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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 1983
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1980
Clark C Simpson, Martin, MI (US);
Clark Equipment Company, Buchanan, MI (US);
Abstract
A spreader frame assembly for engaging, lifting and transporting freight containers includes a pair of parallel spaced-apart lifting beams. A twist lock is connected at each end of each lifting beam for engagement with a respective corner fitting of a container. Each twist lock includes a shank projecting downwardly from the respective lifting beam. The lower end of the shank is capable of lifting engagement with the corner fitting when the shank is rotated in a selected direction. A circular disc is rigidly connected to the upper end of each shank. A hydraulically actuated mechanism is connected to simultaneously rotate the shanks. A pin having an enlarged upper portion has a first position where the enlarged upper portion of each of the pins is received in a recessed portion in each respective disc to prevent rotation of the respective shank from its no-lift position, and has a second position where the upper portion of the pin is raised above the disc so that the shank may be rotated to a lift position.