Loading device for loading and/or unloading transport containers for piece goods and method for loading and/or unloading transport containers for piece goods
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorPETER BERDELLE-HILGE
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Abstract
A loading device for loading and/or unloading transport containers for piece goods includes a plurality of loading places at which the transport containers can be disposed and loaded or unloaded. At least one loading apparatus can be used for loading and/or unloading the transport containers at least at one loading place. In order to reduce the costs for the device, the device includes at least one positioning apparatus for moving at least one transport container or the loading apparatus from a first loading place to at least one second loading place. A method for loading and/or unloading transport containers for piece goods is also provided.
Claims13
1-12. (canceled)
A loading device for at least one of loading or unloading transport containers for piece goods, the loading device comprising:
- a plurality of loading places at which the transport containers can be disposed and loaded or unloaded;
- at least one loading apparatus for at least one of loading or unloading the transport containers at least at one of said loading places;
- and
- at least one positioning apparatus configured to perform a relative movement between said at least one loading apparatus and the transport containers, said relative movement transferring the transport containers from a secondary operating state into a loading state.
A method for at least one of loading or unloading transport containers for piece goods, the method comprising the following steps:
- placing a plurality of transport containers at loading places;
- loading or unloading the plurality of transport containers by using at least one loading apparatus;
- moving the transport containers and the at least one loading apparatus relative to one another;
- and
- transferring the transport containers from a secondary operating state into a loading state by the relative movement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.