Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
  • B65D90/00—Component parts, details or accessories for large containers
  • B65D90/004—Contents retaining means
  • B65D90/0073—Storage racks
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
  • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
  • B07C3/00—Sorting according to destination
  • B07C3/02—Apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
  • B65D90/00—Component parts, details or accessories for large containers
  • B65D90/008—Doors for containers, e.g. ISO-containers
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
  • B65D90/00—Component parts, details or accessories for large containers
  • B65D90/02—Wall construction
  • B65D90/021—Flexible side walls or doors

Definitions

• the invention relates to a method for distributing packets according to the preamble of claim 1 and a container for performing the method.
• the object of the invention is to provide a method for distributing packets, which allows the distribution of packets and. The like. To make piece goods more economical and faster and, in particular, to open up other regions beyond the essentially national or regional boundaries.
• the object of the invention is also to create a container for carrying out the method.
• This procedure starts from the basic idea of a close-knit network of stations and lines and provides for a strong centralized distribution, in which the transport goods to be distributed are brought together to form a depot or at least a few, far-reaching central depots and "there already definitely in delivery-oriented units with each other Delivery records are grouped together, resulting in tour sets that are delivered as a whole from the central depot to distribution points, converted to vehicles in the distribution points, and delivered in the order already specified in the depot for a tour.
• a package may not be recorded several times, directed, reloaded and forwarded, and not placed in a position corresponding to the order of a tour at the distribution point, but goes from the depot via the distribution point in the specified sorting to the delivery tour.
• the transport of the tour sets from a depot to the distribution points is preferably carried out by large vehicles which extend a plurality of tour sets simultaneously and hand them over individually or in groups to the distribution points.
• the piece goods are preferably combined into tour sets in the form of storage in containers, which are particularly well automated - e.g. create a manageable unit using forklift trucks and thereby form a reusable "packaging", which, however, can also be designed in particular as an attachment for a distribution vehicle, so that the advantage of the assignment in the depot according to the delivery has a particularly consistent design.
• such containers at the distribution points can also receive packages which have been delivered at the same time and which can advantageously be transported as return freight on the way back to a depot in the sense of central consolidation.
• the distribution points are thus expediently able to serve as collection points "on site”. So that a delivery tour can begin without delay, preparatory work and tour planning, a delivery list is already added to the tour set at the depot, which not only contains delivery addresses, package names and the like identifies sentence. This makes delivery work easier and faster.
• the assignment within a container can be achieved in a particularly advantageous manner by uniformly designed shelves which are also assigned to one another in the sense of a sequence.
• the assignment of the packages to each other at the depot also allows a container to be filled completely. If the parcels closest when the container is opened are also those that arrive first, there is no harm if the parcels to be delivered are inaccessible only at the end of a tour.
• a container in the form of a loadable vehicle attachment with at least one lockable access opening is further proposed according to the invention, in that the packages are placed on the depot side in an assignment intended for the delivery tour and are shipped as a unit for a tour set from the depot to a distribution point can where it can be placed on a delivery vehicle and enables a delivery tour to be carried out without further notice.
• 1 is a floor plan of a depot
• FIG. 2 a semitrailer truck with six containers
• FIG. 3 an external view of a single container
• FIG. 4 a sectional representation of a container for interior division
• FIG. 5 delivery vehicle with a single container.
• the depot designated overall by 1 in FIG. 1, has a central delivery rail 2 and twelve branch rails 3, each branching in opposite directions therefrom, the ends of which have docking points are provided for trucks, such as are conceivable in the form of a semi-trailer truck according to FIG. 2. It is understood that motor vehicles or trailers can be docked here in the same way.
• Each of the branch rails has two rows for 6 places each for container 5, each of which is intended only for general cargo for a specific individual delivery tour in the area of a possibly very distant distribution point.
• the driver of vehicle 7 receives all the information that is important to him, such as the exact name of the tour, if different tours are considered from the distribution point, the individual delivery addresses for the packages or piece goods to be delivered and, in particular, information where the package is placed in the container.
• the arrangement of the packages in the container is already systematized in such a way that the packages in the container are accessible during the tour, preferably even in the order be ready next.
• the container 5 according to FIG. 3 is a predetermined fixed unit which is adapted to the standardized dimensions for large trucks during long-distance transport to the distribution points, which are linked to traffic and approval conditions. Latches on the ground side enable such a container to be easily moved in the depot, onto a truck and / or a delivery vehicle. 5, the delivery vehicles 7 are preferably tailor-made for the transport of such containers, especially with smaller wheels on the rear axle, which enable a low loading height and thus convenient access to the container 5.
• the container 5 is provided with an access opening 8 which can be closed by a roller door 9.
• the roller door 9 creates a space-saving opening in the depot 1 as well as on the delivery vehicle 7, which can also be easily provided with a motor drive.
• FIG. 4 shows the (schematic) Certainly ⁇ is division of a container where in particular by shelves that divide the inner space into shelves 10 to 17 and which are charged such that d * ie shelves 10 in that order, ie starting with Shelf 10 and ending with shelf 17 to be emptied during the tour.
• the shelves are determined by shelves, which can be designed in the form of fold-up shelves 18 or fixed shelves 19.
• such a container 5 can be filled not only in the area of the shelf compartments, but also in the aisle area between the shelf compartments necessary for access to the shelf compartments, in the case of systematic loading.
• the emptying therefore initially takes place from the outside progressively inward from the access opening 9.

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