Handling system for containers

US8996159B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Terex MHPS GmbH · DE

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 9, 2011
• Grant date: Mar 31, 2015
• Expiry date: Nov 9, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05D1/0061
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A handling system for containers includes an automated zone in which floor-bound, rubber-tired and driverless container transport vehicles are used which transport containers between container bridges and a container storage facility. A non-automated zone is provided in which floor-bound, rubber-tired and manned container transport vehicles are used, the container transport vehicles being optionally operable in a driverless or manned mode and thus being optionally transportable in the automated zone or the non-automated zone. A corresponding container transport vehicle which can be connected to an auxiliary device for control in the manned mode is characterized in that the auxiliary device comprises a driver's cab that is equipped with a control system for steering, motion control and braking in the manned mode, the container transport vehicle having a detachable fastening possibility for the driver's cab at the front face of the vehicle.