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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8025324 | Flipper arm drive The present invention relates to an arrangement on a spreader for lifting containers, the arrangement comprising a flipper arm which is supported at the corner of the spreader such that the flipper arm is pivotable between an upraised rest position and a lowered ope... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7967352 | Load spreader bar end cap A spreader bar end cap for use in a spreader bar assembly. The spreader bar end cap may include a flange having a first side and a second side, the second side including a groove adapted for receiving an end of a spreader pipe, wherein the groove extends outward fro... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7661738 | Radiation detection unit for mounting a radiation sensor to a container crane A radiation detection unit includes a housing and isolators unitarily constructed from mechanical energy absorbent material. The housing is attached rigidly to a structure and its major dimensions are selected to exceed corresponding major dimensions of a radiation ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7314244 | Apparatus and method for positioning a tarpaulin A system for positioning a tarpaulin on a flatbed is provided. According to one embodiment, the system comprises a lifting device and a tarpaulin positioning apparatus structured to be attached to the lifting device. The lifting device is structured to lift at least... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7308337 | Crane installation, in particular container crane A crane installation, especially a container crane, for moving a load, especially a container, includes a first stored-programmable control unit which, if required, receives signals resulting in a safety-related control command to one or several electric or electro-... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7290815 | Hoist sling Apparatus 10 discloses an improved hoisting sling specially for palletized 28 loads comprising a pair of skids 12, 14 having opposing ends, each with a channel 16 terminating in a puck-shaped cavity 18 forming means of engagement o... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7278670 | Lifting spreader for helicopter A lifting spreader for an irregular object such as a helicopter. In order to adapt a standard container frame to lift an irregular object, a pair of spreader bars containing slings is provided. Each bar has a central pipe welded to a container box at each end. An L-... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7261351 | Spreader including a detection system A spreader (1) for lifting a freight container (7, 17) comprises a frame (3, 4, 11) and two pairs of pickup elements (5). Each pair of pickup elements (5) are mounted at opposite ends of the frame (3, 4, 11) and the frame ( | 08/28/2007 |
| 7213852 | Lifting apparatus without electric cable The invention relates to a spreader system without electric cables for lifting goods containers. The spreader system comprises a spreader and two pulley sets. Each pulley of the pulley sets is fitted with a geared ring, and gears are fixed on the headblock of the sp... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7182387 | Apparatus and method for positioning a tarpaulin A system for positioning a tarpaulin on a flatbed is provided. According to one embodiment, the system comprises a lifting device and a tarpaulin positioning apparatus structured to be attached to the lifting device. The lifting device is structured to lift at least... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178846 | Device and method for handling containers A device in the handling of containers, by means of which device at least two containers are handled. The device comprises a frame, to whose guides end pieces have been movably attached, which end pieces comprise attachment members for attaching the device to the co... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175216 | Latch mechanism A latch mechanism (7) includes a latch member (8) movable between a release position and a latched position, an operating member (34) movably coupled to the latch member (8), the operating member (34) being movable between a first ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7152895 | System and method for controlling the movements of container handling device A system and method for controlling the telescopic movements of two telescopic beams moving inside a spreader frame, and the locking movements of the twistlocks in the telescopic beams. The telescopic movement of the telescopic beams are held in position at a desire... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7134701 | Frame for lifting beams and other elongated loads A lift frame adapted to be pivotally mounted on a hoist include a tubular sleeve guide that guides a lift slide. The lift slide carries a lift frame for supporting a load such as a beam or truss to be lifted, and is spring loaded in an upward direction by a spring e... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7086677 | Vertical transport lift for moving containers from deck to deck in a commercial aircraft A vertical lift system is constructed for transporting a receptacle, such as a food or supply receptacle from one deck to another deck, particularly in an aircraft. For this purpose, a vertical lift (71) is equipped with a number of lifting hooks (10) ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7031883 | Spreader A spreader for lifting freight containers includes a frame having a number of pickup elements mounted thereon, a processor and a data storage device mounted on the frame. The processor is coupled to an interface device to receive outputs from a number of sensors mou... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7004697 | Outrigger lifting device for fuel tankers A load handling mechanism for use with loaded tankers has two transverse attachment members associated with longitudinal beams supporting the tank structure. Cables and associated spreader bars are attached to the transverse attachment members to provide a single li... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6742469 | Device and method for handling a boat sundeck A device for, and method of, handling and mounting a boat sundeck. The device includes a platform having first and second ends. A clamp structure is connected to the first end of the platform such that the clamp structure can be used to hold and move the sundeck of ... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6375380 | Connector assembly apparatus and method for use A connector assembly suitable for use with a leveraging system is disclosed. The assembly includes two connector components, each having an attachment component receiving portion and a pin-coupling portion. The pin-coupling portions cooperate, in an assem... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6364601 | Straddle type container lifting device A lifting apparatus including a horizontal framework, a pair of extension assemblies, a pair of upper, middle, and lower telescoping mast assemblies, and two pairs of fork tine assemblies is provided. Each pair of the extension assemblies, the telescoping... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6354782 | Container crane hoist and system A device has lift arms (42) with links (46,46D) connected to ends of a loadspreader (40) or the links (46,46D) are swivelly connected to the lift arms (42) and aligned to hook special containers (20D). The lift arms (42) are pivotally connected to a hub (... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6296288 | Spreader bar apparatus A spreader bar apparatus of improved configuration is comprised of a plurality of bar sections including at least a pair of bar sections that are connectable end-to-end to form a lifting bar with a central longitudinal axis and with left and right bar end... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6145903 | Hoisting frame and method for hoisting containers The invention relates to a hoisting frame, specifically for hoisting containers, including a longitudinally adjustable beam having a plurality of outer pickup elements arranged at ends of the beam and inner pickup elements arranged near a center of the be... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6135524 | Stilting frame The invention furnishes a stilting frame for the transport of containers by means of transhipment equipment, with the stilting frame being designed in such a way that in total four combined positions between the latch bolts of the transhipment equipment a... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6079760 | Spreader bar apparatus A spreader bar apparatus of improved configuration is comprised of a plurality of bar sections including at least a pair of bar sections that are connectable end-to-end to form a lifting bar with a central longitudinal axis and with left and right bar end... | 06/27/2000 |
| 5951227 | Deep water lowering apparatus A deep water lowering apparatus that utilizes dual davit structures mounted on a barge. Each davit structure has a pulling wire rope line spooled on a storage winch. Each pulling line is reeved onto a traction winch and through upper and lower sheaves on ... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5863085 | Spreader bar assembly A spreader bar assembly includes a rigid elongated support bar to which a pair of end caps are removably connected for use during a lifting operation. The end caps have sockets that fit over the ends of the bar. Each of the end caps includes three pins mo... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5769589 | Method for transporting a container and transporting means for performing the method The invention relates to a method for transporting a container from a starting station to one of a plurality of final destinations, whether or not via one or more intermediate destinations, wherein the container is provided with data which defines a prede... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5716088 | Multiple use trunnion connection for lift spreader A multiple use trunnion connection for use with a lifting spreader bar or frame. A trunnion connection is placed at each end of a lifting spreader that is sized for the particular lift. Each trunnion is provided with a set of horizontally and vertically d... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5603544 | Compression cap assembly for spreader pipe A compression cap assembly for the end of a spreader bar or pipe used in lifting heavy loads with a crane includes a compression plate, spaced-apart plate members on the outer side of the compression plate that carry upper and lower pins that extend throu... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5350210 | Apparatus for securing shore crane spreaders to auxiliary frames An apparatus for securing shore crane spreaders to extension frames is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a plurality of rotatable twist locks installed on the extension frame which mate with lifting fittings located on the crane spreader. These twist loc... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5280980 | Self-aligning twin container spreader An alignment mechanism for aligning a twin container spreader for simultaneous engagement with two containers positioned beneath the spreader. A frame is connected between the spreader's main beams to position two cross beams transversely across the main ... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5236238 | Apparatus for securing shore crane spreaders to auxiliary frames An apparatus for securing shore crane spreaders to extension frames is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a plurality of rotatable twist locks installed on the extension frame which mate with lifting fittings located on the crane spreader. These twist loc... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5183305 | Method and apparatus for handling cargo containers Two spreaders are liftable by a crane apparatus and are provided with coupling devices for attachment to cargo containers, and separate latching devices to couple the spreaders to each other, end-to-end and slightly spaced apart. The length of each spread... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5169197 | Lift link for helicopter external lift of dual HMMWV's A lift link for external lift of dual High Mobility Multi-Wheeled Vehicle's HMMWV's) includes first and second ends, the inner portion of each end pivotally attached to inner and outer sliders, respectively, said sliders communicating to provide axial move... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5163726 | Spreader bar and overheight attachment with automatic latching mechanism A cargo loading system which includes a spreader bar and overheight attachment wherein the overheight attachment incorporates an automatic latching mechanism for the purpose of locking and unlocking engagement of the spreader bar. The automatic latching m... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5143326 | Vehicle air lift rig The invention is a rig useful in preventing relative movement between two hicles or other payloads suspended from a helicopter. The rig has two triangular plates which are in connection between the vehicles, the connection being loose before cables from t... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5067013 | Procedure and apparatus for locating a container for lifting A procedure and apparatus for locating a shipping container to enable a container crane, or other similar container, handling equipment, to be moved into position for the loading device of the container crane to be interlocked with the container, and ther... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5048703 | Container crane installation In a container crane installation, swinging movements during the lowering of the spreader are suppressed in that the spreader, after the reaching of the ideal position of the hoist cable carrier in each case, is brought into swing-damping contact with the... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4983094 | Load lifting attachment Yieldably suspended attachments for lifting trailers or containers are difficult to accurately position. Therefore, load pick-up and deposit is inefficient and inaccurate. A load lifting attachment having an elevationally movable connecting frame, a load ... | 01/08/1991 |
