Patent ID: 8584831
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A transfer device for transporting standardized unit loads, including freight containers or pallets, from a first height level to a second height level or from a relatively high storage location to a relatively low transporting device, the transfer device comprising: a rocker having two ends, a central region with a pivoting axis and a transfer conveyor with a longitudinal extent and ends; said rocker configured to pivot about said pivoting axis relative to said longitudinal extent of said transfer conveyor, under a weight of the unit load transported on said transfer conveyor, with an adjustable inclination from a first position having one end of said rocker aligned with one of the height levels into a second position having another end of the rocker aligned with the other of the height levels; and said rocker having a home position in which one of said ends of said transfer conveyor is aligned with a plane of a relatively low height level and at another of said ends of said transfer conveyor at least a first one of said transporting rollers is disposed underneath a support plane of the unit load.