US 12,297,059 B2
Loading system for loading and unloading trucks with pallets in transverse direction
Erik Möllmann, Rhede (DE); Tobias Niehaves, Bocholt (DE); Volker Kugel, Beckum (DE); Stefan Kurtenbach, Schermbeck (DE); and Jascha Paris, Münster (DE)
Assigned to TRAPO AG, Gescher-Hochmoor (DE)
Appl. No. 17/771,787
Filed by TRAPO AG, Gescher-Hochmoor (DE)
PCT Filed Jul. 22, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/070710
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 25, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/078418, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20 2019 106 718.7 (DE), filed on Oct. 25, 2019; and application No. 10 2019 134 787.4 (DE), filed on Dec. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0371836 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. B65G 67/08 (2006.01); B65G 67/20 (2006.01); B65G 67/24 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 67/08 (2013.01) [B65G 67/20 (2013.01); B65G 67/24 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A loading system for loading and unloading cargo spaces of trucks, the loading system comprising:
conveyors positioned parallel to each other and such that pallets can be moved back and forth on the conveyors in a conveying direction; and
an autonomous conveyor vehicle including at least one steerable wheel; wherein
the conveyors are positioned at a height above a floor such that below the conveyors, the conveyor vehicle with vertically movable pallet fork assemblies can be positioned; and
the conveyor vehicle is able to fit below the conveyors in a manner where the conveyor vehicle does not project beyond the conveyors when the loading system is viewed from a vertical direction.