Patent ID: 6352292
Filing Date: 2002-03-05
Classification: B66C

Abstract:
Arrangement on a spreader for hoisting containers, wherein a beam (10) is extendable from a retracted position in a housing (16) to an extended position, the beam having an outer end and an inner end, comprising:an additional beam member (1) received in the inner end of the extendable beam for axial sliding motion relative thereto, and relative to the housing; interlocking means (14, 15) arranged on the extendable beam and on the additional beam member for transferring the extension motion from the extendable beam (10) to the additional beam member (1); stop means (5, 17) arranged on the additional beam member and on the housing, respectively, for limitation of the relative axial motion between the additional beam member (1) and the housing (16), such that the additional beam member provides an inner end extension of the extendable beam when the additional beam member is brought in the extension motion of the extendable beam to engage said stop means (17) of the housing.