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US 2026/0152259 A1Published application
Storage and distribution system for containers
AssigneeBEC Companies, Inc.
InventorsCharles E. Benedict, Nicola Ianeselli
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Abstract
A port storage and distribution system for facilitating the transfer and/or storage of international shipping containers between container ships and ground transport carriers wherein an overhead grid guide track structure is provided that permits overhead transfer units to selectively engage and convey containers as required between the various ships, carriers and storage area without requiring multiple transfers of containers between different handling equipment.
Claims11
A method of transporting a container, comprising:
- a) positioning a container underneath an open cell of an overhead grid system;
- b) picking up the container with a transfer unit of the overhead grid system;
- c) moving the container to a secondary open cell of the overhead grid system via the transfer unit;
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- d) depositing the container at a secondary location via transfer unit.
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