CN1232433A

CN1232433A - Multi-deck container

Info

Publication number: CN1232433A
Application number: CN 97198507
Authority: CN
Inventors: 马丁·克莱夫-史密斯
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1996-09-07
Filing date: 1997-08-29
Publication date: 1999-10-20
Anticipated expiration: 2017-08-29
Also published as: CN1107006C; AU739733B2; GB2332423B; WO1998009889A1; DE19782025T1; GB2332423A; GB9903640D0; AU4123597A; BR9711995A

Abstract

A multi-deck, collapsible, container (10), for general purpose cargo or bespoke vehicle carriage, has a supplementary deck (12), movably-mounted on upright supports (13), upon a base deck (11), in an open-plan, space-frame array, to enable tiered cargo stacking, whilst preserving roll-on/roll-off end loading and unloading access; the supplementary deck may itself be segmented (16), with differential entrained mobility for diversity of load handling configurations, including multiple individual tilting of discrete loads, such as long vehicles.

Description

Multi-deck container

The present invention relates to be used to transport (shipping) freight container with shipping, and its structure is applicable to vehicle and regular general cargo transportation.

Though freight container normalisation aspect overall gabarit shape, size and tare weight or load-carrying ability still exists to be more suitable in loading and the loading shell scope of storage structure.

Transporting the containerized keelboat of the separation goods of a plurality of feature unanimities, as transport single vehicle, is exactly an appropriate example.

Broad sense says that target may comprise high loading density, the delelivered payload capability of a plurality of multiple vehicles.

Loading and piling up aspect the vehicle suitable proven technique and improved development along with specially building the vehicle chassis of (rolling on/roll down) and the development of vehicle conveyer and trailer, it is respectively applied for land route and railway transportation.

Though obtained high dress density and the loading capacity of vehicle like this of carrying, filling structure still need not be compatible with the containerzation standard, thereby internal schema (promptly as land route/railway/sea-freight/air transport) is still infeasible.

The structure technology of many custom-engineered conveyers or vehicle chassis still can not be converted to container structure (weight of freight container does not have to reduce at least) at an easy rate to reduce the volume that sky returns traffic cost and reduces freight container itself.

Aspect container structure, can run into rigidity, the balance between the weight or meausurement of loading strength and " passive " non-income.

Unnecessary " space " is the waste of stowage capacity around the goods.

Thereby, be continuous loading and unloading, and be easy to must to conform with the economy requirement near the corresponding to high loading density of handling goods.

In order to adapt to single goods and to reduce the goods clearance spaces, the alerting ability that constitutes goods space once more also is desirable, and does not have excessive labyrinth.

Aspects more of the present invention have related to the vehicle storing mode of multistage or multilayer containerization.

By introducing complementary platform and support, people have repaid the side plate that inlays that the examination several different methods is changed the standard that is used for general purpose container.

This equipment itself is that extra weight increase is invaded and introduced in a kind of space.

And the container cubic of standard is not enough usually, this be because the restriction of strict cargo height and multilayer vehicle store incompatible, and not meticulously to vehicle positioned opposite or nested and hindered loading and unloading.

There is not compact sky to return the device of structure yet.

An aspect according to this invention:

A freight container comprises:

A plurality of movable relatively platforms, they are installed on the supporting construction, and this support is used for differential relative flat-bed location and directed.

Desirably, for transport vehicle, providing end path (passage) opening/gap between the end portion supports with loading vehicles on each loading platform.

Usually the loading Area of bearing of bottom and assistance platform equates, to obtain two-fold delelivered payload capability altogether.

More particularly, the rectangle plane form of an elongation has the Container Standardization feature.

Assistance platform can be cut apart allowing differential relative motion, thus other load/unload unload with transport structure under can reconfigure assistance platform.

Best, supporting construction comprises the bar or the pillar of (vertically separating) pivotally, and assistance platform is folded into becomes a folding fully freight container that bottom line is dark on the bottom platform.

This folding property of Collapsible container and stacking make Collapsible container become for example 5 or 6 heavy storage warehouse and transportation meanss of multilayer, and it has identical floor area " footprint " with single freight container.

Bottom and/or complementary goods platform can be placed between the pillar of folding end.

Thereby for example each end support structure can comprise a pair of bar that is spaced laterally apart or pillared, is attached on (bottom) platform (vertically) edge with hinge, does not account for fold height so as far as possible.

Strut bar or pillar are placed on the rectangular base flat-bed angle usually.

Additional support and strut bar or pillar (reasonably form symmetrically relative a pair of and pass across platform) can be fixing with additional end portion supports along (vertically) side of bottom platform.

In a structure, on midship mounting bar or the pillar angle to the rectangle that is placed in the imagination, size equates with the size of standard container, is approximately 12 meters (40 feet) long (wide 8 feet).

Because the arrangement of the midship mounting bar of a shortcoming like this, the end portion supports bar is placed on the angle of a rectangle usually, and one of longer size of the freight container in certain container system that equals to adopt now is long as 14.3 meters (48 feet).

Different size or ratiometric freight container can be stacked and transport to the duality of end and midship mounting bar at a common goods port.

A plurality of pole pairs can be placed on other a pair of the inside or folding along the bottom platform order.

Bar can be installed in by the hinge means of a balance on the assistance platform so that the manual operation arrangement.

Also can use demountable " plug-in type " bar accessory.

All bar arrangements can reflect the location of container lifting accessory, as the hawser suspension ring.

The door bolt of bar can guarantee that with pull bar bar is keeping vertical under the design load situation when aiming at the operation of assistance platform.

Mechanical guide can combinedly promote the motion mutually of assisting in the decline process with bottom platform to be controlled at.

Thereby, for example, can use in built-in roller in platform end and rod guide.

" I " type groove or the structural beams with built-in " L " type section of guide rib can be used as (vertically) platform stringer.

Platform supports with strut bar and can stretch to hold relative flat-bed motion.

The lifting jack reasonably placed side by side or be placed in the strut bar in case act directly between two platforms or indirectly-acting on bar.

The releasable hinge connecting piece of multiposition, the end that reasonably is used in assistance platform with allow platform inclination and one or more meanings be taken between the bar of end across the time hold temporary transient platform and separate.

Therefore, for example, the guide roller that keeps between platform and strut bar allows a platform end to move up and down, and centers on the point of connection squint with platform bar shoulder to shoulder.

The self-orientation detent mechanism is installed on the end portion supports bar predetermined platform end position, so as temporarily to lock the platform end given along on the stroke of bar.

For convenience platform promotes, and keeps guiding and adjusts to predetermined slope or tilt with horizontal surface, and roller or wheel can all be installed to roll on the guide rail in platform or strut bar in the flat-bed one or both ends.

On the bar of (at least) end, as prescribed line-internal guide rail extendible portion supports that end of assistance platform in the time of can being installed on the guide arm with convenient platform inclination, therefore can compensate the deficiency across land lengths between the pole of end.

Other platform end remains in the respective end portions strut bar and moves.

In addition, the auxiliary guide rail extendible portion can guarantee that roller meshes when different platform tilts.

Platform motion track adjusting wheel or roller can be installed on the fork, mesh in whole platform inclination process guaranteeing.

When loading, can adopt different operating sequences with inside adjustment platform.

Therefore, for example, assistance platform can be placed on extreme lower position, horizontal positioned and being placed on the bottom platform.

Then, assistance platform can be enhanced, for example jack or the motor of installing on crane by the freight container treating stations or the freight container.

In addition, assistance platform (or a differential mobile part (as the end) part can be inclined to one and load the slope ladder, and one end height holds the height of vehicle on the bottom platform.

The other end can remain on the entrance of the slope ladder of bottom platform, thereby guarantees on the ladder of slope that vehicle parking is on the appropriate location of assistance platform so that all remaining vehicles can be speeded into continuously.

Then, promote than low side, when perhaps being necessary, reduce higher-end with the assistance platform leveling at desired height.

For big/heavier vehicle, as truck, assistance platform can be placed on the bottom as a brace panel and goods supporting, and as terrace part supporting one deck (weight) vehicle at the bottom of the single-piece, it occupies the overwhelming majority of the internal container degree of depth.

Usually by all-in-one-piece power-lift equipment such as hydraulic actuating cylinder are installed, lifting screw or cable winch promote assistance platform.

Oil cylinder provides power by the hydraulic efficiency pressure system on freight container---can select arbitrarily with the online press device of exterior Hydraulic Pump to interconnect power take-off shaft as trac..

In a special structure, but the hydraulic actuating cylinder of a pair of relative single-acting simple elongation (being that complete extended length is the twice when shrinking fully) can vertically be placed between two cargo stages symmetrically.

This arrangement, an end of assistance platform can be fixed or drag and Virtual hinge connection on reference plane, for example can be by the engagement of the roller in guide rail.

The other end can promote and be higher than the desired height of second layer vehicle, so that can hold vehicle below it, and vehicle can reach bevelled gradient ladder.

The flat-bed constraint is disengaged, and allows the weight of platform equilibrium and the contained vehicle of redistribution.

During loading, the weight of assistance platform is skew distribution by the asymmetric placement of oil cylinder.

This helps the balanced higher-end that reduces to require height to lower floor's vehicle, arrives that highly and promote than low side, and the demanded driving force of wanting minimum.

This structure allows to use less elevating ram effectively, because they are thus lifted to their total travel or near total travel, and assistance platform is unloaded, therefore during this period of time has less platform weight to be moved.

Assistance platform thereby rotate with oil cylinder effectively, and constraint has once more selectively to carry out and controls or limit rotation.

The constraint of the action peace you portion by selecting oil cylinder, rising and the location that can realize different platform.

Program instruction sequence or automatic guidance can be carried out necessary loading and unloading gradient ladder inclination program with helping deconditioned operator.

Except whole lifting means,, outside lifting screw and the wire twisting machine, or rely on exterior lifting means, as crane or toter/transport vehicle as hydraulic actuating cylinder.

In addition, or replace the assistance platform that intactly tilts, have only the confinement end branch to be inclined to and load gradient ladder.

Similarly, the part of assistance platform can differentially little by little tilt, and then can obtain the loading gradient ladder of multiple degree, and is precipitous during as beginning, yet begins to become sloping gradually at a distance from load terminal.

In addition, assistance platform part longitudinally space is inclined to " the light grade ladder " of series of parallel, the length that it can hold than it, bigger single (vehicle) length ability is arranged, if these gradient ladder ends and end arranged cells are in line, can make the amount of storage of long vehicle reach bigger level.

For example support auxiliary gradient ladder chassis fully by integrally moving one, equipment just can create the light grade ladder of a succession of loading like this and tilted alignment.

In the practice,, especially work as under the full load conditions for assistance platform positioning control and maintenance, when resembling horizontal intermediate lift position and being parallel to bottom platform, breech lock, bail, drg and Stop-motion lock can be used.

(centre) platform end tilt or differing heights can pass through fork across motion, wait in the motion of the roller of guide rail extendible portion and adjust.

Crossing over stack flat-bed crown member can install.

Such a crown member can be by assistance platform mobile lifting and be reduced to a temporary transient height that is higher than strut bar or strut ends.

Any or each platform can comprise the wheel of closed slide with support unit.

In fact, sacrificed the platform inside stuffing for the load larrying member of landing beam, wherein comprised the vertical stringer of vehicle rail conduct and have space crossbeam binding parts.

Select the protection of ceiling increase to vehicle, sidewall also can be mounted.

Ceiling can be supported on the minor bottom platform of stack, and can promoted by the motor jack before container loading, is placed on to support and goes up and be fixed on appropriate position.

Ceiling itself can be carrying platform and vehicle rail be arranged to be used for three (stack) layer or to stack layer.

Because the influence of carrying ceiling, auxiliary (centre) flat-bed position can be readjusted.

The bottom, the centre, top platform can comprise crooked longitudinally arch, just a degree difference.

Therefore, the ground that is accordant to reason, ceiling have bigger bending arch, and belly board has medium arch and bottom platform has minimum bending arch.

The bending arch of bent type has requirement, promptly will be 30-40mm for bottom platform, requires 60-80mm for belly board, and requires 120-160mm for top platform.

These sizing specifications comprising the height tolerance that is in the length mid point on the plane of end.

Though enough rigidity (with regard to bottom and belly board) are arranged for load bearing requirements, owing to these three parts structure produced crooked arch, and these three parts all have the free condition of the state of nature that crooked arch is provided.

The outwardness of crooked arch will provide extra height " gap ", and it allows the crossbeam of the cross member of vehicle body and guide rail to raise and reduces.

This rising has reflected that with reduction relevant precipitous transition angle is especially on the platform that tilts and smooth.

When all vehicles were all loaded onto, crooked arch had just reduced, and in fact, vehicle weight that rearranges or design load can be used for eliminating the crooked arch of platform.

Top platform (fluffy) can be lighter structure, by adopting (tensioning) bar or band to reduce crooked arch, adjusts crooked arch by plus-minus screw or analogue like this.

The bending arch on next door, reasonably get up to whole freight container " rigidization " in a plurality of some interior bonds after loading adjustment in bottom platform and any top.

Therefore, the freight container after the loading can be eliminated vibrations, when for example passing through fierce sea in the freight container traffic process.

Common casting anchor helps a little to guarantee that vehicle is in appropriate position.

Freight container also has forklift tines goes into a little, is used for forklift and scoops up.

These positions are asymmetric and have a replaceable hole on length.

Each pitches into point can be a hole at the lateral parts of bottom platform, and tube-like piece aligning common and horizontal expansion between the side part is in order to avoid vehicle wheel and fork contact.

These horizontal fork-joins can be placed on the vehicle rail by pipe fitting or by guide rail, the loading and unloading of vehicle are produced little stop and avoid piercing through vehicle.

Yet preferably these pipes are placed under the guide rail.

In addition, these pipes may be discontinuous so that interrupted by guide rail.

Vehicle rail is embedded in each platform structure to make full use of usable height.

This has reflected the calibrated altitude of freight container in international shipping, and this is applicable to two-layer vehicle reluctantly, also will decide according to the height of vehicle.

When vehicle passes breeches pipe, consider that in order to increase the space height/depth has influenced adjustable bending arch.

Because cargo-carring wheel is between these pipes, (loading) space of increase is unnecessary, and the minimizing of the crooked arch of platform reduces whole height to the standard that allows.

Usually, bottom construction comprises quite intensive vertical side stringer with the support of supporting each track, belly board and laterally the breeches pipe interior bonds is together.

Freight container generally by the bar tension of diagonal angle elongation, for example constitutes door and collapsible between end construction.

The door of end can have 270 ° motion arc angle like this, promptly from folding position that vehicle enters to the end position that bars up freight container.

Yet although freight container is a standard, the transportation practice allows the outstanding freight container of vehicle slightly.

Thereby end door can be held suitable vehicle front or afterbody projection.

Tension can be carried out along the freight container side.

As the vehicular transport (as previously mentioned), broader applications of the present invention are to the transportation of ordinary goods except special.

Therefore, in such goods structure, bottom platform and bar are installed together, and it extends upward and support a movably assistance platform from the bottom.

This assistance platform can be put it at this and be elevated to quite high position with the bottom platform supporting goods from lower position, and Fu Zhu goods layer is supported on the bottom platform herein.

As just an example, be described with regard to specific embodiments more of the present invention below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1A-1D illustrates a multilayer vehicular transport freight container of the present invention, and it has one in different bearer, unloading, the complementary goods platform under ceiling location and the goods transport structure situation; More particularly:

Figure 1A illustrates assistance platform and is placed on the horizontal cargo carrying height in the middle of one and is parallel to bottom platform, and has the ceiling of a stack.

Figure 1B illustrates gradient ladder (end) part of the assistance platform of Figure 1A, and its inclination is to be used for loading, the storage of unloading or longer vehicle, remainder is a level.

Fig. 1 C illustrates the assistance platform integral inclination shown in Figure 1A and Figure 1B, to be used for load/unload.

Fig. 1 D illustrates whole reduction of the assistance platform shown in Figure 1A-1C and forms whole as (two) platform mechanism of strengthening with the bottom platform stack.

Fig. 2 A-2F illustrates multi-deck container among Figure 1A-1D in different assembling stages and storage situation; More particularly:

Fig. 2 A illustrates a freight container that has folded, and has one with the assistance platform of bottom platform stack and reduced platform (end) and supported.

Fig. 2 B illustrates situation about being superimposed upon on another of freight container that several among Fig. 2 A have folded.

Fig. 2 C illustrates the assembling stage that begins most of the folding freight container among Fig. 2 A, and its platform end is installed in the support of (assisting) platform (end) of expansion.

Fig. 2 D illustrates the ensuing assembling stage of freight container among Fig. 2 A and Fig. 2 C, and an one assistance platform is raised to the support upper end with an end of ceiling.

Fig. 2 E illustrates next step the assembling stage of freight container of Fig. 2 D, and its assistance platform is raised to fully and supports the upper end and be the level of state, and places ceiling.

Fig. 2 F illustrates the freight container shown in relative Fig. 2 E and is in the freight container readiness, and wherein under the ceiling that assembles, the assistance platform integral inclination becomes a loading and unloading gradient ladder.

Fig. 3 is shown in further detail a vertical lateral plan of the modification of multi-deck container shown in Figure 1A-2F, and elevating ram peace you portion articulated mast is wherein arranged.

Fig. 4 A and 4B are shown specifically an assistance platform structure; More particularly:

Fig. 4 A illustrates a platform plane figure, has the end positioning roller.

Fig. 4 B illustrates a platform side view.

Fig. 5 illustrates the transparent view of the modification of a multi-deck container shown in Figure 1A-4B, and it has the end tie rod.

Fig. 6 illustrates the modification of the placement ordinary goods of a multi-deck container shown in Figure 1A-5.

Fig. 7 is shown in further detail the cross sectional drawing of the constructional variant of a multi-deck container shown in Fig. 1-6, under the condition of folding freight container inner installed platform is arranged.

Fig. 8-12 illustrates one does not have a top structure two-layer vehicle freight container under different goods transports and load/unload structure; Therefore more particularly:

Fig. 8 illustrates an assistance platform level and is reduced to bottom platform and becomes integral body with it, to allow (level) vehicle loading/discharged situation;

Fig. 9 illustrates a complete bevelled assistance platform, on the at one end local tiltable part of wherein cargo-carring vehicle;

Figure 10 illustrates partly upwards leveling of bevelled assistance platform shown in Figure 9, but that part of bevelled that the stays vehicle situation during in-line not;

Figure 11 illustrates assistance platform shown in Figure 10 and is placed to bevelled gradient ladder, but it is out-of-line to stay the terrace part and the bevelled of vehicle;

Figure 12 illustrates the assistance platform shown in Fig. 8-11 by leveling and be arranged on the intermediate goods shipping height, to allow two superimposed layer transport vehicles, except the bevelled end portion.

Figure 13-17 illustrates the modification that freight container shown in Fig. 8-12 has the top, aspect carrying structure and operating sequence, some general-duty resemblances is arranged; Therefore more particularly:

Figure 13 illustrates the modification that the top is arranged of horizontal folding platform structure shown in Figure 8;

Figure 14 illustrates the modification that the top is arranged of the auxiliary gradient ladder of inclination shown in Figure 9 structure;

Figure 15 illustrates the modification at a top of the auxiliary gradient ladder of inclination shown in Figure 10 structure, and the vehicle that wherein is placed on bevelled gradient ladder part has exceeded top layer.

Figure 16 illustrates the modification that the top is arranged of the auxiliary gradient ladder of inclination shown in Figure 11 structure;

Figure 17 illustrates the modification that the top is arranged of the carrying structure of a plurality of dip plane, as the derivative strucure type of single dip plane constructional variant shown in Figure 12.

Figure 18 is shown specifically a plurality of positions, assistance platform end pivotal support, i.e. the roller guiding attachment that links by a pin.

Figure 19 A illustrates two inner " L " type profile landing beam structures of installing of pin bonded assembly.

Figure 19 B illustrates a stack modification of two " L " type beams shown in Figure 19 A.

Figure 20 illustrates the limit of (temporarily) platform mobility that is used for load/unload.

With reference to the accompanying drawings, a multilayer (transportation) freight container 10 has the assistance platform 12 of a bottom platform 11 and a relative removable stack.

Assistance platform is installed on the bottom platform 11 by one group of strut bar or pillar 14, and strut bar 14 mainly is distributed in four jiaos of rectangular profile of an extension.

Freight container 10 has a space frame structure that opens wide usually, and its structure has minimum own wt or unnecessary volume.

In the vehicle borne modification, freight container 10 is formed in the end handling goods, this by at one end or the access passage between strut bar 14 30 at two ends finish, shown in Fig. 1 C and 1D.

Optional top part 15 covers on bottom and

assistance platform

11 and 12 and can support 72 (as shown in Figure 5) of (lightweight) sidewall backplate.

15 of ceilings can carry in some modification, to allow in addition (the 3rd) if a layer goods put thereon---be necessary the work in space in the stacking field of freight container.

In fact, according to goods and available goods space, additional (relatively movably) platform can be installed on the common bottom platform and use shared support as far as possible.

In general, assistance platform 12 is movably and can be inclined to desired inclined-plane or leveling dropping to extreme lower position and be raised between the vertex, these will use common lift system (Fig. 1 is not shown specifically) to transmit, and various inside or exterior device can use.

Thereby the modification of describing later shown in Figure 2 has just adopted hydraulic ram 27 onboard.

When assistance platform 12 lay in a horizontal plane in extreme lower position fully, it and bottom platform 11 constituted one on the structure, shown in Fig. 1 D and 7.

For long vehicle, for example truck or fluffy transport truck 19 is arranged so just allows to have ability and maximum load-carrying capacitys of maximum height in freight container.

Assistance platform 12 lies in a horizontal plane in midway location (shown in Figure 1A), and this just allows goods (such as the vehicle 13) layer of two independences (mutual superposition).

Between two end positions that raise or reduce, assistance platform 12 can integral inclination, shown in Fig. 1 C.

This is on that (centre) incline structure, and an end of assistance platform 12 can be fixed on that end strut bar 14 and be in midway location (approximately mid point).

Can be used in the one or both ends of assistance platform 12 with the demountable pivot interior bonds of end bar 14 bonded assemblys part, as shown in figure 18.

The other end of assistance platform 12 is supported on the platform 11 or merges with it by being placed in the bottom platform 11, like this permission between bottom platform and

assistance platform

11 and 12 incessantly weight move.

In some modification, shown in Fig. 8-17, although be accompanied by complexity on lifting and detent mechanism as described in afterwards, assistance platform 112 says that on two kinds of meanings bottom platform 111 can tilt relatively.

In addition, assistance platform 12 itself can be divided into (although carrying secretly mutually) assistance platform part or the dividing body 16 of a plurality of different activities.

This device allows an end sections 16 to be inclined to the state that the major part with assistance platform 12 is out of line around hinge 18, helps the transportation of handling goods or long goods, shown in Figure 1B.

In some modification, shown in Figure 12 and 17, using method that assistance platform 112 cuts apart can increase vehicle and stack density---when especially the single unit vehicle of different vehicle length and special length being loaded.

Shown in Fig. 2 A, for the economy of (sky returns) transportation and storage, freight container 10 can foldable integral.

In a structure of folding freight container 20, whole (level) assistance platform 12 reduces and level is put on the bottom platform 11 or even become one with it---these are by removing or folding strut bar 14 and contraction two relative hydraulic actuating cylinders 27 are finished.

Any ceiling 15 also can be folded on the assistance platform 12 and bottom platform 11 of stacking, shown in Fig. 2 A.

The linable lamination 22 of the freight container 20 of folding unanimity is shown in Fig. 2 B.

Except dead weight, it is such that band in the platform or latch can be used for that continuous single folding freight container is connected to a lamination 22.

Fig. 2 D shows the starting stage of the assembling of a freight container that begins from the folded state shown in Fig. 2 A, and at this moment, end bar 4 is folded on the bottom platform 11 and vertically is locked in four angles of bottom platform 11 around end hinge means 21.

Shown in Fig. 2 C, the belly board 12 that supports any top platform 15 can initially rise to the highest (ceiling) position of strut bar 14 by the end that raises with oil cylinder 27 subsequently---with catching " roller " end fitting 23 with assistance platform 12 integral inclinations.

Assistance platform 12 than end portion 24 because its bottom hinge device 21 is dismantled, also can be raised to the extreme higher position of pillar 14, at overhead height leveling platform 12, so top 15 just is positioned on the bar 14 reliably, shown in Fig. 2 E.

Because the position has been determined at top 15, carrying position in the middle of assistance platform 12 can drop to, big mid point about bar 14.

Because its pillar internal connection 23 is the lowest limit end of guided way (perhaps) separately, an end 25 of assistance platform 12 can be reduced to bottom platform 11 places fully.

Other end 24 is fastened to and forms bevelled on the middle hinge device 25 of bar 14 at this end place and reach/sail down loading ramp---shown in Fig. 2 F.

Fig. 3 more is shown specifically, the position of each element on the multi-deck container that has top (folding) and its structure, and it has the movability of assistance platform by the platform end articulated mast 39,49 that use has strut bar 43,53.

Bottom platform 11 all has longitudinal chassis beam 31 on every limit, is connected by transverse beam 38.

For transport vehicle, the guiding chassis 26 that is superimposed upon in the crossbeam 38 can be installed.

Similarly, assistance platform 12 all has longitudinal chassis beam 32 and is connected by transverse beam 34 on every limit.Moreover, for transport vehicle, the guiding chassis 28 that is superimposed upon in the transverse beam 34 can be installed.

A pair of (departing) digonal link 36,37, it has detouchable end accessory 47,48, and digonal link 36,37 is attached between cuddy board strut bar 43,53 and the chassis beam 31.

A pair of relative (assist) platform execution (hydraulic pressure) oil cylinder 27 is distributed in assistance platform chassis beam 32 to be departed between the position 59 at longitudinal biasing center of the position 57 at its center and bottom platform chassis beam 31.

The oil cylinder that departs from the center of gravity arrangement of assistance platform 12 helps platform balance when tilting.

In modification shown in Figure 3, oil cylinder 27 together uses together with platform end articulated mast 39,49.

In addition, in the modification of Fig. 8-17, the location of platform end is the current location that is fixed on strut bar by the multiposition pivot joint selectively---usually with reference to Jx and Jy, this is for the relative end system of assistance platform 12.

Figure 18 illustrates Jx, the more detailed example of Jy structure.

Top platform 115, it has vertical landing beam 135, covers bight strut bar 114 upper ends and fixed thereon, and it can be used as an optional additional bearer platform.

Guide arm 153 can (for example Jx Jy) combines, when assistance platform tilts, with the deficiency of compensation assistance platform 112 span between two bars with the pivot joint that moves.

By oil cylinder 127, no matter bottom platform 111 how, this all allows assistance platform 112 to have (inclination) movability.

End bar 143,153 itself can separate and/or be folding, makes things convenient for they and bottom platform 111 (again) to be folded into one or is stacked on the bottom platform 111.

The annex of strut bar 114 bottoms allows some side travels respectively and helps opening, folding and stacking---and can comprise a balance tensioning spring with buffering with the load when eliminating the strut bar location for manual operations.

Bottom platform beam 131 comprises slit or hides when the hole of living 133, and this is that being beneficial to of establishing in order to insert forklift tines handled bottom platform 111 with outside lifting means.

According to desired access passage situation, a freight container end can temporarily or forever be closed, and this is firm and hard existing by adorning between the platform strut bar, so that increase the rigidity and the intensity of freight container.

In structure shown in Figure 3, according to the inclined-plane situation that tiltable assistance platform 12 forms, left hand end can be considered to the dress that can open wide/the unload arrival end closed condition of optional door (although can); And relative right hand end is considered to close.

Fig. 5 illustrates additional internal platform intertie 67 and auxiliary side lever 63 and diagonal ligament arm 69 and forms a box-like cage to strengthen the intensity of whole freight container.

Pull bar 67 can form a with gemel end door, and it can be opened, so that allow the vehicle roll on-roll off (RO-RO) by the freight container end.

The sidewall spacer 72 of a removable layout 15 is installed to bottom platform 11 from the top against the load space.

The freight container of multiple-structure more be widely used in regular general cargo loading and shown in Figure 6 be a kind of goods modification.

Modification between the load--or in fact dual-purpose storage---also be feasible.

In Fig. 6, but general duty complementary goods platform or dull and stereotyped 82 rise to shown in position and be fixed on the end bar 84 by demolition pin door bolt 83.

Assistant flat-plate 82 can be fixed on diverse location and can tilt or leveling, as at shown in the vehicle or as described in.

For according to desired dull and stereotyped 82 position position selectively, provide a plurality of independent restraint locations 88 along bar 84.

In order to increase the load-carrying capacity of whole freight container, assistance platform 82 is in the same place at end bar 84 midship mountings with relative bottom platform or dull and stereotyped 81 usefulness extension bars 89.

Strut bar 84 is linked together by the back timber 85 of ceiling structure 15, and door 90 can be installed between the bar 84 and is supported on the hinge 87---open or side when opening wide when door, allow goods to enter from vertical side and the door 90 that opens wide.

If when goods 86 heavier or that volume is bigger loads and transports, then assistance platform 82 is reduced on the base platform 81 with outside crane or forklift.

Shown in Fig. 7 is to promote and reducing under the alternation condition transverse end surface cutaway view of base platform 81 and assistance platform 82.

Bottom platform 81 has the base plate or the flat board 91 of (continuous or discontinuous), and it is placed on the crossbeam 93 and across between the curb girder 94, wherein curb girder is that cross-sectional plane is the girder steel of " I " type.

Similarly, assistance platform 82 also has the flat board 102 of (continuous or discontinuous), and it is bearing on the crossbeam 103 and across between curb girder 104.

When assistance platform 82 complete levels dropped to the end, to a certain extent, it was nested between the curb girder 94.

Under this condition, the curb girder 104 of assistance platform 82 is bearing on the base plate 91 of bottom platform 81.

Obtain a rational inner connection method by rearranging pipe link 89, the comprehensive strength of assistance platform 82 and bottom platform 81 can support goods 86 like this.

When assistance platform 82 was raised to midway location, no matter bottom platform 81 how, it can both support goods 86.

When assistance platform 82 was raised to highest level, it can protect goods 86 not to be subjected to the infringement of weather and organic detritus.

Goods 86 has further been protected in the use of sidewall 72.

By strut bar 84 usefulness hinge axis 101 (not shown) are connected on the bottom platform 81, they just can folding so.

Therefore, when assistance platform 82 is placed on the bottom platform 81 and strut bar 84 foldings, so just compressed and stacked the purpose that economic transportation and storage have been played in the space.

Assistance platform 82 can be made two more than the part, is half of bottom length as every part--the horizontal hinge of middle pole supporting two halves platform of-installation.

Manufacturing peace intralamellar part for dull and stereotyped beam is nested, and except the steel of adjacent " I " type profile, double-type " L " section girder steel 201,202 also can adopt, shown in Figure 19 A and 19B.

Therefore, for example a pair of edge or the side skirt section 203,204 of " L " type profile steel 201,202 are relatively stacked up, the pin 205 that separates with the space connects into the beam of " C " type profile or part box selectively, " L " shaped steel 201,202 also can be used like this, and its advantage is to there being good flexure stress to distribute on the given section.

A pair of relatively " L " type profile steel can superpose, and link together with pin again, shown in Figure 19 B again.

Turn back to again and aim at transport vehicle and on the design-calculated structure, shown in Fig. 8-17.One multi-deck container 100 has an assistance platform 112, is installed in the top of a bottom platform 111 movably, and the guided way 139 that passes through to get involved is across between the strut bar 114 of end.

Fig. 8 illustrates one and is superimposed upon on the assistance platform 112 on the bottom platform 111 and cargo-carring vehicle 113 by the level of driving towards.

Fig. 9 illustrate that assistance platform one end is raised to the pole extreme higher position and form one tilt to load ladder, it also allows (single) vehicle falling loading (being the substitute mode of initial level stowage shown in Figure 8).

Initial cargo-carring single unit vehicle 113 is parked on the assistance platform part 116, and temporary transient and assistance platform 112 remainders in line, but it also can throw off independent inclination here, as shown in figure 10.

Figure 10 illustrates being raised to pillar intermediate altitude (being about midpoint) adjustment assistance platform 112 than low side and being the situation of minor grade state of assistance platform 112.

Yet assistance platform part 116 door bolts of no use tack, and the one end is placed on the bottom platform 111 and tilts and the other end is bearing on the assistance platform of lifting.

By the method that tilts and do not fasten, obtain assistance platform part 116 this independently behind the inclined-plane, the end that assistance platform 112 raises drops to the position of bottom platform 111 from the highest pillar height, thus the inclination ladder that forms a minor grade pack into convenient follow-up vehicle, as shown in figure 11.

Link two flat-bed sloping portions 116 in case fill vehicle on the assistance platform and have a vehicle to be placed on, assistance platform 112 can whole leveling, as shown in figure 12.

Because assistance platform 112 is on bottom platform 111, the passage that enters bottom platform 111 from an end is unimpeded, and vehicle can enter till all filling continuously.

When rethinking whole delelivered payload capability, we should understand like this: long vehicle is in the freight container that is contained in to fixed length originally, can be the bevelled slab construction by the mapping ensemble end of casing, and just it can be held.

Shown in Figure 13-17 is a similar load module, but it is adapted to ceiling flat-bed freight container modification---corresponding element has been adopted identical reference number.

Yet still have some differences.

Thereby in Figure 15, vehicle is allowed to the edge and at one end passes the top platform frame.

Among Figure 17, fully loaded structure comprises a series of bevelled vehicles 113, and it is across the space of auxiliary and bottom platform.

Each vehicle 113 is contained in independently assistance platform part 116 places.

Load and/or repetition assistance platform 112 lifting program technics loading with exterior crane (not shown), then, do not fasten bolt with a bolt or latch and arrange continuous terrace part 116, repeat the order of Figure 11-13.

In this fully loaded structure, the more a spot of vehicle in structure shown in Figure 12 is loaded, but long especially vehicle also can be received down by vertical nested inside.

Though set forth two-layer or three layers of platform structure, we should be appreciated that, as long as the economy permission can be adopted additional layer structure when supporting (guaranteeing not damage by pressure) treasure.

Deny side, can prove: simply piling up loading is to waste.

As shown in figure 20, some temporary transient extendabilities and/or redesign form again that the ability of balanced freight container can obtain by resetting the position of platform.

Therefore,, promptly exceed passive transference and load suspension height 243, can provide interim increase (end) entrance height 244, so that vehicle enters in the bottom platform 241 by promoting assistance platform 242 to its limiting altitude position 245.

And, in the vehicle handling process and under the part cargo shipment platform manipulation order situation, when especially terrace part inclination and loading ramp launched, freight container opened wide, and space frame or trellis itself just can be held some vehicle outshots (although being temporary transient).

With reference to Figure 18, assistance platform 152 has terminal guide wall 153, and it is installed in the pivot roller 157, and pivot roller 157 (freely) is fixed in the guide rail 158, and this guide rail is between strut bar 154 relative two flanges.

The lengthwise position on guide rail 158 of roller 157 is that supporting pin 155 is inserted in the through hole 156 of strut bar 154 predetermined positions by movably supporting pin 155 restrictions.

Therefore, platform 152 keeps freely rotating around roller 157, but is limited to move down along strut bar 154, reorientates up to supporting pin 155.

Guide rail 158 can extend along guide arm extendible portion 139, as previously mentioned.

The automatic ratchet or the breech lock 159 that are used for supporting pin 155 can be installed, when assistance platform 152 ends, ratchet or just effect of breech lock 159 when arriving predetermined guide rail position by the lift cylinder on plate action, so gig (temporarily) stops to move and the platform end just is bearing on the rest pin 155.

Rest pin 155 can manually be removed or be cancelled mode by the power of ratchet or breech lock 159 and remove.

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Claims

1. a multi-deck container (10) is characterized in that it comprises: be installed in a plurality of relatively-movable platform (11,12) on the supporting structure (14) that is used for the directed of relative mistake moving platform and locatees.

2. multi-deck container as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that it comprises: common platform supports, and it is poor to adjust the flat-bed span that relative platform inclination causes by the pipe link got involved or guides (39).

3. the described multi-deck container of arbitrary as described above claim is characterized in that it comprises:

One tiltable terrace part (16), it is connected between adjacent two platforms as loading ramp or the loading plate that prolonged.

4. the described multi-deck container of arbitrary as described above claim, it is characterized in that, it comprises: a bottom loaded platform, an assisted loading platform, the assisted loading platform can move on foldable platform end portion supports relative to bottom platform, between platform and near the platform place, platform gig and freight container erecting equipment are installed.

5. the described multi-deck container of arbitrary as described above claim is characterized in that it comprises: a platform that is divided into a plurality of attached terrace parts, so that every part can have motion separately to adorn/unload and transport structure with the difference that adapts to freight container.

6. the described multi-deck container of arbitrary as described above claim is characterized in that it comprises:

A plurality of tiltable terrace parts are to hold between a series of individual weights and each comfortable two platform.

7. the described multi-deck container of arbitrary as described above claim is characterized in that, selectively removes platform and supports, and is folding with what adjust the flat-bed inclination, raise or support.

8. the described multi-deck container of arbitrary as described above claim is characterized in that, can have repositionable platform and support so that fold on platform.

9. the described multi-deck container of arbitrary as described above claim is characterized in that, two or more platforms fold by relative interior and stack can become an integral body to increase the weight load-carrying capacity.

10. the described multi-deck container of arbitrary as described above claim is characterized in that it comprises: a top platform, it can be placed on the platform support and go up and promote with platform motion.

11. the described multi-deck container of arbitrary as described above claim is characterized in that it comprises: a balance platform bracing or strutting arrangement, what help supporting arranges again so that container folds and installation.

12. the described multi-deck container of arbitrary as described above claim is characterized in that, it has the inner expletive of suitable platform and with the transportation that adapts to general duty or mixed cargo and combination belly board end portion supports between the platform supporting linkage is arranged.

13. the described multi-deck container of arbitrary as described above claim is characterized in that, its combination has the integral platform lift system of operating between platform.

14. the described multi-deck container of arbitrary as described above claim is characterized in that it comprises a platform lift system, it departs from the inclination of platform center of gravity placement with balance platform.

15. the described multi-deck container of arbitrary as described above claim is characterized in that, it has one and passes through the support of platform end so that the cargo-carring end inlet of goods.

16. foregoing substantially multi-deck container can be with reference to accompanying drawing also as shown in drawings.