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US 4,065,006 AGranted
Container side-transfer system
OwnerLeonard D. Barryinventor
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This invention improves upon my side transfer system and devices of my U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,416,684, 3,483,829, and 3,484,002 wherein the improvement comprises transfer devices actuated by a cam rider or riders on transfer station car engaging a cam track along the transfer run and control of the transfer devices to insure safety. Side transfer cars couple selected pedestal cars in a passing train and have transfer arms that reach under one or more containers or trailers of various lengths to lift on or off between the parallelrunning sidecouple car according to train direction over a change of elevation in the cam track. A three grooved cam wheel is lifted from cam rail to cam rail to right or left to carry a second cam rider over a similar cam track plan to operate arms of a second transfer device is coordination to transfer a long container with two transfer devices. Optionally key-pin clutch-couplings can synchronize the transfer devices to operate together to transfer one long container or separately engage or not to operate either or both transfer devices according to the containers to be transferred. Features are added so the transfer devices can be made to load and unload cars, trailers, or storage spots while standing still. Various station facilities are provided to cooperate to increase the utility of this system, including a gantry crane which reaches over railway cars from side for transfer of the containers.
A first and a second track having at least one parallel running transfer run, at least a first and a second vehicle on respectively said first and second track, side transfer means on said first vehicle for extending over to said second vehicle to transfer a load, cam rider means on said first vehicle for operating said transfer means, a cam track extending aways along said first track for each said transfer run with lateral displacement and return for said cam rider means to guide on to displace laterally to extend said transfer means out over to said second vehicle and back to transfer a load to or from said first vehicle, and engaging-disengaging means for engaging a load on said second vehicle with said transfer device and for releasing a load from said transfer means to said second vehicle, and means for keeping said vehicles aligned while moving along said tracks for the transfer run.
A load transfer device for use with a vehicle and a horizontally extending rail comprising:
A vehicle way having at least one vehicle thereon and a (A) loading device positioned along (a) said vehicle way for the transfer of loads to and from said vehicle (vehicles) moving along said way;
A (loading) vehicle way, at least one vehicle on said way, a load transfer device positioned along (a vehicle) said way for (the) transfer of loads from (and) or to (vehicles) said vehicle moving along (the) said way, said device including:
A loading device positioned along a vehicle way for transfer of loads to or from vehicles moving along said way including:
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