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Apparatus for automatic insertion and alignment of freight units

US4993899A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Messerschmitt Bolkow Blohm GmbH · DE

Inventors

Hinrich Engel · Bremen, DE
Hartmut Sempert · Delmenhorst, DE
Gerhard Palme · Gmunden, AT

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 6, 1990
Grant date	Feb 19, 1991
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 6, 2010

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB64D9/003
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus is used for automatic insertion and alignment of freight units, such as pallets or containers, into mobile cargo compartments. The apparatus includes a pivotal guide lever with a hold-down member arranged at an entry guide in the region of an opening into the mobile cargo compartment. For moving the freight into the cargo compartment, the guide lever is displaced by an adjustment lever extending upwardly from the bottom of the cargo compartment. The adjustment lever can be displaced from the path of on-coming freight units so that the freight unit passes over the adjustment lever.

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