Device for automatic unlashing of cargo containers
AssigneeTec Container S.A.
InventorRafael Moragon Martinez
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Abstract
Specially designed to carry out unlocking shipping containers, eliminating the physical risks for port personnel, includes a telescopic load-bearing structure (1) that can be moved up with a port crane (3), and at its ends, pairs of lateral frames emerge (5-5′) that have a robotic mechanism (6) on their inner faces, with at least three degrees of movement for a claw for catch onto the handles (11) for opening different types of securing mechanisms (12) of the container (13). The claw has at least one degree of freedom of movement, while the robotic mechanism (6) is assisted by artificial vision (14) and motion systems (16) that are remotely operated, assisted, or fully automatic.
Claims2
A device for automatically unlocking shipping containers comprising:
- a horizontal frame designed to be moved by a port crane located in a belly of a ship;
- a first upper side frame having an upper end located on a first end of the horizontal frame;
- a second upper side frame having an upper end located on a second end of the horizontal frame;
- a first lower side frame connected to a lower end of the first upper side frame;
- a second lower side frame connected to a lower end of the second upper side frame;
- the horizontal frame is telescopic to adjust the separation between the first upper and the second upper side frames;
- a robotic mechanism located on each one of:
- the lower end of the first upper side frame, the lower end of the second upper side frame, a lower end of the first lower side frame, and a lower end of the second lower side frame;
- wherein each one of the robotic mechanism moves vertically, transversally, and axially;
- a grasping device located on each one of the robotic mechanism;
- wherein each one of the robotic mechanism works independently from each other to unlock stacked containers simultaneously;
- wherein each one of the robotic mechanism unlocks opening handles of a securing mechanism on the respective container;
- wherein each one of the robotic mechanism includes an artificial vision system, a motion system, sensors, and a motion control system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.