Patents by Inventor Dietmar Schratt

Dietmar Schratt has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for loading and unloading
    Patent number: 7287953
    Abstract: Method for loading and unloading long-distance transportation means (1, 2) and for temporarily storing a standardized cargo (18) in an intermediate storage facility (3) includes a rail-guided hoist (5) with gripper (8). The cargo is lifted from a long-distance transportation means (1) and transferred to a transfer zone (4), lowered and set down. The cargo (18) is then transferred to an intermediate storage facility (3) and stored therein, then removed, transferred to a predetermined location in the transfer zone (4), and lowered and deposited onto a rail-guided long-distance transportation means (2) by the hoist (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Rail Cargo Austria AG
    Inventors: Dietmar Schratt, Helmut Klaus Schimany
  • Method for loading and unloading
    Publication number: 20050244254
    Abstract: Method for loading and unloading long-distance transportation means (1, 2) and for temporarily storing a standardized cargo (18) in an intermediate storage facility (3) includes a rail-guided hoist (5) with gripper (8). The cargo is lifted from a long-distance transportation means (1) and transferred to a transfer zone (4), lowered and set down. The cargo (18) is then transferred to an intermediate storage facility (3) and stored therein, then removed, transferred to a predetermined location in the transfer zone (4), and lowered and deposited onto a rail-guided long-distance transportation means (2) by the hoist (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Inventors: Dietmar Schratt, Helmut Schimany