LOAD PACK TRANSPORTATION AND UNLOADING SYSTEM Russian patent published in 1995 - IPC

FIELD: materials handling. SUBSTANCE: system has reloading base with recess for lifting platform; automotive vehicle with swing platform body with wheel suspension, parallel roller guides, turnable tailgate with parallel roller guides to be butt-joined with platform body guides and inclined channels on base, and wedge-type fixing mechanism; roller guides on base; stop on recess for lifting platform. Unloading is started by opening tailgate, lowering guides 24, and butt-joining them with guides 15. Wedges 26 are lowered by drive. Wedges are arranged between rollers 23 with flanges located flush with flooring. Wedges release in turn packs 48 on pans 50 with beams 49 on rollers 23, and packs roll along guides 24 and 15 after which they can be removed by lift truck. After unloading, tailgate with guides 24 is lifted vertically and fixed in position, and platform 4 is lifted up. Platform 8 gets off stop 7 and vehicle runs away. EFFECT: enhanced efficiency of transportation and unloading of load packs on flat pans at points of destination possibility of use of vehicles and reloading base for wide range of unit loads, cut down operation time and energy consumption at unloading. 2 cl, 16 dwg