CONTAINER FOR A SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING GOODS IN URBAN AREAS

• Main Authors: STUBLER, Jérôme, TROCME, Maxime, BOISSAVIT, Jean-Serge
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 13.01.2021
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; CALCULATING; COMPUTING; CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS,e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES,DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; CONVEYING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS; MOTOR VEHICLES; PACKAGES; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; RAILWAY SYSTEMS; RAILWAYS; RELATED EQUIPMENT; SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; STORING; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TRAILERS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TOCARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

A container, in particular for a system for distributing goods in urban areas. The system includes at least one micro-tunnel forming at least one transport loop, a greatest inside dimension of the micro-tunnel in cross section, in particular its inside diameter, preferably being between 1.5 m and 4 m inclusive, shuttles circulating in the micro-tunnel, a plurality of stations for exchange with the surface, enabling raising of the goods, the container being a fork-liftable, and having a base with inside dimensions adapted to receive only one or at most two pallets.