Removable Lateral Guides for Container Receiving Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Port vehicles, particularly trailers, suffer from reduced lifespan due to harsh handling maneuvers and lack of suitable reception means, leading to increased transport costs and inability to fit within standardized containers.
Innovation Solution
A receiving device for containers on transport vehicle chassis with removable lateral guides that can be attached projectingly to the frame, featuring plates with reception, support, and fixing means, allowing for proper positioning and centering of loads while facilitating transport within ISO 668 standard containers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If side guides are made fixed and projecting to provide proper container positioning and centering, then load positioning accuracy is improved, but the vehicle structure cannot withstand handling impacts
Solution Approach 1:
The side guide system is segmented into a robust fixed base structure that provides impact resistance and a removable precision extension that ensures accurate load positioning. The fixed base remains attached to withstand impacts while the precision components can be protected or removed during harsh handling.
2Device complexity
If the vehicle is designed without removable side guides to simplify structure, then device complexity is reduced, but transport cost increases due to inability to use standardized containers
Solution Approach 1:
The vehicle structure is segmented into a simple standardized base platform and removable side guide attachments. This allows the base to meet standard container dimensions for cost-effective transport while the removable guides provide necessary functionality when attached, balancing simplicity and adaptability.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a receiving device (1) on a port transport vehicle chassis (2) extending in a longitudinal direction (4) and comprising a first and a second side end edge (8, 9) located either side of a median plane (P) that is perpendicular to the ground and parallel thereto in the direction thereof, and at least one first side guide (10) and at least one second side guide (11) located on either side of said median plane (P) and designed in such a way as to form an abutment for a container. Said device is characterized in that at least said first side guide (10) or at least said second side guide (11) can be removed and is applied to said chassis (2) in a projecting manner, respectively relative to said first end edge (8) or said second end edge (9), by means of at least one plate (12) that is respectively attached to said first end edge (8) or said second end edge (9), in an outwardly projecting manner.