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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2023
Combilift, Monaghan, IE;
Combilift, Monaghan, IE;
Abstract
An apparatus for loading a shipping container, comprising a transfer plate having a first set of holes and a second set of holes therein and configured to slide, together with an article thereon, into and out of the shipping container, a transfer means positioned underneath the transfer plate having a first carriage with a first set of pins and a second carriage with a second set of pins, the first set of pins configured to extend into the first set of holes and the second set of pins configured to extend into the second set of holes to pull the transfer plate into and out of the shipping container, and a controller configured to extend the second set of pins into the second set of holes when the first sets of pins are already extended into the first set of holes.