Patent ID: 6129026
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: B64D,B64F

Abstract:
A cargo handling system for transporting cargo from a storage compartment in a carrier to one of plurality of cargo delivery areas comprising:at least one vehicle for carrying the cargo;controls for controlling said at least one vehicle;a defined pathway comprising a roadway and a railway, the roadway positioned between the storage compartment and an entrance to the railway, the railway extending from the entrance to the delivery areas, the entrance of the railway inclined to permit the vehicle to be manually driven onto the railway;an unloading station at each delivery area for unloading cargo carried by the vehicle;an electronic controller for actuating said controls to control said at least one vehicle along said railway, said controller including means for identifying the cargo when said vehicle arrives at the entrance and directing said vehicle along the railway and to one of the cargo delivery areas based on the identification of the cargo;a manual actuator for manually actuating said controls to control said at least one vehicle on the roadway; and,a switch for shifting control of said at least one vehicle between said electronic actuator and said manual actuator.