Container track for container transport
OwnerSilvio Grilliinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for the transport of containers, wherein at least one container is driven along on rotating drive units (12) on a transport system, the transport system being built over a long distance such that remote delivery of containers may at least be achieved on a regional scale and a transport system for transporting containers comprising a rectangular frame (1,3), several rotatable drive units (12), fixed to the frame (1,3) perpendicular to the frame (1,3) and parallel to each other, each comprising at least one drive wheel (10) on which a container can be supported and driven, wherein the transport device runs over a long distance such that the remote delivery of containers may at least be achieved on a regional scale.
Claims10
A conveying system for the transport of worldwide common transport containers, the conveying system comprising:
- an elongated frame comprising a first lane directed in a first direction and a second lane directed in an opposite second direction;
- multiple rotatable drive units mounted in parallel and crosswise to the frame, each drive unit providing at least one drive wheel for driving a transport container;
- cutouts in opposing steel joist lines;
- insertion plates configured to fit in the cutouts;
- bearings operably associated with each drive unit;
- a control system;
- a first drive unit operably associated with the first lane, the first drive unit being activated by the control system by a first transport container approaching the first lane and being disabled by the control system as the first transport container departs the first lane;
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- a second drive unit operably associated with the second lane, the second drive unit being activated by the control system by a second transport container approaching the second lane and being disabled by the control system as the second transport container departs the second lane;
- wherein the bearings are carried by the insertion plates;
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- wherein the conveying system is provided on at least a regional scale for enabling long distance conveyance of the transport containers.
A method for conveying worldwide common transport containers on at least a regional scale, comprising:
- providing an elongated frame, wherein the frame comprises a first lane directed in a first direction and a second lane directed in an opposite second direction;
- mounting a plurality of rotatable drive units in parallel and crosswise to the frame, each drive unit having at least one drive wheel for driving a transport container;
- providing cutouts in opposing steel joist lines;
- providing insertion plates adapted to fit in the cutouts;
- providing bearings operably associated with each drive unit, the bearings being carried by the insertion plates;
- providing a control system;
- activating by means of the control system each drive unit of the first lane in response to the approach of the transport container approaching on the first lane, and activating by means of the control system each drive unit of the second lane in response to the approach of the transport container approaching on the second lane;
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- disabling by means of the control system each drive unit of the first lane in response to the departure of the transport container departing on the first lane, and disabling by means of the control system each drive unit of the second lane in response to the departure of the transport container departing on the second lane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.