Overhead transport and route management system
AssigneeEaglerail Container Logistics, LLC
InventorJ. Michael Meissner
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Abstract
An overhead transport system includes a suspended railway and a motorized carrier configured to travel along the suspended railway. The motorized carrier includes a motorized trolley configured to move the motorized carrier along the suspended railway, chassis/beam configured to carry an object below the motorized trolley, and a bumper and deflection system configured to prevent the object from contacting another object.
Claims20
An overhead transport and route management system comprising:
- a suspended railway extending in the longitudinal direction;
- a first motorized carrier configured to travel along said suspended railway carrying a first container wherein said first motorized carrier comprises a bumper and deflection system configured to prevent said first container from contacting a second container;
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- a second motorized carrier configured to travel along said suspended railway carrying said second container.
An overhead transport and route management system comprising:
- a suspended railway extending in the longitudinal direction;
- a first motorized carrier configured to travel along said suspended railway carrying a first container;
- a second motorized carrier configured to travel along said suspended railway carrying a second container;
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- a remote control system configured to synchronize operation of said first motorized carrier and said second motorized carrier.
An overhead transport and route management system comprising:
- a suspended railway extending in the longitudinal direction;
- a first motorized carrier configured to travel along said suspended railway carrying a first container;
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- a second motorized carrier configured to travel along said suspended railway carrying a second container,
- wherein said first motorized carrier includes an electric motor with an internal braking mechanism capable of providing regenerative power.
An overhead transport and route management system comprising:
- a suspended railway extending in the longitudinal direction;
- a first motorized carrier configured to travel along said suspended railway carrying a first container;
- and
- a second motorized carrier configured to travel along said suspended railway carrying a second container,
- wherein said first motorized carrier comprises at least one spatial sensor for providing information regarding location and movement of said first motorized carrier to a remote control system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.