# US 11,440,753 B2 · Loading frame, system, and method for loading articles > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,440,753 B2 - Document ID: US11440753B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/973,079 - Filed: 2019-07-01 - Published: 2021-08-12 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2018-06-29 - Assignees: Actiw Oy - Applicants: Actiw Oy - Inventors: Janne Auvinen; Jari Vartiainen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11440753B2 ## CPC - B65G 67/20: Loading covered vehicles - B65D 90/14: Legs, e.g. detachable - B65G 65/32: Filling devices - B65D 88/129: {Transporter frames for containers} - B65F 9/00: Transferring of refuse between vehicles or containers with intermediate storage or pressing (presses for baling per se B30B9/30) - B65G: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D) - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES - B65F: GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE (disinfecting refuse A61L; refuse disintegrators B02C; sorting refuse B03B; B07B; handcarts for transporting refuse receptacles B62B; sack holders B65B67/00; converting refuse into fertilisers C05F; converting refuse into solid fuels C10L; sewers, cesspools E03F; arrangements in buildings for the disposal of refuse E04F17/10; refuse-consuming furnaces F23G; {for surgical articles A61B50/36}) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) Loading frame according to claim 1, one or both walls are formed of parallel components, which are jointed flexibly to each other. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) Loading frame according to claim 1, the inner surface of the base is covered with freely rotating rollers. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) Loading frame according to claim 1, the inner surface of each wall is covered with freely rotating rollers. ### Claim 5 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. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) System according to claim 5, wherein the transfer device is arranged outside the load space as an extension of the load space, the loading frame being open at the ends. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) System according to claim 5, wherein the system includes buffer frames as well as a buffer bar for moving articles from a buffer frame to the loading frame. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) System according to claim 7, wherein the system includes a transfer carriage for moving a buffer frame to the loading frame arranged at the location of the transfer device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) System according to claim 8, wherein the transfer carriage is of a stacking type. ### Claim 10 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. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) Method according to claim 10, wherein the loading frame is moved out of the load space while the articles remain in the load space. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) Method according to claim 10, wherein, before loading the load space, the loading frame is filled using pre-filled buffer frames. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) Method according to claim 10, wherein, in the method, the base and each wall are arranged to permit movement between the articles and the loading frame and a transfer device 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.