IP Library Granted Patent US 10,220,415
Granted Patent B2
US 10,220,415 · App. 15/504,344 · Granted Mar 5, 2019

Truck, loading bridge, sorting system for items being dispatched and retrofit kit for a sorting machine for items being dispatched

Inventors: Dirk-Udo Eisser (Reichenau, DE); Wolf-Stephan Wilke (Constance, DE); Armin Zimmermann (Constance, DE)
Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
B07C3/008B65G15/00
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Patent No.
US 10,220,415
App. No.
15/504,344
Granted
Mar 5, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A truck, a loading bridge, a sorting system for items being dispatched and a retrofit kit for a sorting machine for items being dispatched. In order to ensure that an item being dispatched can be removed in simple ways from the sorting machine for items being dispatched and transported to a further sorting step, the truck has a displaceable floor and the loading bridge has a driving device for the floor.

Claims (7)

1. A loading bridge for loading items being dispatched from a sorting machine to a truck, the truck having at least one displaceable floor, the loading bridge comprising:

a driving device disposed on an unloading side of the loading bridge at which the items to be dispatched are unloaded onto the truck, said driving device being configured for actuating the displaceable floor of the truck arranged at the unloading side of the loading bridge; and

an assembly device on a loading side of the loading bridge for assembly on a machine for items being dispatched, said assembly device including at least a part of a linear guide which, when the loading bridge is mounted to the sorting machine for items being dispatched, enables a guided movement of the loading bridge along the sorting machine for items being dispatched.

2. The loading bridge according to claim 1 , wherein the truck comprises a plurality of receptacles disposed one above another and configured for receiving items being dispatched from the sorting machine for the items being dispatched and wherein at least one of the receptacles has the displaceable floor, and said driving device is configured to initiate a movement in said driving device of the truck.

3. The loading bridge according to claim 1 , which further comprises a pivotable bridging flap on the unloading side for extending a loading area of the loading bridge when said pivotable bridging flap is in an operational position.

4. The loading bridge according to claim 3 , wherein said bridging flap is disposed above said driving device in the operational position thereof.

5. A retrofit kit for a sorting machine for items being dispatched, the retrofit kit comprising a truck with a displaceable floor, and a loading bridge according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2022
From: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: KÖRBER SUPPLY CHAIN LOGISTICS GMBH
Reel/Frame 061385/0765 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2017
From: EISSER, DIRK-UDO; WILKE, WOLF-STEPHAN; ZIMMERMANN, ARMIN
To: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 041313/0092 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2014 216 734 · Aug 22, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170232477A1 · Aug 17, 2017