Method and system for transferring standard cargo holders, especially ISO containers and swap bodies, between railways and roads

US8651793B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Gottwald Port Technology GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Hermann Franzen · Rheydt, DE
• Armin Wieschemann · Oberhausen, DE
• Mike Hegewald · Düsseldorf, DE
• Jannis Moutsokapas · Monheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 30, 2009
• Grant date: Feb 18, 2014
• Expiry date: Nov 30, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B66C17/20
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Method and system for transferring standard cargo holders, especially ISO containers and swap bodies, between railways and roads. The standard cargo holders are loaded onto driverless transport vehicles by means of handling equipment or are received by said transport vehicles, and the driverless transport vehicles transport the standard cargo holders between the handling equipment and a loading and unloading zone. Alternatively, a driving zone for driverless transport vehicles for transporting standard cargo holders to or from the handling equipment adjoins the handling equipment, and a loading and unloading zone for transporting standard cargo holders adjoins the driving zone.