Freight handling, esp. ship unloading plant - incorporates intermediate trolley receiving containers from shuttle trolley running on shelf

摘要

The plant is mainly designed to increase the productivity of freight handling operations, eg. containers, in any kind of depot. It simplifies the engineering works supporting the mobile crane (1). It has a transversal boom (2), to eliminate stressing working conditions for the operator of the mobile crane (1) and to automate the freight handling operations. The mobile crane (1) runs on a track (11) placed at the top of a fixed longitudinal frame (10). It has stanchions (20) which transmit the loads to the ground at fixed positions constituted advantageously by foundation plinths (21) on piles (22). The cabin (12) is independent of the upper trolley (3) of the mobile crane (1). An intermediate trolley (13) receives the containers (7) from a shuttle trolley running longitudinally on a shelf (9) of the frame (10) and transfer them onto lorries (16) and/or trolleys (17) of a conveyor ring (18) of the depot assisted by bridge cranes. In maritime depots, the hold covers of ships may be stored on supporting elements (24) of the frame (10). The plant may be installed in newly builded or existing maritime, lakeside, riverside, railway or terrestrial depots.