Device for loading goods into and/or unloading goods from a loading space, particularly a container

US8827623B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Wipotec Wiege-und Positioniersysteme GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Johannes Stelter · Gilching, DE
• Klaus Edelmann · Worms, DE
• Rudolf Schäfer · Dresden, DE
• Theo Düppre · Kaiserslautern, DE
• Kurt Arnold · Kaiserslautern, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 9, 2011
• Grant date: Sep 9, 2014
• Expiry date: Sep 9, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G67/08
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention pertains to a device for loading goods into and/or unloading goods from a loading space 25, particularly a container, with a conveyor arm 1 that features a transfer station 5, 7, 9 for receiving the goods in the region of its proximal end and a transfer station 21, 23 for delivering the goods in the region of its distal end, wherein the conveyor arm 1 features a transport section 13, 15, 17, 19, 21 for transporting the goods from the transfer station 5, 7, 9 to the transfer station 20, wherein the transfer station 20 is realized in the form of a transfer and/or removal head 21, 23 that automatically deposits the goods at a predefined position in the loading space (25) and/or automatically picks up the goods from a predefined position in the loading space (25), and wherein the conveyor arm 1 is able to continuously transport the stream of successive goods to and/or from the predefined position.