US3804274A - Article handling transfer mechanism - Google Patents

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US3804274A
US3804274A US00226909A US22690972A US3804274A US 3804274 A US3804274 A US 3804274A US 00226909 A US00226909 A US 00226909A US 22690972 A US22690972 A US 22690972A US 3804274 A US3804274 A US 3804274A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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  • the vehicle chassis supports a permanently affixed half-wall body.
  • a removable insert mates with the half-wall body to form a container for the luggage or articles of simlar configuration being transported.
  • each of the car inserts When used in a system for baggage handling.
  • each of the car inserts contains one passenger's luggage which is destined for a particular aircraft departing area.
  • the second station is located at the desired aircraft's departing area and only the luggage for a particular aircraft is delivered to this station.
  • a number of check-in stations may service numerous aircraft stations and likewise one aircraft station may be serviced by a number of check-in stations.
  • FIG. 1 is a pictorial view of a baggage check-in station including a vertical lift for an insert containing baggage and a track mounted vehicle;
  • FIG. 2 is a view of a two cart shuttle arrangement for moving baggage from a drop-off point to a transfer location;
  • FIG. 3 is an expanded view of a portion of one of the shuttle carts of FIG. 2 illustrating the drive mechanism and baggage orientation guide;
  • FIG. 3A is a sectional view of the shuttle cart baggage orientation mechanism taken along the line 3A3A of FIG. 3;
  • FIG. 4 is a side view of two opposed transfer locations positioned on opposite sides of a vertical lift where two check-in stations feed a single track mounted car dispatch station;
  • FIG. 6 is a pictorial view of a pusher assembly for transferring baggage from one of the shuttle carts of FIG. 2 into a car insert;
  • FIG. 7 is a view of the vertical conveyor of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 8 is a pictorial view of a track mounted vehicle of a type for use with the system of the present invention including a car insert in a raised position;
  • FIG. 10 is a pictorial view of a baggage unloading station located at an aircraft loading ramp.
  • a first passenger deposits his baggage on the scale conveyor 24 which is subsequently conveyed into the shuttle cart 32.
  • a second passenger deposits his baggage on the scale conveyor of the drop point 14; this baggage is subsequently conveyed into the shuttle cart 38.
  • the attendant serving the baggage drop points and I4 sets into motion a program for transferring the shuttle carts 32 and 38 to the transfer location 36.
  • This program initially energizes the drive motor (not shown) to power the shuttle cart 32 from the position shown in FIG. I to the transfer location 36.
  • the drive motor 42 for the shuttle cart 38 is locked out from being energized.
  • each upright guide is spring loaded into an extended position. With particular reference to the guide 56, it is pivoted about a point 58 and held in an upright position by means of a spring 60. Should a piece ofluggage be conveyed into the shuttle cart which is wider than the distance between an end wall and the upright guide, the baggage weight will rotate the guide flush with the floor of the cart. However, when only one piece of standard width luggage is conveyed into the shuttle, the upright guides remain in the extended position and provide lateral support to maintain the baggage oriented handles-up. Maintaining a passenger's luggage in a handles-up orientation has been shown to significantly reduce luggage and content damage. Further, for efficient high speed movement of baggage from a check-in station to a particular aircraft, it is a requirement that all luggage be similarly oriented.
  • the scale conveyor 24 and the buffer conveyor 26 are both illustrated as belt conveyors. Other types of commercially available conveyors may be employed to load luggage into a shuttle cart. Further, it should be understood that other than a chain drive may be employed to power the shuttle carts to the transfer location 36.
  • a car insert such as illustrated by the dotted outline 62 of FIG. 4, is elevated (in a manner to be described) to'a position such that the floor thereof is flush with the base plate of loading chutes 64 and 66.
  • two transfer locations 36 and 68 service one vertical elevator 18.
  • Each of the transfer locations 36 and 68 are similarly constructed and serve to transfer baggage from an appropriately positioned shuttle cart through a loading chute into an elevated car insert.
  • H mfr ing tofigures 4, 5 and 6, the transfer location 36 includes a frame 70 supporting a pusher plate 72.
  • a drive belt 90 is attached to the frame 70 by means of a belt clamp 92.
  • the belt 90 may be of the geared type driven by a motor 94 through a gear drive 96 and a drive pulley (not shown).
  • the drive belt 90 further engages an end pulley 98 and a tension pulley 100 both affixed to the frame 86 by means of support blocks 102 and I04, respectively.
  • Controls for energizing the motor 94 are not shown and constitute conventional control circuitry under operation of the program as established by an attendant or attendants servicing the various baggage drop points.
  • the pusher plate 72 is in the at rest position to clear the right of way for the shuttle carts.
  • appropriate limit switch circuitry energizes the motor 94 to move the pusher plate 72 toward the car insert 62.
  • the pusher plate engages the baggage within the aligned shuttle cart pushing it ahead and into the car insert 62. It should be noted, that the pusher plate 72 is notched at 106 (see FIG. 6) to provide clearance of the upright guide of the shuttle cart.
  • the guide rollers 164 engage vertical guide rails 166 attached to the supporting frame of the vertical elevator 18.
  • the motors 96 and 124 are energized to activate the pusher plates 72 and to transfer bags from the shuttle cart 32, having previously been aligned in the transfer location 36, to push baggage from the shuttle cart into the cart insert.
  • the pusher plate 110 is extended to serve as a back stop for luggage pushed into the car insert 62 by the pusher plate 72.
  • the motors 96 and 110 are deenergized and the motor 148 reenergized to lower the lifting frame 142 with the now loaded car insert 62 into the waiting car 140.
  • the motor 148 is deenergized and appropriate switching circuitry activated to release the car to be dispatched to an unloading station at the correct aircraft loading port.
  • the shuttle carts 32 and 38 are provided with upright guides to properly orient luggage therein in the handles-up condition.
  • the car insert 62 is provided with a telescopic orienting mechanism. Further, when the insert 62 is positioned within the vehicle 140, the body of the vehicle provides. end walls for the insert.
  • FIG. 8 there is shown a pictorial view of the vehicle 140 with an insert 62 in a raised position therefrom.
  • the vehicle 140 includes end walls 168 and side walls 170. These are only half-walls for retaining the insert 62 in position during movement of a car from a check-in station to an unloading station.
  • the vehicle 140 may be supported on the track 16 by the mechanism described in the copending patent application of [van E. Johnson, filed Nov. 1, 1971, Ser. No. l94,576, for an inertia Switching.
  • the car insert itself comprises end walls 172 and a base plate 174.
  • the open sides of the insert 62 are closed by means of the side walls 170.
  • the walls maintain luggage within the insert 62 during movement from a check-in station to an unloading station.
  • the car insert includes lifting bars 144 for engaging the lifting shoes 146 of the vertical conveyor 18.
  • the insert 62 includes a nonconforming baggage rack 176 to provide for checking in of odd shaped luggage, such as a golf bag.
  • the car insert 62 is also provided with a telescoping divider 178 for maintaining luggage in a desired orientation, such as handles-up.
  • the divider 178 serves the same purpose as the upright guide of the shuttle carts 32 and 38.
  • the divider 178 includes lower tubes 180 and 181 pivotally mounted to the frame 182 of the insert by means of pivot blocks 184.
  • An upper tube 186 telescopingly engages the lower tube 180 and an upper tube 188 telescopingly engages the lower tube 181.
  • the tubes 186 and 188 are joined by a dowel pin 190.
  • the divider 178 is maintained in the position of FIG. 9 by means of springs 192 and 194.
  • the spring 192 fits within the tube 186 and engages the upper end of this tube and the lower end of the tube 180.
  • the spring 194 fits within the tube 188 and engages the upper end of this tube and the lower end of the lower tube 181.
  • the divider tubes telescope to be flushed with the base plate 174 of the car insert.
  • the members will telescope from either direction by baggage delivered from the transfer location 36 or the transfer location 68.
  • the vehicle upon completion of the lowering of the car insert 62 into the track mounted vehicle 140, the vehicle is dispatched along the tracks 16 to the appropriate aircraft loading station at which is located a vertical elevator 200.
  • the vertical elevator 200 is a foreshortened version of the elevator 18 with a lifting mechanism for raising the car insert 62 from the track mounted vehicle (not shown in FIG. to a position wherein the base of the insert 62 is aligned with a sorting conveyor 202.
  • appropriate limit switch control circuitry is activated to advance a pusher plate 204 through the car insert thereby transferring luggage from the insert onto the conveyor 202.
  • the pusher plate 204 After the pusher plate 204 has moved to its extended position, it is returned to its start position thereby releasing the car insert 62 to be again lowered into the track mounted vehicle for dispatching to a check-in station, as previously described.
  • Baggage deposited on the conveyor 202 may then be either sorted into appropriate waiting areas for a particular designated flight or directly loaded onto a waiting aircraft.
  • Such sorting conveyor operations may be any one of a number of conventional systems presently available.
  • Mechanism for advancing the pusher plate 204 from a start position to an extended position is similar to the mechanism for operating the pusher plate 72.
  • the pusher plate 204 is attached to a push frame 206 supported on parallel trolley bars 208 by means of support wheels 210.
  • a drive belt 214 is attached to the frame 206 by means of a belt clamp 216.
  • the belt 214 may be of the geared type driven by a motor 218 through a gear drive 220- and a drive pulley 222.
  • the drive belt 214 further engages an end pulley 224 and a tension pulley 226 both affixed to the frame of the elevator 200 by means of support blocks 228 and 230, respectively. Controls for energizing the motor 218 are not shown and constitute conventional control circuitry.
  • the unload station and vertical elevator 200 is similar to the baggage check-in station.
  • the motor 218 is energized to cause the 'pusher plate 204 to displace baggage from the car insert onto the sorting conveyor 202.
  • a limit switch (not shown) actuatcs control circuitry for reversing the motor 218 to return the frame 206 to its starting position.
  • the insert 62 is then released and returned to the waiting track mounted vehicle and the unload station is ready to receive another loaded car.
  • a material handling system for moving articles from a first station having a transfer location at an elevated position with respect to'a second station comprising in combination:
  • a track mounted vehicle having sides extending from a base thereof;
  • an insert having opposed side walls extending from a base and opposed open ends juxtapositioned the side walls for mating with the sides of said track mounted vehicle to form a container therewith for articles to be moved from the first station to the second station;
  • an elevator in a fixed position at the transfer station for removing said insert from the track mounted vehicle at the transfer location of said first station to a raised position for receiving articles to be moved, and for lowering said insert into the track mounted vehicle.
  • a material handling system for moving articles from a first station to a second station as set forth in claim 1 including:
  • a material handling system for moving articles from a first station to a second station as set forth in claim 1 including loading means at the transfer location of said first station for transferring articles into said insert when in a raised position.
  • a material handling system for moving articles from a first station to a second station as set forth in claim 1 including a shuttle car having opposed side walls extending from a base and opposed open ends juxtapositioned the side walls at the first station for receiving articles to be transported to a second station,
  • a baggage handling system for moving baggage from a first station having a transfer location at a first elevation with respect to a second station comprising in combination:
  • a track mounted vehicle having sides extending from a base thereof movable between the first and second stations
  • an insert having opposed side walls extending from a base and opposed open ends juxtapositioned the side walls for mating with the track mounted vehicle and forming a container therewith for baggage to be moved from the first station to the second station,
  • an elevator in a fixed position at the transfer station for removing said insert from the track mounted vehicle at the transfer location of said first station to a raised position for receiving baggage to be moved, and for lowering said insert into the track mounted vehicle when loaded, and
  • a baggage handling system for moving baggage from a first station to a second station as set forth in claim 8 including discharge means at the transfer location of said first station for loading baggage into said insert when in the raised position.
  • a baggage handling system for moving baggage from a first station to a second station as set forth in claim 9 including pusher means at said second station for unloading baggage from said insert.
  • a baggage handling system for moving baggage from a first station to a second station as set forth in claim 8 including:
  • a shuttle car having opposed side walls extending from a base and opposed open ends juxtapositioned the side walls and movable from a drop point loading position at said first station to an unloading position where the baggage is transferred into said insert
  • a reversible drive for powering said shuttle car from the loading position to the unloading position and for returning to the loading position
  • a baggage handling system for moving baggage from a first station to a second station as set forth in claim 11 including a buffer conveyor for receiving baggage from a drop point position and transferring it into said shuttle car.
  • a baggage handling system for moving baggage from a first station to a second station as set forth in claim 11 wherein said shuttle car includes a telescoping holding means for maintaining the baggage in a preferred orientation.
  • an insert having opposed side walls extending from a base and opposed open ends ju xtapositioned the side walls for mating with the sides of said track mounted vehicle to form a container therewith for articles to be moved from the first station to the second station;
  • a shuttle car having opposed side walls extending from a base and opposed open ends juxtapositioned the side walls and movable from a loading position at the first station for receiving articles to a transfer position from which articles are transferred into the insert;
  • a material handling system for moving articles from a first station to a second station as set forth in claim 17 including an elevator in a fixed position at the transfer station for removing said insert from the track mounted vehicle to a raised elevation at the transfer position of said shuttle car for receiving articles to be moved, and for lowering said insert into the track mounted vehicle when loaded.
  • an elevator in a fixed position at the transfer station for removing said insert from the track mounted vehicle at the second station to a raised position for removing articles therefrom, and for lowering said insert into the track mounted vehicle when unloaded, and

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