Patent ID: 6602036
Filing Date: 2003-08-05
Classification: B65G,B66C

Abstract:
A buffer bridge crane for cargo container handling comprisingan elevated platform forming a landing deck where containers can be landed on preselected landing positions the and temporarily stored by a quay crane when they are removed from shipboard or where containers picked off ground level transporters can be landed until they are picked up by the quay crane for transport to a ship, said platform being supported by transport wheels for independent all-direction movement, said buffer crane having a low profile whereby it can be positioned underneath said quay crane to receive cargo containers therefrom as well as from said container transporters and whereby said quay crane can extract containers therefrom and said buffer crane can deliver containers therefrom to said transporters, and an overhead cargo container handling bridge crane supported above said platform by framework integral thereto and movable to container deposition positions disposed on said landing deck and laterally beyond the edges thereof, said bridge crane having container lifting apparatus arranged to transfer containers between said landing deck and said transporters when they are parked alongside said platform at the lateral edges thereof.