A device 40 for aligning an ISO-container twistlock corner-casting during installation (e.g. on a ship deck or trailer flatbed) has a body to engage within a corner-casting aperture, and the upper surface of the body has a visual guides 46 that can be cruciform or intersecting. The body sides 48 are undulating to help the fit, and have flanges 42a-d to prevent the device 40 falling into the casting. A cavity can be cut in a deck or platform, and a corner casting with a device 40 fitted aligned with a template (e.g. string, laser) before the casting is fixed (e.g. welded) in the cavity.
Twistlock alignment
2025-02-12
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60P Fahrzeuge zum Transport von Lasten oder zum Befördern, Tragen oder Aufnehmen besonderer Lasten oder Gegenstände , VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS / B63B Schiffe oder sonstige Wasserfahrzeuge , SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS / B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT |