Large-capacity transport container

Details Large-capacity transport container Large-capacity transport container

1996-08-15

1998-09-15

Johnson, Brian L.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Nesting vehicles

16 34, 220 15, 206596, 280 30, B65D 9018

Patent

active

058068635

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BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The invention is directed to a large-capacity transport container in the form of a stackable ISO container for transporting bulk materials such as free-flowing construction materials, construction debris, garbage, industrial waste and the like.
In view of the multitude of transporting tasks, various systems have resulted for transporting material which are arranged parallel to and adjacent to one another. Depending on the distance of the destination to which the materials are to be transported, standardized ISO containers are used for transporting via ship and railroad, whereas interchangeable platforms, hook-roller containers or other systems are used for highway transport for short and medium distances. The two transporting systems which are geared to the use of large-capacity transport containers are not compatible.
Due to its standardized design, the ISO container which is used globally is very suitable for stacking and enables an extensive economical automation of the entire loading and unloading process. The ISO containers can only be picked up and deposited with the aid of special hoists which are provided at the respective loading locations in railroad terminals and ports. Specially designed ISO corners, as they are called, are specified in construction guidelines for the fastening of loading devices and for anchoring during transport. For short distances, containers are transported by trucks which are outfitted with special platforms. As a rule, the trucks are loaded and unloaded by the hoists available at the loading locations or this can be carried out only with expensive and heavy automatic loading devices or other auxiliary loading means. Possibly owing to the specific conditions under which the ISO containers can be picked up and deposited and the exactly defined standards for their construction, these large-capacity transport containers are used only for long-distance transport and seldom for short- and medium-distance transport in spite of their logistical advantages. Due to the absence of hoists or special lifting mechanisms in the transport vehicles, ISO containers are too unwieldy and accordingly unsuitable in an economic respect for transporting tasks which are carried out in rotation or on a daily basis, e.g., for deliveries to or pickups from construction sites.
Numerous solutions have already been proposed for increasing the mobility of large-capacity transport containers for short- and medium-distance operation and to facilitate the picking up of containers and the depositing of containers on a transport vehicle.
For example, DE 39 22 813 A1 proposes an auxiliary container traveling gear which is arranged at one end face of the container and is outfitted with means for engaging in adjacent bottom ISO corners. Support rollers are so disposed at the auxiliary traveling gear of the container in the extension of the lateral line of the container that the container can move in the horizontal direction on the rollers when lifting the free opposite end face. In order to pick up the container from the transport vehicle, this transport vehicle must be outfitted with a special pickup arrangement. The proposed auxiliary traveling gear can be arranged on any ISO container without converting the transport container. For this purpose, however, the auxiliary traveling gear must be available at the loading location or must always be carried along on the transport vehicle with the special pickup arrangement.
DE 33 12 585 A1 discloses an auxiliary traveling gear for large-capacity transport containers which has a rear driving axle and a front steering and driving axle which can be coupled to and uncoupled from the frame of the transport container simply and quickly. For this purpose, upper and lower catch pieces are arranged at the front and rear end faces of the transport container, the front and rear axles being inserted and bolted therein. Further, hydraulic work cylinders are fitted between the lower catch pieces and the side bracing to lift the container when acted u

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