Patent ID: 7004338
Filing Date: 2006-02-28
Classification: B65G,B66C

Abstract:
1. An empty container store for the temporary storage of empty ISO containers in a fully automatic container terminal of ports, comprising: an elevated craneway; a gantry bridge movably supported on said craneway and spanning the empty container store; and a traveling crab movably mounted on said gantry bridge for moving in a longitudinal direction of said gantry bridge, said traveling crab having a vertical lifting column and a load receiving means for receiving an empty container, said load receiving means being movable along said vertical lifting column, wherein said load receiving means comprises a spreader carriage guided on said vertical lifting column via rollers, a spreader support mounted on said spreader carriage and a spreader supported by said spreader support, and wherein said spreader support and said spreader are pivotable relative to said vertical lifting column from a first loading region proximate said lifting column to a second loading region remote from said lifting column, wherein said first and second loading regions are separate and non-overlapping.