COUPLING DEVICE FOR COUPLING CONTAINERS, PARTICULARLY CONTAINERS USED IN CARGO SHIPS
The invention relates to a coupling device for coupling containers, particularly for coupling containers used in cargo ships and land transport, in which coupling device (1) there is formed in the upper part of its body part (13) a fastening piece (2), by which the body part is fastenable in a corner piece (26) in a corner of a container (40) by rotating the body part around its vertical shaft, whereby the fastening piece fastens in the corner piece (26) of the container, and that in the body part is formed between its upper part and lower part a planar coupling plate (3), and that in the body part there is a cam part (6) for controlling the motion of the body part and for receiving substantially vertical forces between the containers (40, 41), and that in the body part is fitted a first rotating lever-like locking part (8) for preventing and/or releasing the motion of the body part and, in the body part, there is a second rotating lever- like locking part (5) for enabling and/or preventing the lateral motion of the body part and for receiving substantially vertical forces between the containers (40, 41), and which second lever-like locking part (5) is directly or indirectly in contact with the first lever-like locking part (8) so that, when the first locking part rotates, also the second lever-like locking part is able to rotate for enabling a locking mode and an unlocking mode.