LOAD-GRIPPING DEVICE Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: transport engineering; materials handling facilities; hardening of long-cut aluminium alloy articles, such as plates, panels, sections, sheets. SUBSTANCE: load gripping device has crossmember 1, trolleys 4 moving in slots 2, made in crossmember, on wheels 3. Post is connected to each trolley from the bottom. Article 11 is secured to post by narrow faces by means of grips 14. Device has stops 6. Position of stops is adjusted relative to crossmember 1 by means of fasteners fitted in holes 5 made along crossmember on in ends. Number of holes is three minimum. Stops 6 engage with pawls 8 installed on axles secured to trolleys with provision of free displacement of trolleys to ends of crossmember 1. EFFECT: enlarged operating capabilities. 4 dwg