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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 1991
Filed:
Apr. 17, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shuji Hasegawa, San Mateo, CA (US);
Hans G Vosskamp, San Mateo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Paceco Corp., San Mateo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C / ; B66F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
294 812 ; 294 8153 ;
Abstract
A cargo container lifting spreader compensating mechanism for facilitating engagement by the spreader with cargo containers having out-of-plane twistlock engagement receptacles, the invention comprising cross-members for carrying the twistlock lug members secured at the ends of the spreaders with rotatable connections whereby they are partially rotatable in a vertical plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the spreader with a restrictor means to limit said rotation.