Recovery Container With Detachable Sled For Damaged Vehicle Loading
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing recovery and quarantine containers for damaged vehicles face challenges in efficiently transporting and loading vehicles into the container, particularly for electric vehicles, due to the need for a winch with sufficient traction and secure connection, and limited versatility for different purposes.
Innovation Solution
A container equipped with a reversible and detachable scavenging carriage that can move between retracted and extended positions, allowing easier loading of damaged vehicles and enabling the container to be used for various transport purposes, including electric vehicles and hazardous goods, with features like rollers, traction devices, and a pivotable ramp for improved accessibility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a winch with sufficient traction is used to pull wrecked vehicles into the container, then the vehicle can be transported reliably into the receiving area, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The winch system is divided into a fixed winch unit mounted on the container and a movable scavenging carriage that can be positioned anywhere in the receiving area. The traction device is segmented into a fixed mounting structure and a movable connection mechanism, allowing the winch to remain simple while the carriage provides flexible vehicle engagement.
Solution Approach 2:
The scavenging carriage acts as an intermediary between the fixed winch system and the damaged vehicle. It includes connection elements that can securely attach to various vehicle types and positions, transferring the winch's traction force to the vehicle without requiring the winch itself to be complex or directly contact the vehicle.
2Ease of operation
If the scavenging carriage is permanently fixed in the extended position to facilitate loading, then loading becomes easier, but the container cannot be sealed and the carriage cannot be removed for other uses
Solution Approach 1:
The scavenging carriage is designed with movable connections to the container, allowing it to be positioned in extended or retracted states and completely removed when needed. The reversible detachable coupling enables the carriage to transition between fixed and movable states, providing loading convenience when extended and full container versatility when removed.
Solution Approach 2:
The scavenging carriage is designed as a universal loading device that can be used with different container types and for different purposes. When removed from the container, it can be used for other transport tasks, and the container can be used for purposes other than vehicle recovery, such as transporting other goods or serving as a sealed storage space.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the scavenging carriage is completely removed from the container, then it can be used for other transport purposes, but it cannot assist with vehicle loading into the container
Solution Approach 1:
The scavenging carriage employs reversible detachable coupling mechanisms that allow it to be quickly installed or removed from the container. When needed for vehicle loading, it can be attached to the container and positioned in the extended state to facilitate easy vehicle access. When not needed, it can be completely removed for other transport tasks, maintaining full versatility.
4Strength
If the container is designed with fixed side walls to provide structural stability, then the container strength is improved, but lateral movement of the damaged vehicle during loading is obstructed
Solution Approach 1:
The scavenging carriage acts as an intermediary that bridges the damaged vehicle and the container's fixed side walls. It provides a movable platform that can accommodate lateral vehicle movements during loading while the carriage itself remains guided within the container boundaries, allowing vehicle positioning flexibility without compromising container structural integrity.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a recovery and quarantine container (1, 1'), in particular a roll-off container, skip container or ISO container, for damaged vehicles (100), especially damaged electric vehicles, comprising a container base and several side walls (7a, b) that define a receiving area (13) for the vehicle (100), and a closable opening (71) for transferring the vehicle into or out of the receiving area (13). It is proposed that the container (1) be associated with a recovery sled (15) which is reversibly detachably coupled to the container (1) and is movable back and forth between a retracted position (E) and an extended position (A), wherein the recovery sled (15) is arranged completely within the receiving area in the retracted position and is arranged mostly or completely outside the receiving area in the extended position.