US3595344A - Devices for shipboard fastening of rolling material - Google Patents

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US3595344A
US3595344A US831946A US3595344DA US3595344A US 3595344 A US3595344 A US 3595344A US 831946 A US831946 A US 831946A US 3595344D A US3595344D A US 3595344DA US 3595344 A US3595344 A US 3595344A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B25/00—Load-accommodating arrangements, e.g. stowing, trimming; Vessels characterised thereby
    • B63B25/18—Detachable decks
    • B63B25/20—Detachable decks for motor vehicles or the like
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60P—VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS
    • B60P7/00—Securing or covering of load on vehicles
    • B60P7/06—Securing of load
    • B60P7/13—Securing freight containers or forwarding containers on vehicles

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  • a wheel receiving and clamping traclt includes a fixed rail and a uxtaposed clamping ml] which 15 movable 6 Claims, 3 Drawing Figs.
  • sanitary........................ tuafing member are lidable transversely of the track and en- 105/363 188/6214 361 R gage the clamping rail at longitudinally spaced points.
  • Two cl 3/00 sets of pulleys are mounted at fixed points on the side of the [50] Field of Seal-c 188/32, 62; fixed mi] opposite from the clamping rail and two actuating 105/368 3681-34836] w, 36122613" 226 3 cables pass over the respective sets of pulleys and through eyes in the actuating members so that when one of the cables [56] Rehnnm end is tightened the actuating members draw the clamping rail UNITED STATES PATENTS toward the fixed rail while tightening of the other cable 339,167 4/1886 Hadley 248/226 (.2) releases the clamping rail.
  • This invention relates to devices for shipboard fastening of rolling material.
  • the present invention is particularly adapted to substantially reduce the required number of operations for the shipboardfastening of the vehicles and presents the opportunity to better maintain the free unobstructed character of the holds.
  • the object is to provide for the shipboard fastening all simultaneously by a single operation or action of a plurality of vehicles arranged in one row. To that effect the vehicles after being driven in a row in a wheel track with the wheels that are at one of their both sides have said wheels clamped in said track.
  • the device for the shipboard fastening of the vehicles comprises a wheel clamp track having at least one stationary track rail and one oppressible elongated lengthwise extending clamp shape being adapted to be oppressed at the underside of the wheels laterally thereagainst. This provides for the shipboard fastening of an entire row of cars or trailers in one time.
  • FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a wheel clamp track according to the invention in plan view
  • FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a wheel clamp track taken along line II-ll of Figure 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a sectional view of another embodiment ofa clamp shape.
  • a wheel clamp track 2 in most cases generally comprises a stationary track 3 and one oppressible clamp shape 4, as indicated in FIGS. I and 2, or two stationary track rails 3 and two clamp shapes 4, as shown in FIGS. 4 through 7.
  • the wheels 5 of the vehicles, which are driven in the wheel clamp track rail 2 preferably move over a doubling 6 forming part of the wheel clamp track 2 as a base plate and bearing closely abutting on the deck I, as indicated in FIG. 2.
  • a first stationary track rail 3 which may have a height of about 6 to 8 inches, is mounted in a hold of a ship parallel to one of the board sides on the deck 1 at a distance of e.g. 40 inches from the side in order to leave room for a gangway.
  • further wheel clamp tracks 2 are divided over the hold mounted on the deck 1 parallel to the first wheel clamp track 2.
  • the loose opposite rail represents in the embodiment of FIGS. 1 and 2 the oppressible clamp shape 4 of the wheel clamp track 2.
  • the loose rail may comprise a rubber shape of the required dimensions, behind which force exerting means in the form of sliding hooks 7 are engaging, in order to be able to press the shape 4 at the underside of the wheels 5 laterally thereagainst.
  • the hooks 7 are slidable in the baseplate 6 and countersunk or recessed therein, in order to provide a flat riding-strip; and project beyond the stationary track rail 3 to terminate at the opposite side thereof, where at the hook ends blocks or eyelets 8 and 9 through which tackles l0 and 11 respectively are passed, are provided which serve for pulling fast and disengaging respectively of the sliding hooks 7.
  • the tackle 10 serving for pulling fast the hooks 7 rather great forces can be produced.
  • a rather heavy cable 12 is used and the forces exerted thereby must be operative at a steep angle as favorable as possible, which is obtained by mounting the tackle blocks 13 as far as possible from the track rail 3 on brackets 14 on the deck 1, as best shown in FIG. 1.
  • a lighter line may be used and the stationary blocks 16, over which those are reeved, have not to be placed far off from the rail 3 since the forces for disengaging the sliding hooks 7 and the clamp shape 4 from the wheels 5 in order to make free the track 2 and to permit to drive the vehicles out of it, are as a matter ofcourse only small.
  • the clamp shape 4 is laterally oppressed by the force exerting means 7 spaced over the length thereof, said force exerting means being acted upon in the described way by the tackles l0 and 11, mounted at the height of the riding fioor and extending lengthwise along the wheel clamp track 2.
  • the entire tackle system 10 through 16 can be concealed from view by means ofa screening serving as a floor plate ofa gangway and therefore does not have to form an obstruction in the hold.
  • the heavy tackle 10 can be operated by a winch or also by means ofa screw of rack mechanism.
  • the clamp shape 4 often consists of flexible material such as rubber and can be fitted out with a steel core for reinforcement.
  • the stationary track rail 3 comprises e.g. a steel structure provided with an elastic buffer rim in order to protect the tires of the vehicles.
  • the steel structure is mostly hollow, so that a fire extinguishing conduit could be accommodated therein if desired, from which in case of fire e.g. a bed of foam could be sprayed below the vehicles to extinguish the fire, or at least to prevent a further expansion thereof.
  • FIG. 3 a clamp shape 4 is shown having such a cross section that by the oppressing a downwardly directed force component is provided, whereby the wheels 5 are firmly pressed down in the wheel track 2.
  • the width of the clamp track 2 that is the distance between the stationary track rail 3 and the clamp shape 4 in FIGS. 1 and 2, should be equal to about two times the tire breadth of a large passenger car.
  • the wheel clamp track 2 is constructed with a guiding bevel at the ends at 18, as shown in FIG. 1.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 works purely mechanically as shown, but it could also e.g. be hydraulically operated, whereby the stationary track rails 3 have to be arranged as hydraulic conduits or for receiving hydraulic conduits, and the sliding hooks 7 can then be actuated by separate rams.
  • the required pressure could be provided by moving a piston which is movable in the hydraulic main conduit by a heavy but simple screw or rack mechanism.
  • the pull cable in a purely mechanical system instead of by a winch could also be hauled by means of such a screw or rack mechanism for pushing on the hooks 7.
  • the object of the new system is the proper shipboard fastening all simultaneously in one time of a row of cars and to do this without exposing the vehicles and tires to any risk fixed damage.
  • a wheel clamping device for securing the wheels of vehicles on a supporting surface, said device comprising a wheel receiving and clamping track including a fixed rail and a juxtaposed clamping rail movable laterally toward and away from said fixed rail, and means for actuating said clamping rail, said actuating means including a set of elongated actuating members extending slidably transversely through said track and having one end thereof in operative engagement with said clamping rail at points spaced longitudinally of the latter, the other ends of said actuating members projecting to the side of said fixed rail opposite from said clamping rail and being formed with a set of eyes, a set of pulleys mounted at fixed points at said opposite side of the fixed rail in laterally spaced relation therefrom and longitudinally between locations of said actuating members, and an actuating cable passing alternately around said pulleys and through the eyes in the actuating members whereby the latter may be slid in a direction to draw said clamping rail toward the fixed rail when said cable is tightened.
  • said actuating means also include a second set of pulleys mounted at fixed points at said opposite side of the fixed rail in transverse alignment with the first mentioned pulleys but closer to the fixed rail than the first mentioned pulleys, said actuating members being provided with a second set of eyes, and a second actuating cable passing alternately around the second set of pulleys and through the second set of eyes in the actuating members whereby the latter may be slid in the opposite direction to release said clamping rail when said second cable is tightened.
  • clamping rail includes a lateral nose portion extending upwardly and laterally toward said fixed rail for exerting lateral and downward force against wheels clamped between the fixed rail and the clamping rail.
  • clamping rail is formed from flexible material.
  • clamping rail comprises a metallic core and an elastomeric covering sheath.

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US1405504A (en) * 1920-07-02 1922-02-07 William M Doering Container and display carton
GB405010A (en) * 1932-07-27 1934-01-29 Charles Edward Greener Improvements in, or relating to, clamps for use in fixing emulsifying machines and other appliances to tables and the like
US2904133A (en) * 1956-10-29 1959-09-15 John A Bodkin Railway car retarder
US2996021A (en) * 1959-01-28 1961-08-15 Gen Am Transport Railway cars for transporting freight carriers
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US339167A (en) * 1886-04-06 Lantern attachment
US1405504A (en) * 1920-07-02 1922-02-07 William M Doering Container and display carton
GB405010A (en) * 1932-07-27 1934-01-29 Charles Edward Greener Improvements in, or relating to, clamps for use in fixing emulsifying machines and other appliances to tables and the like
US2904133A (en) * 1956-10-29 1959-09-15 John A Bodkin Railway car retarder
US2996021A (en) * 1959-01-28 1961-08-15 Gen Am Transport Railway cars for transporting freight carriers
US3093211A (en) * 1960-08-18 1963-06-11 Thyssen Huette Ag Beam retarder with brake beams supported by stirrups

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