Global Patent Index - EP 0539111 B1

EP 0539111 B1 19970502 - A method and apparatus for handling a plurality of cargo spaces

Title (en)

A method and apparatus for handling a plurality of cargo spaces

Title (de)

Verfahren und Gerät zur Handhabung von Frachtbehältern

Title (fr)

Procédé et appareil de manutention de conteneurs

Publication

EP 0539111 B1 19970502 (EN)

Application

EP 92309451 A 19921016

Priority

FI 915055 A 19911025

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0539111A1] A system which comprises at least cargo spaces (1; 18) and rail bogies (2) or wheel-and-axle sets, for handling a plurality of cargo spaces, which cargo spaces are at least at one stage arranged into a line (4) in alignment with a railway track (3) and are raised by the edges (5a, 5b) of the cargo spaces to a distance above the track. The wheels of the train are transferred as a line (6) of bogies (2) or wheel-and-axle sets along the track (3) to beneath the line (4) of cargo spaces (1), each bogie is positioned in the region of a cargo-space end (7a, 7b) or a cargo space (1), and the cargo spaces are lowered to bear on the bogies in order to form a train (19) ready for travel. The train is disassembled into a line of cargo spaces by removing the bogies (2) or wheel-and-axle sets along the track from beneath the cargo spaces. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

B61D 3/20; B61B 1/00; B61D 3/18

IPC 8 full level

B61B 1/00 (2006.01); B61D 3/18 (2006.01); B61D 3/20 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B61B 1/005 (2013.01); B61D 3/184 (2013.01); B61D 3/20 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0539111 A1 19930428; EP 0539111 B1 19970502; AT E152405 T1 19970515; DE 69219430 D1 19970605; DE 69219430 T2 19971009; FI 90845 B 19931231; FI 90845 C 19940411; FI 915055 A0 19911025; FI 915055 A 19930426

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 92309451 A 19921016; AT 92309451 T 19921016; DE 69219430 T 19921016; FI 915055 A 19911025