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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2001
Applicants:
Olavi Jussila, Hyvinkää, FI;
Jari Kaiturinmäki, Helsinki, FI;
Inventors:
Olavi Jussila, Hyvinkää, FI;
Jari Kaiturinmäki, Helsinki, FI;
Assignee:
KCI Konecranes PLC., Hyvinkää, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C 1/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for a locking unit of a container spreader having at least a pair of telescopic beams comprising a housing, a twistlock head partially inside the housing and partially protruding out from the housing, an elastic impact absorption element and a toothed coupling to transmit the necessary engagement torque to the twistlock head. The locking unit is equipped with a coupling that has been arranged to allow the movement of the twistlock head in all directions on a plane perpendicular to the rotation axis of the twistlock head.