43 39 768 C2.
Based on this prior art, it is the object of the invention to further develop the lashing trough and embody it, in a simple manner, for the use of both lashing belts and locking bars.
The lashing troughs or lashing cups in accordance with the invention are embodied as circles, ovals or oblong holes, and are provided with strips that lie in the cup and extend in the center on the open cup side, and are embodied to complement an end-side coupling part of a locking bar that can be inserted between two oppositely-located lashing cups.
Because of the strip embodiment, these lashing cups can be used as combination troughs for both lashing belts and locking bars.
The frustoconical embodiment of the lashing cups of the invention meets the corresponding prerequisites for one-handed, simple threading of the lashing belts. Because the side walls of the cup are at an angle from the cup bottom, the belt end does not impact the cup wall during threading, but automatically slides through the beveling and out on the other side. At the same time, fraying of the belt end is prevented, extending the belt service life.
The strips are embodied as wide strips having a non-round hole, into which a frustoconical pin can be inserted as a coupling part of the locking bar; this coupling part is under the prestress of a tension spring, so the coupling pin is held behind the hole and the locking bar holds the opposite lashing cups together to prevent bulging of the superstructure walls.
This non-round hole further permits an easier insertion of the locking-bar coupling parts, because a certain mobility is provided in the height direction.
In a further embodiment, the strips of the lashing cup are configured as double-T legs, around whose center, narrower leg a coupling fork of the locking bar extends, the fork being under compressive tension, so the two spring-loaded coupling forks hold the locking bar securely between the two opposite lashing cups.
In a third embodiment, the locking-bar coupling part can be formed by a hook that can extend around the edge region of the strip, or around the edge region between the strip edge and the hole edge. This hook-shaped coupling part is also under the effect of a tension spring, and holds the superstructure walls securely together against bulging.
In a further embodiment, the lashing cup has an oblong-hole or oval shape and has a wide strip that extends transversely to the longitudinal direction, and into which an oblong hole extending in the longitudinal direction of the oblong shape has been cut for a locking-bar coupling part.
The strip can also be relatively wide, lending the lashing cup increased stability.
Because of its frustoconical shape, the lashing cup can be produced simply and at low cost from metal in a deep-drawing process, and the different strips are secured in this lashing cup through welding.
The frustoconical shape of the lashing cup also provides it with a larger connecting surface and a glued connection between the cup and wall, so the fastening of the lashing cup in the superstructure wall is stable, even under loads.
The invention is described in detail below by way of embodiments illustrated in the drawings. Shown are in:
FIG. 1 a front view of a lashing cup having a circular shape, with a wide strip and an oval-shaped insertion hole;
FIG. 2 a cross-section through the same lashing cup, which is inserted into a superstructure wall;
FIG. 3 a cross-section through the same lashing cup, with an inserted locking bar that engages a coupling pin in the strip insertion hole;
FIG. 4 a front view of a lashing cup having a circular shape and a double-T strip;
FIG. 5 a cross-section through the same lashing cup;
FIG. 6 a cross-section through the same lashing cup, with an inserted locking bar that extends around the strip with a coupling fork;
FIG. 7 a cross-section through the
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Hagedorn Herbert
Spier Willi
Gordon Stephen T.
Spier GmbH & Co., Fahrzeugwerk KG
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