Arrangement for the transportation and storage of heavy goods of bulky dimensions

US4184354A · kind A · utility

Inventors

• Helmut Eberlin
• Karl R. Halada · Lenzburg, CH
• Peter Kaufmann · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 30, 1978
• Grant date: Jan 22, 1980
• Expiry date: Oct 30, 1998

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G37/02
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

This invention is directed to a system for the transportation and storage of heavy goods of bulky dimensions and, in particular, coiled metal trackway which, during manufacture, is formed in rolls and requires movement between fabricating stations and intermediate storage stations under conditions where high space storage is the preferred arrangement. High space storage areas having narrow sides but not directly interconnected and in abutting arrangement are located in equi-axial fashion along a central longitudinal transportation pathway having low level workshops adjoining this pathway. Also adjoining this central transportation pathway are manufacturing stations which are disposed in transverse relation to the central pathway. Overhead transportation trucks transfer bundles of metal sheets from high space storage to fabricating stations, including rolling mills and cutting machines, for forming the sheets and cutting into the final product in the form of bundles. Between work stations (rolling mills and cutting machines) trucks carry the work and conveying means cooperate with additional trucks to place the product in high space storage.