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Transportation vehicle for mobile sorting of shipments

US10350643B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 19, 2017
Grant dateJul 16, 2019
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Expiry dateOct 19, 2037

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65G2047/687
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Example aspects relate to at least one transportation vehicle for mobile sorting of shipments, the transportation vehicle comprising a loading area arranged on the transportation vehicle, at least one infeed conveyer foldable attached to the loading area for loading an incoming shipment onto the transportation vehicle, at least two outfeed conveyers foldable attached to the loading area for unloading an outgoing shipment from the transportation vehicle, a scanning device arranged on the loading area adjacent to the at least one infeed conveyer and configured to scan the incoming shipment for obtaining a scanning information, a main conveyer arranged on the loading area and configured to convey the incoming shipment past the scanning device towards a sorting device, and the sorting device configured to sort the scanned incoming shipment according to the scanning information towards one of the outfeed conveyers for unloading the incoming shipment as outgoing shipment.

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