JPH0557178B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial Field of Application) The present invention relates to a sliding container transloading device in which a truck and a railway freight vehicle or the like are attached in parallel and the container is slid between them.

(Conventional technology) Truck transportation plays the main role in domestic cargo transportation, but various problems have been pointed out in long-distance transportation, such as increased transportation costs and traffic congestion, and it is necessary to drastically review the mode of transportation. being called. Under these circumstances, a system has been proposed in which trucks and high-speed container trains work together to economically and quickly transport containers from door to door.

FIG. 8a shows a system called a piggyback transportation system among such systems.

In the piggyback transportation method, containers are transported by truck from the doorway of the departure point to a terminal station near the departure point.At the terminal station, the truck itself loaded with containers is loaded onto a rail car and transported by rail over a long distance to the destination. This method involves unloading a truck at a nearby terminal station and transporting the container to the doorway of the destination.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) The above-mentioned piggyback transportation system has problems in that it is inefficient in terms of weight and suffers from large energy losses because it transports not only cargo (containers) but also vehicles (trucks) by rail. In other words, a 4-ton truck is required to transport 4 tons of cargo, so the rail vehicle will carry a total weight of 8 tons. In terms of quantity, one railway car can only fit two trucks with a 6m loading platform.

Also, it is very inconvenient to load and unload trucks onto railway vehicles. For loading and unloading of trucks, a special slope is installed at the railroad crossing, and trucks are loaded one by one from the last car of the railway, and are allowed to run on their own over the gangplank that is passed between the freight cars to the very front. They will be loaded in sequence. Therefore, the loading and unloading order of trucks, that is, containers, is limited, and any container cannot be taken out immediately. In addition, trucks must be loaded and unloaded one by one in order, and loading and unloading cannot be done in parallel, so it takes a long time to load and unload. Furthermore, in order for trucks to board the train from the rear, a large loading area is required behind the train, and loading and unloading is only possible at a limited number of terminal stations.

The purpose of the present invention is to solve all the above-mentioned problems,
An object of the present invention is to provide a sliding container transloading device that allows cargo to be easily transloaded from any location in a short time, and enables smooth, weight-efficient long-distance transportation through cooperation between trucks and railways. .

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the container slide reloading device according to the present invention includes an upper slide guide means provided on the lower surface of the container, and a first slide guide means provided on the loading platform side of the truck. a lower slide guide means, a second lower slide guide provided on the side of the reloading frame, a slide drive means for engaging with a hook provided on the container to slide the container, and the reloading frame. and said track are kept parallel to each other at a constant interval, and the height of said first lower slide guide means is set to said second lower slide guide means.
height adjustment means for adjusting the height of the lower slide guide means to the height of the first and second lower slide guide means, and the height adjustment means aligns the heights of the first and second lower slide guide means, and the distance maintaining means With the truck held substantially parallel and at a constant distance next to the trestle, the container placed on the loading platform of the truck or the reloading pedestal is moved between the first and second lower slide guide means and the upper side. While being guided by a slide guide means, the slide drive means is configured to slide the load toward the reload stand or the loading platform side of the truck for reloading.

In this case, the upper slide guide means may be a sled, the first and second lower guide means may be guide grooves in which the sled engages, and the upper slide guide means may be a guide groove, The first and second lower guide means may also be sleds that engage the guide grooves. Furthermore, the transshipment stand can be applied to any vehicle such as a truck, freight vehicle, or platform. Furthermore, an electric winch can be suitably used as the slide driving means.

(Examples) Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with regard to examples with reference to the drawings and the like.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a sliding container reloading device according to the present invention, and FIGS. 2 to 6 are diagrams showing details of each component used in the device of the embodiment. , Figure 2 is a container, Figure 3 is a container.
The figure shows the sled, figure 4 shows the guide rail, figure 5 shows the mount,
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the ejecting device, FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of use of the sliding container reloading device according to the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a case where the sliding container reloading device according to the present invention is used. FIG. 3 is a diagram for comparing the transportation amount in the case of the conventional piggyback transportation method and the conventional piggyback transportation method.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a container, 2 is a truck, and 3 is a railway freight vehicle.

Container 1 (Figure 2a) has a sled 11 on the bottom surface.
(Fig. 2b) are attached, and two hooks 12 (Fig. 2c) are attached to the front and rear surfaces.

As shown in FIG. 3, the sled 11 has curved and tapered ends so that it can be easily inserted into the guide rail 21. A pin hole 11a is provided at one end of the sled 11, and the track 2
Or when placed on the freight vehicle 3, this hole 1
Insert a pin into 1a and secure.

Four guide rails 21 are provided on the loading platform of the truck 2. As shown in FIG. 4, the guide rail 21 has both ends inclined downward and is widened to easily accommodate the sled 11 described above. There is also a pin hole 21 for fixing on the guide rail 21 side.
A is provided.

The reason why the sled 11 and the guide rails 21, 31 are used for sliding and reloading is as follows. First, in the sled 11, the guide rail 2
When transferring from 1 to the guide rail 31 or vice versa, the movement of the load is continuous and smooth. Second, even if there is a slight difference in level between the two, it is easy to transfer between the two. Thirdly, even if there is some distance between the truck 2 and the freight vehicle 3, the truck 2 can be transferred to the freight vehicle 3 without falling down, unlike in the case of wheels or the like. Fourth, when the sled 11 is engaged with the guide rails 21 and 31, if they are fixed with lock pins, movement in the groove direction and vertical direction can be easily stopped, so that the sled 11 does not slip during transportation. It's safe. Finally, when the wire rope is pulled by an electric winch 22, which will be described later, the wire rope does not slack or move due to inertia.

There are two electric winches on the front and rear of the truck 2 loading platform.
Two 2 are installed. The reason why the electric winch 22 is used as a means for sliding the container 1 is that it does not require a circuit such as a hydraulic drive, is easy to install, is easy to operate by remote control, and the device itself is inexpensive. .

Four outrigger jacks 23 are provided under the body of the truck 2 to adjust the height of the loading platform. Using the outrigger jack 23, the height of the truck 2 is adjusted as shown in FIG.

A protruding device 24 is provided on the side surface of the truck 2 to maintain a distance from the freight vehicle 3 and to prevent the vehicle from rolling. The reason why the truck 2 is parked at a certain distance from the freight vehicle 3 is because it is very difficult to park the truck 2 parallel to and close to the freight vehicle 3. The ejecting device 24, as shown in FIG.
The main body cylinder 24a attached to this main body cylinder 24
a protruding rod 24b inserted into the protruding rod 24b, a protective member 24c provided at the tip of the ejecting rod 24b, and a fixing pin 2 that fixes the ejecting rod 24b in the protruding position.
4d.

A pedestal 30 is attached to the top surface of the freight vehicle 3, and the sled 11 of the container 1 is mounted on the pedestal 30.
Four guide rails 31 are attached to guide the. This guide rail 31 has substantially the same shape as the guide rail 21 on the track 2 side. Frame 30
This guide rail 31 is installed on a conventional freight vehicle.
It can be fixed to the vehicle using existing locking means such as locking pins for securing conventional containers. Therefore, if the guide rail 31 is directly attached to the freight vehicle, the pedestal 30 becomes unnecessary.

Next, a reloading operation using the sliding container reloading device according to the present invention will be described.

Here, we will explain the transshipment work between a truck and a freight vehicle as an example.

As shown in FIG. 7a, three containers 1A are loaded on the freight vehicle 3, and these containers 1
Suppose that A is transferred to 4t class truck 2.
First, the truck 2 is parked approximately parallel to the freight vehicle 3. Next, as shown in Figure 1c,
The four outrigger jacks 23 are installed so that the height of the guide rail 21 on the loading platform of the truck 2 substantially matches the height of the guide rail 31 on the mount 30 of the freight vehicle 3.
Adjust the height. Furthermore, the protruding rod 24b of the protruding device 24 shown in FIG. 6 is protruded and comes into contact with the freight vehicle 3.

In this state, as shown in FIG. 1c, the wire rope 22a (1
(shown by a dotted chain line) is wrapped around a guide roller provided on the opposite side of the track 2, and then the end engaging portion of the wire rope 22a is engaged with the hook 12 on the left side.

If two electric winches 22 are wound simultaneously using a remote control device, the container 1 is moved from the guide rail 21 to the guide rail 3 by the sled 11.
1 (in the direction of the dashed arrow in Figure 1c). At this time, the truck 2 is pulled toward the freight vehicle 3, but since the protruding device 24 is provided, the parallelism and spacing between the vehicles is maintained.

When transferring from truck 2 to cargo vehicle 3, wire rope 2 of electric winch 22 is
2a (double-dashed line in Figure 1 c) around the guide roller on the freight vehicle 3 side and drive the electric winch 22, the container 1 can be easily transferred to the truck 2 side (solid line a in Figure 1). (in the direction of the arrow).

Prepare one truck 2 and store container 1A.
After delivery, the next containers 1A may be delivered one after another in series, or three trucks 2 may be prepared and delivered in parallel at the same time.

The sliding transloading device according to the present invention is not limited to the case where three 4-ton containers 1A are loaded onto one freight vehicle (Fig. 7a), but also when two 10-ton containers 1B are loaded onto one freight vehicle (Fig. 7a). It can also be applied to Figure 7 b). Furthermore, it can be similarly applied to a case where a 4t container 1B and a 1.5t container 1C are mixed (Fig. 7c). The applicant has already proposed a device for vertically sliding a 1.5-ton container 1C onto a large truck or cargo vehicle using a small truck 2a (Fig. 7 c, d). (Special Application No. 57-66050).

Various modifications can be made within the scope of the present invention without being limited to the embodiments described above.

In this embodiment, an example has been described in which a sled is used as the upper slide means and a guide rail is used as the lower slide means, but the reverse may be used.
In this case, a guide rail is attached to the bottom of the container, so even if the container is placed directly on the ground,
The slide surface will not be soiled. Furthermore, if wheels are attached to both sides of the lower surface of the guide rail, the container can be moved by hand within the premises or the like.

Outrigger jacks are used as height adjustment means.
We have shown an example of this use, but in addition to extending and retracting the rear suspension using hydraulic or pneumatic pressure,
The body may be dumped up from the front side. Further, cylinders, suspensions, links, etc. can be used in combination as appropriate.

Although a protruding device is shown as an example of the spacing holding means, a pantograph or other link mechanism may be used to adjust the spacing and hold the mechanism.

In addition, in the case of the present invention, it is necessary to keep the truck waiting at the destination terminal station.
If the container cannot be kept on standby all the time, a fork pocket may be provided on the bottom of the container in order to temporarily lower the container to the terminal station using a forklift.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, according to the present invention, since containers are reloaded while being slid using sleds and guide rails, the load movement is continuous and smooth, so that stable reloading can be achieved. In addition, it is possible to reload even if there is a slight difference in level, making the reloading work simple and easy.Even if there is a gap between the truck and the freight car,
You can transfer. Moreover, if the sled and guide rail are fixed in the direction of the groove, they can be easily fixed and safety during container transportation can be ensured.

By using such a device of the present invention,
It has become extremely easy and efficient to transfer containers between trucks and railway freight vehicles.

In other words, in the case of the above-mentioned piggyback transportation method, 2 trucks must be loaded, so 4t
However, when using the slide reloading device according to the present invention, only two containers 1 of 4 tons can be loaded onto the cargo vehicle 3 (Fig. 8a).
(Fig. 8b), the transport capacity can be increased by 150% using a similar cargo vehicle.

In addition, in the case of the piggyback transportation method,
When the target truck was on the way, it was necessary to uncouple it or lower the trucks sequentially from the front end or rear end to lower the target truck.
With the present invention, any container can be transshipped even when several freight vehicles are connected, so there are no restrictions on the loading position, making the transshipment work simple and significantly shortening the transshipment time. can.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a sliding container reloading device according to the present invention. Figure 2~
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing in detail each component used in the apparatus of the embodiment, in which FIG. 2 is a container, FIG. 3 is a sled, FIG. 4 is a guide rail, and FIG. 5 is a pedestal. , and FIG. 6 are diagrams showing the ejecting device, respectively. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of use of the sliding container reloading device according to the present invention. FIG. 8 is a diagram for comparing the transportation amount when using the sliding container reloading device according to the present invention and when using the conventional piggyback transportation method. 1... Container, 11... Sled, 12... Hook, 2... Truck, 21... Guide rail, 22
...Electric winch, 23...Outrigger jack, 24...Ejection device, 3...Freight vehicle, 30
... mount, 31 ... guide rail.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. An upper slide guide means provided on the lower surface of the container, a first lower slide guide means provided on the loading platform side of the truck, and a second lower slide guide means provided on the transloading platform side. a slide guide means, a slide drive means that engages with a hook provided on the container to slide the container, a distance maintaining means that keeps the reloading frame and the truck parallel at a constant interval; height adjustment means for adjusting the height of the lower slide guide means to the height of the second lower slide guide means, and the height adjustment means adjusts the height of the first and second lower slide guide means. The containers placed on the loading platform of the truck or the reloading platform are placed in the first position while the heights of the containers are aligned and the trucks are held substantially parallel to and at a constant distance next to the gantry by the spacing holding means. and a container sliding reloading device configured to be reloaded by being guided by the second lower slide guide means and the upper slide guide means and slid toward the reloading stand or the loading platform side of the truck by the slide drive means. 2. The container slide according to claim 1, wherein the upper slide guide means is a sled, and the first and second lower guide means are guide grooves that engage with the sled. Transshipment equipment. 3. The upper slide guide means is a guide groove,
2. The sliding container reloading device according to claim 1, wherein said first and second lower guide means are sleds that engage with said guide groove. 4. The transshipment platform is suitable for trucks, freight vehicles,
The sliding container reloading device according to claim 1, which is a platform or the like. 5. The container slide reloading device according to claim 1, wherein the slide driving means is an electric winch.