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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Burkhard Mende, Essen, DE;
Andreas Baumann, Essen, DE;
Assignee:
Krupp Fordertechnik GmbH, Duisburg, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
212330 ; 212316 ; 212319 ; 294 8121 ; 294 8154 ; 294 8156 ;
Abstract
A lifting and transport apparatus for containers has a fixed rigid horizontal beam on the lower flange of which two wheeled carriages are displaceable either together or separately to allow, in the latter case, a change in the distance between the carriages and, in the former case, displacement of the container. A cross beam on each of the carriages can carry at its ends fixed columns which guide respective lifting elements having claws at their ends engageable with the container. The entire assembly is free from cables or the like which can introduce sway.