×

Container-handling system with rail/rail and road/rail transfer

  • US 4,522,546 A
  • Filed: 09/15/1982
  • Issued: 06/11/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/16/1981
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
First Claim
Patent Images

1. In a railroad station having at least one main track for freight trains with container-carrying flatcars,the combination therewith of a pair of ancillary tracks flanking said main track, respective sets of independently movable self-propelled transfer vehicles on said ancillary tracks, and support means on each transfer vehicle extendable transversely to said tracks for enabling the movement of a selected container onto such vehicle from a flatcar aligned therewith and vice versa, said support means being further extendable across at least part of said main track in the absence of a train thereon for facilitating a movement of a container from a transfer vehicle of one set onto an aligned transfer vehicle of the other set, each of said transfer vehicles comprising a wheeled base and a pluality of independently elevatable superstructures adjoining one another in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle for engagement with individual unit-size containers occupying a submultiple of the length of a flatcar, said support means comprising a pair of transversely extending transport arms on each of said superstructures, the separation of the transport arms of each pair in the direction of the tracks being identical for all pairs on all transfer vehicles of one of said sets but differs from the separation of the transport arms of the pairs on the transfer vehicles of the other of said sets for enabling an interleaved positioning of pairs of transport arms of aligned vehicles of said sets extended toward each other across said main track.

View all claims
  • 0 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×