WO2019170585A1 - Station for loading and unloading semi-trailers of articulated lorries on/from the railway - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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- B61D—BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES
- B61D47/00—Loading or unloading devices combined with vehicles, e.g. loading platforms, doors convertible into loading and unloading ramps
- B61D47/005—Loading or unloading devices combined with road vehicles carrying wagons, e.g. ramps, turntables, lifting means
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- the present invention relates to a station for loading and unloading semi-trailers of articulated lorries on/from the railway.
- TCNA Unattended Combined Transport
- TCNA system An example of a TCNA system is described in EP-1292476 in which a station for loading and unloading semi-trailers of articulated lorries on/from train wagons is shown. Said wagons are already resting on the rails of a railway line, i.e., they are ready to be moved along the railway line. Said station comprises a platform rotatable between a loading position, diagonal with respect to the direction of the rails, and an unloading position, parallel to the rails.
- the station occupies a lot of the space alongside the railway line.
- DE- 102009012159 shows a station for loading and unloading in which the semi-trailer is loaded on a platform capable of being translated along rails orthogonal to the tracks of the railway on which a wagon is stationary.
- Said platform is suitable to be coupled with said wagon.
- said station allows using common train wagons suitable to travel on the current railway lines.
- said station occupies a little space in relation to the loading and unloading speed, i.e. to the number of articulated lorries which may be serviced in a short time.
- the station further allows the opposite operation, i.e. the transfer of a semi-trailer from a train to the road.
- the station allows the transfer on railway of semi trailers alone, without a tractor.
- the station may be easily incorporated into the main existing railway goods terminals, without requiring specific connection and parking infrastructures, given the non-significant time required for loading/unloading.
- figure 1 shows a perspective view of a station according to the present invention
- figure 2 shows a top plan view of the station
- figure 3 shows a sectional view according to the line III-III of figure 2;
- figure 4 shows a sectional view according to the line III-III of figure 2;
- figure 5 shows a sectional view according to the line V-V of figure 2;
- figure 6 shows a sectional view according to the line VI-VI of figure 2;
- figure 7 shows a perspective view of a conveyor;
- figure 8 shows a perspective view of a mechanism for moving the conveyor.
- a station 1 for loading and unloading semi-trailers 2 of a plurality of articulated lorries 3 on/ffom wagons 4, which is able to form a train 5, comprises a closed-loop conveyor 6, an entry ramp 7 for a plurality of articulated lorries 3 placed side-by-side, and an exit ramp 8 for the tractors 9 of said articulated lorries 3.
- Said station 1 comprises a loading railway line 10 and an unloading railway line 16.
- the loading railway line 10 is able to form a train 5 formed by wagons 4, each of which is loaded with a semi-trailer 2.
- the unloading railway line 16 is able to accommodate trains 5 formed by wagons 4 which are unloaded or loaded of semi-trailers 2, which shall be unloaded. In any case, it provides wagons 4 to the transfer area 23.
- Each railway line 10, 16 comprises tracks 11 on which the wagons 4 are able to pass.
- the conveyor 6 comprises a belt 12 which rotates in a closed- loop by rotors 18 placed at the ends of the conveyor 6.
- At least one motor 17 is able to control the rotation of said rotors 18 rotatably supported by a frame 19.
- the rotors 18 and the motor 17 are part of a moving mechanism shown in figure 8 comprising further dragging means 24 capable of dragging the belt 12.
- Said dragging means 24 are chains or cables, for example.
- the belt 12 is provided with cavities 13 which develop orthogonally to the motion direction of the belt 12.
- a pair of translating tracks 20 is fixed in each of said cavities 13.
- Each wagon 4 comprises a platform 14 supported by wheels 15 which is able to be coupled to the translating tracks 20.
- the conveyor 6 is substantially embedded in the ground, remaining uncovered only at the top so as to move said wagons 4 from the unloading railway line 16 to the loading railway line 10.
- the uncovered part of the conveyor 6, in particular of the belt 12, comprises five cavities 13 and respective five pairs of translating tracks 20 ( Figure 6).
- the belt 12 is able to simultaneously support five wagons 4.
- the tracks 11 of the railway lines 10, 16 are interrupted by the conveyor 6 in respective loading 21 and unloading 22 areas, so that the breaking space is covered by the translating tracks 20 as will be more apparent below.
- the return path of the belt 12 is completely covered.
- a train 5 with a plurality of wagons 4 is stationary on the unloading railway line 16 with a wagon 4 positioned on translating tracks 20 of the conveyor 6 in the unloading area 22.
- the conveyor 6 is stationary.
- the transfer area 23 is between the ramps 7, 8 and is able to simultaneously serve three articulated lorries 3, i.e. there are provided three wagons 4 on the belt 12, which are able to be loaded or unloaded.
- the wagon 4 coming from the unloading area 22 stops at the transfer area 23, so as to allow the articulated lorry 3 to move from the entry ramp 7 to the exit ramp 8.
- the articulated lorry 3 stops so that the semi-trailer 2 is completely above the platform 14 of the wagon 4 stably associated with the belt 12.
- the tractor 9 detaches from the semi-trailer 2 and leaves the transfer area 23 descending along the exit ramp 8.
- the semi-trailer 2 is blocked on the wagon 4 which, therefore, resumes the translational motion thereof by means of the belt 12 towards the loading area 21.
- the conveyor 6 is blocked so that the translating tracks 20 align with the tracks 11 of the loading railway line 10: a substantial continuity is established between the translating tracks 20 and the tracks 11.
- the wagon 4 loaded with a semi-trailer 2 may be attached to another wagon 4 on the loading railway line 10, forming a train 5 with wagons 4 loaded with semi-trailers 2.
- the station 1 further allows the opposite operation, i.e. the transfer of semi-trailers 2 from a train to the road: semi-trailers 2 stationary in the transfer area 23 may in fact be hooked to the tractors 9.
- the station 1 may include a plurality of conveyors 6 in series, capable of serving the same two railway lines 10, 16.
- a same conveyor 6 may serve more than two railway lines 10, 16 parallel to one another, with a plurality of transfer areas 23.
- the station 1 allows the transfer by railway of semi trailers alone (without tractor) from/to terminals set up at major and crucial centers of the areas concerned, such as for example Europe, establishing real HUBs capable of sorting the semi-trailers.
- the station 1 may be easily incorporated into the main existing railway goods terminals, without requiring specific connection and parking infrastructures, given the non-significant time required for loading/unloading.
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EP19707400.8A EP3762272B1 (en) | 2018-03-08 | 2019-03-04 | Station for loading and unloading semi-trailers of articulated lorries on/from the railway |
SI201930494T SI3762272T1 (en) | 2018-03-08 | 2019-03-04 | Station for loading and unloading semi-trailers of articulated lorries on/from the railway |
JP2020546924A JP7270632B2 (en) | 2018-03-08 | 2019-03-04 | A station for loading and unloading articulated truck semi-trailers to/from railroads |
EA202092124A EA202092124A1 (en) | 2018-03-08 | 2019-03-04 | STATION FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING SEMI-TRAILERS OF TRUCK TRAILS ON / OFF RAILWAY |
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