Material or article handling – Wheeled – load-transporting type vehicles forming a train,...
Patent
1989-10-31
1991-05-28
Spar, Robert J.
Material or article handling
Wheeled, load-transporting type vehicles forming a train,...
198365, 104290, 1052611, 414337, 414350, 414382, 414384, B65G 4746
Patent
active
050189280
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a novel train and track which can be used in an automated, tracked soration system which is capable of sorting and transporting high volumes ofgoods efficiently and which gives flexible system design, easy set-up, easy servicing with minimum down time, centralized control and a minimum of wiring complexity. The train includes "smart" cars and a locomotive for pulling the cars around the track. The trains are loaded with goods to be sorted and given destination addresses for the goods at a loading or master station. Once a train has left the master station, all functions including keeping track of position, regulating speed and dumping cars are to be controlled by a microprocessor placed aboard each locomotive. This "smart" design allows the track to be very simple as it need only provide a path and lower supply for the trains to run on and the train can wait at the loading station until it has a full or partial load to deliver. Power feed lines are provided associated with the track to power the locomotive, and passive destination or slave stations are positioned about the track to receive sorted goods. Each dumping car includes a tray and a discharge mechanism. The trays are pivotable about an axis longitudinal to the cars and allows dumping to the sides of the track. Pivoting of these trays are controlled by the discharge mechanism which are movable from a neutral position to an intermediate position and to an engagement position. The tray pivots to dump when the discharge mechanism contacts a fixed object on the track. The pivoting is prevented when the discharge mechanism is in the neutral position.
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Katz Robert S.
Spar Robert J.
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