High density narrow-profile storage system
OwnerJohn J. Lanigan, Sr., John J. Lanigan, Jr.inventors
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Abstract
A high density narrow-profile storage system, comprising the steps of: unloading a container from a train car; storing the container in a storage yard substantially adjacent and parallel to a track; loading the container on a buffer in proximity to the storage yard; lowering the container on a chassis of a tractor trailer; and transporting the container away from the buffer. The system can include: a crane; a narrow-profile storage yard substantially adjacent and parallel to a train track; a buffer adapted to receive and raise or lower a container from or onto a chassis of a tractor trailer; and a tractor for transporting the container to or from the buffer.
Claims14
A high density narrow-profile storage method, comprising the steps of:
- providing a storage yard including a track, a storage area adjacent and parallel to the track and a plurality of strategically positioned buffers adjacent and parallel to the storage area;
- unloading a container from a train car;
- storing the container in the storage area;
- loading the container on one of the strategically positioned buffers in proximity to the storage area, in a substantially unitary step of picking and placing the container on one of the strategically positioned buffers by use of a crane;
- lowering the container which is on one of the strategically positioned buffers, on a chassis of a tractor trailer;
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- transporting the container away from one of the strategically positioned buffers, with a tractor trailer.
A high density narrow-profile storage system, comprising:
- a crane adapted for transporting a container to or from a train car, the crane includes a travel lift;
- a narrow-profile storage yard substantially adjacent and parallel to a train track, the storage yard including a storage area adjacent and parallel to the track and a plurality of strategically positioned buffers adjacent and parallel to the storage area;
- a plurality of strategically positioned buffers adapted to receive and at least one of raise and lower a container from or on to a chassis of a tractor trailer;
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- a tractor for transporting the container to or from the buffer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.