公开(公告)号：US4093084A

公开(公告)日：1978-06-06

申请号：US607509

申请日：1975-08-25

Applicant: Karl Ringer

Inventor： Karl Ringer

IPC: B65G67/60 ,  B65G13/00 ,  B65G17/24 ,  B65G17/34 ,  B65G63/00 ,  B65G67/02 ,  B65G43/00

CPC classification number: B65G63/004 ,  B61D47/00 ,  B65G17/345 ,  B65G2201/02 ,  B65G2207/18

Abstract: A rail network serving a given territory has a multiplicity of transfer stations for the transshipment of freight containers between local truck routes and scheduled freight trains, as well as between trains traveling to different destinations, each train comprising a number of flatcars with transverse roller conveyors which are aligned with similar conveyors on adjoining platforms when the train halts at a station. The platforms are separated by one or more railroad tracks and by several longitudinal conveyors in the form of articulated chains whose links are also provided with transverse roller conveyors alignable with those of the platforms and the flatcars. Transversely shiftable platform sections, each of a length equaling that of the flatcars, can be advanced into contact with a standing train to complete a driving circuit for the flatcar-mounted conveyors whereby containers resting on the rollers of a platform section can be moved onto the flatcar or vice versa. The platform sections can also be shifted completely across the well of a track, in the absence of a train, to enable the movement of a container to the opposite side. The conveyors and platform shifters are all controlled by a local computer, communicating with computers of nearby stations, on the basis of available-space information from preceding computers and of destination data fed in by local shippers or by the computers of originating stations.

Abstract translation: 为特定领土服务的铁路网络具有多个转运站，用于在本地卡车路线和定期货运列车之间以及列车前往不同目的地的列车之间转运货物集装箱，每列火车包括多个带横向辊式输送机的平板车 在火车停在车站时，在相邻的平台上与类似的输送机对齐。 这些平台由一个或多个铁路轨道和几个纵向输送机分开，铰链链的形式还具有可与平台和平板对准的横向辊式输送机。 横向可移动的平台部分，其长度等于平坦部分的长度可以前进到立式列车接触，以完成用于平板电脑安装的输送机的驱动电路，由此搁置在平台部分的辊上的容器可以移动到 平车，反之亦然。 在没有火车的情况下，平台部分也可以完全穿过轨道的井，以使得容器能够移动到相对侧。 输送机和平台移位器都由本地计算机控制，与邻近站的计算机通信，根据来自前一台计算机的可用空间信息以及本地托运人或由发起站计算机馈送的目的地数据。

公开(公告)号：US4522546A

公开(公告)日：1985-06-11

申请号：US418294

申请日：1982-09-15

Applicant: Karl Ringer

Inventor： Karl Ringer

IPC: B65G63/02 ,  B65G67/00

CPC classification number: B65G63/025

Abstract: A railroad station with at least two main tracks for freight trains with container-carrying flatcars has several pairs of ancillary tracks each flanking a respective main track, the ancillary tracks being used by respective sets of self-propelled transfer vehicles each having a length substantially corresponding to that of a flatcar. Each transfer vehicle is divided into four identical sections having respective pairs of transport arms which are laterally extendable in either direction to support containers of full or fractional lengths to be moved from or onto a flatcar, another transfer vehicle or a road vehicle aligned therewith. The spacing of the transport arms of each pair differs between vehicles on neighboring ancillary tracks to enable their extension into an interleaved position for a transfer of a container therebetween. Vehicles on an ancillary track adjoining a roadway have adjustable mountings enabling an orientation of the container axis parallel to the axis of a juxtaposed truck which is not entirely parallel to the tracks; precise alignment of a transfer vehicle with a flatcar, another transfer vehicle or a track is controlled by a vehicle-borne microprocessor responsive to signals from associated position sensors. A computer with information regarding the destination of containers to be transferred to different trains determines the order in which containers loaded on vehicles of one set are shifted to vehicles of an adjacent set preparatorily to their reloading onto respecive flatcars.

Abstract translation: 一个具有至少两个主要轨道的火车站用于带有集装箱平行车的货运列车，具有分别在相应的主轨道侧面的多对辅助履带，辅助履带由相应的各组自行式搬运车辆使用，各自具有长度基本对应 到一辆平车。 每个运输车辆被分成四个相同的部分，其具有相应的成对的运输臂，所述运输臂可沿任一方向横向延伸，以支撑从或与其对齐的平车，另一转运车辆或道路车辆的整体或分段长度的容器。 每对传送臂的间距在相邻辅助轨道上的车辆之间不同，以使其能够延伸到交错位置以便在其间传送容器。 在与道路相邻的辅助轨道上的车辆具有可调节的安装件，使得容器轴线的平行于并排完全平行于轨道的并置卡车的轴线的定向; 转运车辆与平车，精准对准，另一转运车辆或履带由车载微处理器响应来自相关位置传感器的信号进行控制。 具有关于要转移到不同列车的集装箱的目的地的信息的计算机确定装载在一组车辆上的集装箱准备好地转移到相邻车辆的车辆以将其重新装载到相应的平板上的顺序。