Patent ID: 6527499
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: B29D,B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
A system for loading tires for storeage and/or shipping in a vessel comprising:a tire transport frame configured for receiving and retaining a plurality of tires stacked in a herringbone pattern and for maintaining said plurality of tires in a compressed state while said frame is loaded into said vessel; a plurality of pick-and-place loaders configured for seizing a plurality of tires, arranging the plurality of tires in herringbone pattern alignment for placement in the tire transport frame, placing, external to said vessel, the plurality of tires together, and placing, external to said vessel, the plurality of tires into the tire transport frame to form a stack of tires in a herringbone pattern; and a compressor for compressing said stack of tires in a first direction for retention within said tire transport frame.