| 摘要 |
This invention concerns a container handling system which allows containers (12, 302) to be freely moved from road trailers (16) to rail wagons (102), and vice versa. The system includes a sub-system (10, 300) for handling containers (10, 302) for transporting the containers (12, 302) by road and a sub-system (100, 400) for transporting the containers (12, 302) by rail. The system includes a side discharge container (12, 302) which has at least one door (18) through which the bulk material can be discharged. The container (12, 302) has a door mechanism (40, 322) which is operable between a first, locked position wherein the container door (18) is locked in its closed position and a second, unlocked position wherein the container door (18) is open to discharge the bulk material. The container (302) has pivot connectors (310) located on support structures (318) located inside the container (302) that engage complementally shaped pivot connectors (312) carried on a carriage, typically a trailer (16) or train wagon (102). The system further includes a container tilting device (406) and a door actuating mechanism (338) carried by the carriage (16) for engaging the door mechanism (40, 322) and tilting the container (12, 302) in order to discharge the bulk material by either using the container tilting device (406) or the door actuating mechanism (338). |
