Device for handling stackable cargo units in a cargo space, as well as a method for handling stackable cargo units
AssigneeCopal Holding, B.V.
InventorJozef Gerhardus Henricus Maria Schenning
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device (100) for loading/unloading stackable cargo units (101) such as boxes (101) from a cargo space, such as a sea container (102). Such a device (100) comprises a movable arm (104) with a head (110), comprising an array with downwardly directed gripping bodies (e.g. suction cups (211)). According to the invention there is a second grip section (220) with which the cargo units (101) can be gripped at the sides thereof. Hereby also cargo units (101) of a top row can be unloaded quickly. The invention also relates to a method for the loading/unloading of a cargo space.
Claims13
A device for handling stackable cargo units in a cargo space, wherein the device
- comprises a frame;
- and
- comprises a movable arm which has a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end is connected to the frame, and the distal end is provided with a head for gripping at least one stackable cargo unit, wherein the head comprises a head section, which head section
- is movable in height relative to the distal end of the arm;
- and
- comprises a first grip section, which first grip section comprises an array of downwardly facing gripping organs for gripping at the upper side of at least one stackable cargo unit in the cargo space,
- characterized in that the head section comprises a second grip section, the second grip section being locatable above the first grip section, wherein the second grip section comprises an array of second gripping organs arranged transverse to the downward direction and facing away from the distal end of the arm, which second gripping organs are movable transverse to the downward direction between a first position wherein the second gripping organs are situated relatively close to the distal end of the arm and a second position wherein the second gripping organs are situated relatively far from the distal end of the arm and protrude to beyond the first grip section.
Method for handling stackable cargo units in a cargo space, comprising:
- gripping one cargo unit out of a stack of cargo units by means of a device which comprises:
- a frame;
- a movable arm which has a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end is connected to the frame, and the distal end is provided with a first grip section which comprises an array of downwardly facing gripping organs;
- and
- a second grip section, the second grip section being locatable above the first grip section, wherein the second grip section comprises an array of second gripping organs arranged horizontally and facing away from the distal end of the arm, which second gripping organs are movable horizontally between a first position wherein the second gripping organs are situated relatively close to the distal end of the arm and do not protrude beyond the first grip section and a second position wherein the second gripping organs are situated relatively far from the distal end of the arm and protrude to beyond the first grip section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.