Provided is a lifting appliance for lifting and carrying a container. The invention relates to the
empty container lifting appliance having high-performance tapered end mechanisms. The lifting appliance includes a
carriage, a fixing arm, a left telescopic arm, a left floating arm, a right telescopic arm, a right floating arm and telescopic oil cylinders; each floating arm includes an oil cylinder, a tapered end, an address recognizing piece, a box-landing
signal switch and the like, wherein one side of the tapered end is provided with a security
protection mechanism, the security
protection mechanism includes a guide seat, and the guide seat is internally provided with an upright movable lifting pin, one side of the top of the lifting pin is provided with a protruding-outward positioning block, the top of the lifting pin is provided with a
blind hole, the
blind hole is internally insertedly provided with a guide rod, and the guide rod is sleevedly provided with a spring. With adopting of the lock catch type fixing tapered ends and the security protection devices, on one hand, the shear-
bearing capacity of lock catches is utilized to replace the
screw thread pair bending resistant capacity, on the other hand, precision positioning of vice springs is utilized and the guide structure is optimized, so that the strength of the tapered end mechanisms is increased, and the security of the tapered end mechanisms is greatly improved.