Fraunhofer-Institut für Produktionsanlagen und Konstruktionstechnik IPK

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Multifunktionales Transportsystem mit mehreren fahrbaren Transporteinheiten

( 2011)
Schönewolf, W.
;
Brüning, M.
;
Uhlmann, E.

The invention relates to a multifunctional transporting system with multiple drivable transporting units (1), each of which has a coupling device (5) in a front and a rear region, said transporting units (1) being coupleable to one another and/or to a guiding vehicle (6) by means of the coupling device. The transporting units (1) can be removed or decoupled from the transporting system as closed units. For this purpose, the units have at least one handle (8) in addition to the couplings, said units being manually guidable by an operator (7) in the decoupled state by means of the handle such that the mail items to be transported can remain on the transporting unit until delivery without manually transferring or transporting. In particular, the delivery of parcels in the city-center area is implemented in a more efficient manner and thus in a more inexpensive and environmentally-friendly manner using the proposed transporting system.