Loading frame, system, and method for loading articles
AssigneeActiw Oy
InventorsJanne Auvinen, Jari Vartiainen
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Abstract
A loading frame includes a base and two walls arranged on opposite sides of the base. The walls are flexible and are arranged to permit movement, preferably sliding, between the wall and the load space's side, the wall being supported on the side. A system and a method for loading articles utilize the loading frame.
Claims13
Loading frame for loading articles into a load space which is standard without any accessories for loading, the loading frame being moveable into the load space and out of the load space while articles remain in the load space and comprising a base and two flexible walls arranged on opposite sides of the base, the base and flexible walls being of a flexible non-driven slippery plastic permitting sliding movement between the walls and sides of the load space when the flexible walls are supported on the sides of the load space and the base and each wall are arranged to permit movement between the articles and the loading frame.
System for loading articles into a load space, the load space being standard without any accessories for loading, the system comprising a loading frame including a base and two flexible walls arranged on opposite sides of the base, the base and flexible walls being of a non-driven flexible slippery plastic, and a transfer device, which is arranged to both move the loading frame together with the articles into a load space and to move the loading frame out of the load space while the articles remain in the load space, the flexible walls permitting sliding movement between the flexible walls and the side of the load space, when the flexible walls are supported on the sides of the load space and the base and each wall are arranged to permit movement between the articles and the loading frame.
Method for loading articles into a load space which is standard without any accessories for loading, wherein articles are loaded into a loading frame, which includes a base and two flexible walls arranged on opposite sides of the base, the base and flexible walls being of a flexible non-driven slippery plastic, and the loading frame together with the articles is moved into the load space, and the flexible walls permit sliding movement between the walls and the side of the load space, when in the transfer of the loading frame the flexible walls are supported on the articles and/or on the sides of the load space and the base and each wall are arranged to permit movement between the articles and the loading frame.
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