Method for handling loads in a warehouse for containers, particularly standard containers
AssigneeGottwald Port Technology GmbH
InventorRonald Kleine
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Abstract
A method is provided for handling loads in a warehouse for containers that may be automatically stored and removed from storage by a container stacking crane, between a storage area and a truck or other vehicle parked in a parking space of a loading and unloading area To optimize the throughput performance and safety of handling loads in a warehouse for containers, it is proposed that after the truck drives into the parking space and after the driver of the truck leaves the parking space, the parking space is secured against the presence of persons including the driver, before a release signal is given to the container stacking crane for the automatic loading or unloading process.
Claims20
A method for handling loads in a warehouse for containers, said method comprising:
- automatically placing the containers into storage and removing the containers from storage with a container stacking crane;
- unloading the containers in a loading and unloading area adjacent the warehouse with the container stacking crane;
- determining a number of persons, including a driver, positioned in a truck configured for receiving and hauling at least one of the containers when the truck is in a control area;
- positioning the truck in a parking space of the loading and unloading area;
- vacating the truck and the parking space by the driver;
- detecting the departure of the driver from the parking space;
- generating an authorization signal and transmitting the signal to the container stacking crane in response to said detecting;
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- initiating, in response to the authorization signal, an automatic loading or unloading process for transferring the containers onto or off of the truck in the parking space with the container stacking crane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.