Claims
- 1. A container handling and storage apparatus at an ocean or land terminal servicing the loading and unloading of oceangoing containers to or from rail cars, trucks and/or ships, comprising:
a multi-level automated storage and retrieval loaded container storage facility having a plurality of individual framed vertically and horizontally separated spaces for storing loaded containers separated from one another in individual spaces; means for delivering containers to and from said loaded container storage facility; a separate empty container storage structure, said empty container storage structure having vertical cells for receiving and storing several identical empty containers of the same size and of the same ocean carrier, in stacked array directly one on top of another, in individual vertical cells so that the top container is always the next to be moved; means for delivering empty containers between said strategically located empty container storage structure and the loaded container storage facility; and, wherein the loaded containers are placed in cells in the based on the date and hour the containers are to be moved into automated storage facility.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the priority of provisional application No. 60/242,736 filed on Oct. 23, 2000.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60242736 |
Oct 2000 |
US |