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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2001
Hermann Franzen, Mönchengladbach, DE;
Joachim Kröll, Jüchen, DE;
Hermann Franzen, Mönchengladbach, DE;
Joachim Kröll, Jüchen, DE;
Demag Mobile Cranes GmbH, Zweibruecken, DE;
Abstract
An empty container store for the temporary storage of empty ISO containers, in particular in fully automatic container terminals of sea ports or river ports includes a gantry bridge crane which spans the empty container store. The gantry bridge can be moved on an elevated craneway and has a traveling crab which can be moved thereon in the longitudinal direction thereof. A vertical lifting column is fastened to the traveling crab for lifting and lowering a load receiving means for the empty container. The load receiving means includes a spreader on a spreader support which is arranged on a spreader carriage which is guided on the lifting column by rollers on a spreader support.