Material or article handling – Wheeled – load-transporting type vehicles and means for... – Means is confined to one of the vehicles
Patent
1983-12-29
1986-06-17
Sheridan, Robert G.
Material or article handling
Wheeled, load-transporting type vehicles and means for...
Means is confined to one of the vehicles
180168, 414631, 414633, 414661, 414663, 414672, 414674, 414786, 414902, B65G 6720
Patent
active
045953317
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is a system for automatically loading a transport vehicle with unit loads by automatically moving the unit loads from a predetermined loading position to prescribed positions in the transport vehicle. The present invention uses a loading vehicle which receives loads from a staging device which positions the unit loads in the predetermined loading position. A unit load transfer device transfers the unit loads from the staging device to the loading vehicle. The loading vehicle uses on-board sensors in combination with placement information provided by a staging processor to perform translational and operational movements which are processed by an on-board loading vehicle processor. Unit loads can be deposited throughout the transport vehicle by maintaining a guidance path which is internally generated within the transport vehicle and can be either internally or externally generated outside the transport vehicle.
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Branch Lewis R.
Dugan Larry M.
McCullough Davey L.
Thompson Roger A.
Adolph Coors Company
Sheridan Robert G.
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