Material or article handling – Load bridging vehicle
Patent
1995-02-06
1996-04-30
Werner, Frank E.
Material or article handling
Load bridging vehicle
414786, 414392, 414399, B65G 6702
Patent
active
055119271
ABSTRACT:
A system is provided for transferring loads between railroad cars on different tracks. If desired the system may be highly automated. A series of parallel, adjacent rail car tracks are provided for carrying separate strings of connected railcars in side-by-side relation. A second series of tracks is positioned parallel to and adjacent the first-named series of tracks. A plurality of load lifting mechanisms are provided, these mechanisms being independently movable along the second tracks. The mechanisms each have at least one and preferably a plurality of grapplers capable of lifting a load from one rail car on a first of the rail car tracks and placing the load on another rail car on a second of the rail car tracks. Thus, the plurality of load lifting mechanisms can redistribute the loads of separate strings of connected rail cars.
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Advertisement plus p. 11 from the Jul./Aug., 1987 issue of the magazine Intermodal Age.
Two photographs from an unknown magazine.
Lanigan Michael T.
Lanigan William P.
Lanigan Jr. John J.
Lanigan, Sr. John J.
Mi-Jack Products Inc.
Werner Frank E.
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