IT201800007943A1 - ISO CONTAINER - Google Patents

Description

DESCRIPTION

Attached to a patent application for INDUSTRIAL INVENTION having the title

ISO CONTAINER

The present invention relates to an ISO container.

An ISO container is a container with standard characteristics that prepare it to be transported (for example by suitably equipped ships, airplanes, trains or trucks). ISO containers of this type are designed to facilitate the transport of objects even over long distances, between a loading site and a destination site, where the ISO containers are unloaded. In other cases, they can be kept in an operational site for the accommodation of people, machinery and equipment during construction sites with a particular duration.

Examples of ISO containers are described in patent documents US2009 / 0184112A1 and EP1945538B1. Instead, an example of specific attachment elements for ISO containers is described in document US9248957B2.

ISO containers have standardized attachment elements for each vertex of the ISO container that facilitate transport and logistics. Once arrived at the destination site, these ISO containers are generally handled with handling systems such as cranes, maneuvering bridges and lifting platforms. Said handling systems are characterized by very large dimensions, very long assembly and disassembly times and relatively high costs. In some types of transport it may happen that the destination site is characterized by problems of poor accessibility (impervious ground conditions), danger to individuals (geopolitical, natural or environmental reasons), impossibility (or excessive economic outlay) to mount cranes or handling systems, due to excessive bulk or difficult transfer of components. In addition, the use of these handling systems involves an increase in the degree of risk for the operators involved, therefore the necessary safety measures.

The object of the present invention is to provide an ISO container which overcomes the drawbacks of the known art mentioned above.

Said object is fully achieved by the ISO container object of the present invention, which is characterized by the contents of the claims reported below.

In particular, the object of the present invention is to provide an ISO container which is particularly easy to move. According to a first aspect of the present description, the same concerns an ISO container for the transport of objects between a loading site and a destination site. It should be noted that this ISO container is an ISO container suitable for being transported by ship or by other means of transport, in a standardized way.

In a possible embodiment, the ISO container comprises a containment structure which comprises four side walls, an upper wall and a lower wall. In one embodiment, at least one wall of said ISO container can be opened to allow goods to be loaded and unloaded. Said containment structure of the ISO container, being a parallelepiped, is characterized by eight vertices, identified by the point in common between three walls, and twelve edges, identified by the segment in common between two walls. Note that the containment structure can be made of various materials, including steel, aluminum and composite materials (e.g. carbon fiber or others). In one embodiment, the containers are stackable.

Said containment structure of the ISO container, according to an aspect of the following description, identifies an internal volume, in which, in addition to the components that we will describe below, a space can be used for the transport of objects.

Said containment structure is provided with a horizontal symmetry, with respect to a longitudinal axis, belonging to a plane parallel to the plane that contains the upper wall or the lower wall, and equidistant from two first opposite side walls. Said internal volume is equipped with a second horizontal symmetry, with respect to a transverse axis, belonging to a plane parallel to the plane that contains the upper wall or the lower wall, and equidistant from two second opposite side walls. This internal volume has a vertical symmetry, with respect to a vertical axis, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and to the transverse axis.

Operationally, the operation of the ISO container allows to identify two working directions: a vertical direction, perpendicular to the upper wall and parallel to the vertical symmetry axis of the containment structure, and a longitudinal direction, the direction of advancement on the ground of the ISO container. substantially perpendicular to the vertical direction. In one embodiment, said vertical direction coincides with the vertical symmetry axis. In one embodiment, said longitudinal direction coincides with the longitudinal axis of symmetry or with the transverse symmetry axis. Said ISO container, according to an aspect of the following description, comprises a plurality of coupling elements to allow its transport through a handling system. Said coupling elements, in a preferred embodiment, are positioned in the vertices of said containment structure. In another embodiment, said coupling elements are positioned at the edges or within the surface identified by each wall of the containment structure. In one embodiment, said coupling elements have at least one hole, obtained on the surface belonging to one of the walls of the containment structure. Said coupling elements allow the ISO container to comply with ISO standards and therefore be handled through handling systems, such as cranes. In a possible embodiment, said internal volume comprises a power generation system. In one embodiment said power generator is a mechanical power generator. Said mechanical power generator is connected to a conversion unit for the production of electrical energy. In another possible embodiment, said power generator is an electric power generator. This power generator allows the ISO container to have programmable autonomy and therefore to be able to work autonomously remotely.

In one embodiment, said internal volume comprises a control unit programmed according to a control logic capable of managing the operation and interactions between the components of the internal volume. In one embodiment said control unit is connected to a user interface included in the internal volume. In another possible embodiment, said control unit is connected to a remote user interface by means of a wireless or radiofrequency connection. This wireless connection allows to operate the functions of said ISO container from a safety position, increasing the safety of the personnel involved.

In one embodiment, said internal volume comprises a handling unit. In one embodiment, the handling assembly is an undercarriage or a plurality of undercarriages.

In one embodiment, said movement unit is connected to the power generator with an actuator, possibly provided with a motion transmission system. Said actuator consists of two portions. The first fixed portion is integral with the containment structure while the second mobile portion is integral with the handling unit in at least one component thereof.

In one embodiment, said ISO container is self-propelled due to the presence of said handling unit and two types of handling.

The first movement, which we will call "lifting", is used to move the movable part of the actuator with respect to the containment structure, thus moving the interface element of the handling unit with respect to the containment structure along the vertical direction. This movement is performed by the power generator integral with the containment structure of the ISO container. The second movement, which we will call "advancement", allows the movement on the ground of the entire ISO container along the longitudinal direction.

The handling unit comprises at least one element interfacing with the ground. In a possible embodiment, the handling unit is integral with the internal volume of the ISO container and the interface with the ground is constantly in an external position with respect to said internal volume in order to interface the ground before said containment structure. In another, and preferred, embodiment, said interface element is integral with the movable portion of the actuator and has two operating configurations.

In a first operational configuration, the handling unit is entirely contained in the internal volume.

In a second operating configuration the handling unit is at least partially external to said internal volume. In a possible embodiment, in the second operating configuration, the handling unit is external to the internal volume, for a variable portion that contains at least the interface element. This allows, by varying the external portion of the internal volume, to adjust the height of the containment structure itself with respect to the ground to avoid obstacles, during the advancement phase of the ISO container.

According to an aspect of the present description, the present invention intends to protect an ISO container comprising:

- a containment structure that includes a lower wall, an upper wall and four side walls, connected together in such a way as to identify an internal volume, a vertical direction, perpendicular to the upper wall and the lower wall, and a plurality of vertices on the structure containment itself;

- a plurality of hooking elements, each positioned at a corresponding vertex of the containment structure;

- a monitoring system, configured to perform checks or surveys on objects transiting along a transit route that crosses the container.

The container defines a passageway inside itself, to allow a vehicle (for example a car) to pass through the container through the passageway. In at least one operating position of the vehicle, along the transit path, at least a part of the vehicle is surrounded by the container, that is, it is contained in the container. This facilitates its monitoring (or sanitization, or other operations to be carried out on the vehicle by means of instruments contained in the container and operationally active on the vehicle (or part of it) placed in the operating position.

In one embodiment, the container comprises an inlet door, arranged on one of the side walls, and an outlet door, arranged in a side wall opposite to that which comprises the inlet door, movable between a passage position, in which the entrance door and the exit door are open to define the passageway, and a transport position, in which the entrance door and the exit door are closed on the respective side wall. In this case, the transit path is identified by the objects passing from the entrance door to the exit door along the passageway. The monitoring system can include at least one monitoring device, configured to perform checks or surveys on objects passing along the transit path, or from the entrance door to the exit door along the passageway.

In one embodiment, the inlet door and the outlet door are arranged on opposite side walls of the containment structure. In one embodiment, the entrance door and the exit door are hinged respectively in one of two opposite corners of the containment structure.

In one embodiment, the ISO container comprises a hydraulic opening system. Said hydraulic opening system is connected to the doors or access ramps. In particular, in one embodiment, the hydraulic opening system comprises a fixed part, constrained to the containment structure of the ISO container. In one embodiment, the hydraulic opening system comprises a movable part, integral with the respective door.

The opening of the doors (access ramps) is facilitated by the hydraulic system, which controls and facilitates the opening and closing of the doors themselves. This hydraulic system is particularly useful, due to the weight of the doors, which is considerable.

In one embodiment, the inlet door and the outlet door have a transport configuration and a passage configuration. In the transport configuration, the entrance door and the exit door are closed and belong to the same plane to which the respective side wall on which they are arranged belongs. In the passage configuration, the entrance door and the exit door are open, towards the outside of the containment structure. In one embodiment, the entrance door and the exit door, in the passage configuration, are in contact with the ground. In the passage configuration, the entrance door and the exit door act as ramps. In one embodiment, the inlet door and the outlet door each comprise a respective hinge, for their connection to the respective edge of the containment structure.

In one embodiment, the end most distant from the hinge of each entrance or exit door has an inclined plane. In one embodiment, when the inlet door and the outlet door are in the passage position, the container has a passageway which allows the container to be completely crossed by an object. In one embodiment, the maximum surface extension of the inlet door defines the inlet section of the passageway. In one embodiment, the maximum surface extension of the exit door defines the exit section of the passage compartment. In one embodiment, the passage space is delimited at the bottom by a platform, part of the lower wall of the containment structure. In one embodiment, the passage space is delimited at the top by a roof, part of the upper wall of the containment structure.

In one embodiment, the ISO container comprises a monitoring system. In one embodiment, the monitoring system is configured to perform checks on an object that can be passed through from the inlet section to the outlet section along the passageway.

In one embodiment, the monitoring system comprises a monitoring device. In one embodiment, the monitoring device is a scanner, or a camera or camera. In one embodiment, the monitoring device is configured to perform measurements or surveys on a vehicle that passes inside the passageway from the entrance section to the exit section. In one embodiment, the monitoring device is a camera. In one embodiment, the monitoring system comprises an additional monitoring device to form a plurality of monitoring devices. In this embodiment, the monitoring devices are scanners, cameras or position sensors. In one embodiment, the monitoring devices also comprise weight monitoring devices such as, but not limited to, scales or scales.

In one embodiment, the monitoring system comprises a maintenance device. In one embodiment, the monitoring system comprises a plurality of maintenance devices. Maintenance devices are all devices used to perform maintenance on a vehicle, whether mechanical, electronic or informative. In one embodiment, said plurality of maintenance devices comprises a plurality of devices for cleaning a vehicle.

In one embodiment, the plurality of cleaning devices allow sanitation, prophylaxis and decontamination activities to be carried out on a vehicle, a robot, an object, an animal or a person.

The term vehicle cleaning devices means all devices, automatic and manual, capable of cleaning the vehicle when the latter is placed on the floor of the passageway.

In a possible embodiment, said handling unit (or undercarriage) has a motor (propeller) for the advancement of the ISO container. In one embodiment, said handling unit has a propeller for the advancement of the ISO container. In another possible embodiment, the advancement is instead entrusted to the power generator contained in the containment structure of the ISO container. In one embodiment, the motor and the power generator cooperate as a function of the torque required for the advancement.

In one embodiment, the movement unit also includes a motion transmission system configured to transmit the torque from the engine to the interface element with the ground.

In a preferred embodiment said interface with the ground is at least one track. This solution allows you to advance even in soils with poor adherence and high deformability. By distributing the shape over a larger surface, these tracks reduce the pressure on the ground and allow you to travel even on non-compact ground. The track teeth increase grip on the ground allowing operation even with poor grip.

In another embodiment, the interface element is a wheel with tire. This construction solution allows to reduce the weight of the ISO container and can be suitable for less treacherous external conditions. Said movement assembly is movable along the vertical direction, from the first operating configuration to the second operating configuration, and vice versa.

In a possible embodiment, during the translation, the movement assembly crosses the lower wall. Said lower wall, in a possible embodiment, comprises an opening. In a possible embodiment said opening is automatic while in another embodiment it is manual. This opening is variable between the total closing position, in which there is no passage opening between the internal volume of the ISO container and the external environment, and the total opening position, in which the area of a passage opening is at least equal to the surface on which the handling unit rests on the lower wall. In the fully closed position, this opening ensures that the ISO container is impermeable to atmospheric agents and external bodies.

In one embodiment, said opening is automatically controlled by the control unit, which also manages the translation of the handling unit simultaneously. This opening, in the totally closed position, allows, during the transport of the ISO container with the handling systems, to avoid the entry of unwanted material. Furthermore, it allows to reduce the stress on a suspension point of the handling unit, by resting on it part of the weight of the handling unit itself. In another embodiment, said opening is semi-automatic, ie it requires at least the presence of a worker for supervision or direct intervention on the opening procedure.

According to one aspect of the following description, the ISO container comprises a sensor system. The sensor system has at least one proximity sensor and / or an optical sensor. Said sensor system is connected to the control unit and communicates with the control logic to manage, according to the data collected, the operation of the components of said internal volume.

In one embodiment, said ISO container comprises at least one connector, connected to the hooking element of the ISO container, to allow the connection of the ISO container with a containment module. Said connector is configured to be integrated, as well as with the attachment element that includes it, also with the attachment element of the containment module. This connector can be integrated with the attachment element of the ISO container permanently or temporarily. Said connector can be integrated with the hooking element of the ISO container automatically or manually. The connector integration methods allow considerable versatility in the use of the ISO container.

In one embodiment, said ISO container comprises at least one locking and unlocking unit, connected to said at least one connector, to tie said connector with the hooking element to which it is integrated. In one embodiment, said block and release group is interposed, to perform its function, between said at least one connector and the hooking element of the containment module. In another embodiment, said locking and unlocking group is interposed, to perform its function, between said at least one connector and the hooking element of the ISO container. In a further embodiment, said locking and unlocking unit is configured to be interposed between said at least one connector and both the hooking elements of the ISO container and of the containment module.

In one embodiment, said interposition of the locking and unlocking unit is manual. In another embodiment, said interposition of the locking and unlocking group is instead automatic.

In one embodiment, said locking and unlocking unit consists of a single element. In one embodiment, said locking and unlocking unit consists of several elements, however made integral with each other.

Another object of the present description is to provide a modular ISO container system which overcomes the drawbacks of the aforementioned technique.

Said modular container system, in one embodiment, comprises a containment module. The containment module, in one embodiment, is an ISO container, whether it is without or equipped with a handling unit. In another embodiment, said module is any module capable of connecting to the ISO container provided with a handling unit. In one embodiment, said modular container system comprises at least one handling module represented by an ISO container equipped with a handling unit. In a preferred embodiment, the modular container system comprises at least two handling modules positioned on two opposite walls of the containment module. This allows the transport and movement of a plurality of containment modules, in the area limited to the destination site, with the use of only two handling modules.

The modular container system features two operational configurations. A first “static” operational configuration, in which the modular container system rests on the ground with the lower walls of the respective modules. In this first operational configuration, the coupling procedure is carried out between the modules of the modular container system. This coupling procedure includes the use of the connector and the locking group.

A second “dynamic” operational configuration, in which the respective containment structures of the modules of the modular container system are raised above the ground and in which the contact with the ground is reserved for the interface elements of the handling units of the handling modules. In this second operating configuration, the containment module is advanced, integral with the handling modules, along the longitudinal direction.

Another object of the present description is to provide a method for moving an object.

In one embodiment, said method comprises a first step of preparing, with handling systems such as cranes, an ISO container, equipped with a handling unit for its advancement on the ground. These handling systems interface with said ISO container through the coupling elements. The aforementioned arrangement is carried out with the movement unit in the first operating configuration and with said opening on the lower wall in a totally closed position.

This method includes a second phase in which the object to be transported is coupled with the ISO container. In one embodiment, said coupling is a housing in the internal volume of the ISO container. In another embodiment, said coupling is a locking of the object on the containment structure by means of belts or locking ropes.

This method comprises a third step in which the handling unit switches from the first operating configuration to the second operating configuration. In one embodiment, this switching results in the activation of the opening on the lower wall up to the total opening position. This switching takes place by translating the handling unit of the handling module along the vertical direction. In one embodiment, said vertical direction coincides with the vertical axis of symmetry to optimize the balance of the ISO container.

This method includes a fourth phase of activation of the handling group for the transport of the object associated with the ISO container. In one embodiment, said activation of the handling unit occurs with a motor integral with the interface element of the handling unit. In another embodiment, said activation occurs with the power generator contained in the containment structure of the ISO container.

In an embodiment of the modular container system, in which said system also comprises a plurality of coupling elements, a plurality of connectors and a plurality of locking elements, said method for moving an object allows to transport a containment module, externally to the internal volume of the ISO container object of this description. In an embodiment of the modular container system, said containment module is an ISO container, whether it is without or equipped with the handling unit.

Said method includes a first phase of preparation on the ground, with the handling systems, of two ISO containers, both equipped with a handling unit. Said preparation is carried out with the handling units in the first operating configuration and with said openings on the respective closed lower walls.

This method includes a second phase in which the handling units switch from the first operational configuration to the second operational configuration through the remote actuation of the actuators housed in the respective internal volumes of the ISO containers. Said switching consists in the translation of said movement units along the vertical direction. In said second phase, by activating the handling unit, a first handling module advances and approaches one wall of the containment module while the other advances and approaches an opposite wall of the same containment module. This progress is made after the activation of proximity sensors and optical sensors, whether done remotely or from a local location contained in the containment structure of the ISO container.

This method comprises a third step of preparing the handling modules in the coupling configuration, ie with the sensors activated and the connectors configured to couple with the coupling elements of the containment module. In this coupling configuration a further approach is carried out, which allows to reach a coupling position. In a variant of the method, said approach of the two handling modules can occur simultaneously. In another variant, however, said approach takes place separately.

This method includes a fourth phase in which the handling units switch from the second operational configuration to the first operational configuration through the remote actuation of the actuators housed in the respective internal volumes of the ISO containers. In this phase, a lateral coupling procedure is carried out on the short side. In a variant of the method, said hooking procedure is a lateral hooking procedure on the long side. In another variant of the method, the hooking procedure can be performed either on the short side or on the long side. Said lateral coupling procedure between the handling modules and the containment modules includes the manual or automatic actuation of a set of coupling elements, connectors and locking elements, so as to make the modules integral along the vertical lifting direction. and the longitudinal direction of travel. The manual operation of these connectors and locking elements allows you to keep the system flexible and not very complex from the point of view of automation. On the other hand, this type of actuation presupposes the presence of operators in the place where the containment module is hooked, therefore, where there are severe conditions, or places that are not easily accessible for individuals, it is preferable to provide an automatic hooking system.

These locking elements make it possible to avoid misalignments of the modules along the vertical direction of lifting and the longitudinal direction of advancement. In a variant of the method, the two movement modules can be managed in synchrony by the processors so as to have equal and synchronized displacements, along the vertical direction of lifting and the longitudinal direction of advancement. This synchronized management allows for greater safety and less stress on the locking elements. In a further variant of the method, the synchronization of the movements makes it possible to deprive oneself of the blocking elements.

Said method comprises a fifth step of last switching of the handling units of the first operating configuration to the second operating configuration obtained by remotely operating the actuators housed in the respective internal volumes of the ISO containers. This switching is still a translation along the vertical direction.

This last phase also includes the advancement of the handling modules and then the transport of the containment module, jointly to them, in the area limited to the destination site. This transport solves the problem of the need to suspend the ISO container at a height that entails risks for workers and surrounding objects as well as allowing movement within spaces with very small volumes.

This and other characteristics will be more evident from the following description of a preferred embodiment, illustrated purely by way of non-limiting example in the accompanying drawing tables, in which:

Figure 1 illustrates a container according to the present invention;

Figure 2 illustrates a container of Figure 1, according to a variant embodiment;

figure 3 shows a section of the container of figure 1 or figure 2, in a first operative configuration;

Figure 4 illustrates the section of the container of Figure 3, in a second operating configuration;

Figures 5 and 5A illustrate an embodiment of the container of Figure 1 in a perspective and sectional view, respectively;

Figure 6 illustrates a detail of the container according to the present invention; figure 7 illustrates the detail of figure 6, an embodiment variant;

figure 8 illustrates the detail of figure 6, an embodiment variant;

Figure 9 illustrates a modular container system;

- figures 10A, 10B, 10C, 10D, 10E, 10F illustrate corresponding operating phases of the operation of the modular container system;

Figure 11 illustrates the container of Figure 1, according to a variant embodiment;

Figure 11A illustrates the container of Figure 11 in section;

Figure 12 illustrates a container according to another aspect of the present description.

- figure 13 illustrates a hydraulic opening system in section.

It is intended to specify that, in the figures attached to the present invention, the representation of automobiles is not to scale and, therefore, any dimensional deduction based on it does not intend in any way to reduce the protection of the present invention. It is also intended to specify that some components of the ISO container have not been shown in all the figures to exemplify the representation. This is intended to be in no way limiting, as the ISO container to be protected can include elements represented in different figures.

In figure 1, 1 indicates an ISO container equipped with a handling unit 3.

The ISO 1 container is used for the transport of objects and equipment from a loading site to a destination site or for housing people at an operational site. The ISO container 1 comprises a containment structure 2, preferably made of material resistant to compressive and bending stresses, suitable to be stacked above or under similar structures. The containment structure 2 comprises a lower wall 201, that is a floor or an internal platform, an upper wall 203 and four side walls 204. The containment structure 2, in addition to said opening 202 on the lower wall 201, comprises at least one primary access 209 obtained on at least one of the walls of the containment structure 2. In one embodiment, the containment structure comprises a plurality of handling compartments 211. Said handling compartments 211 allow the lifting and transport of the container with handling means such as forklifts or self-propelled forks. The containment structure 2 identifies a solid characterized by an internal volume 5. The containment structure 2 also identifies a plurality of vertices 210. In a preferred embodiment said solid is a rectangular parallelepiped. In this embodiment, the containment structure 2 identifies eight vertices 210. Said containment structure 2 is characterized by a triple symmetry. A first horizontal symmetry with respect to a longitudinal axis 205, parallel to the upper wall 203 and to the lower wall 201, equidistant from the upper wall 203 and from the lower wall 201 and perpendicular to a first pair of opposite side walls 204 '. A second horizontal symmetry with respect to a transverse axis 206, parallel to the upper wall 203 and to the lower wall 201, equidistant from the upper wall 203 and from the lower wall 201 and perpendicular to a second pair of opposite side walls 204 '. A vertical symmetry with respect to a vertical axis 207, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 205 and to the transverse axis 206.

In a possible embodiment, the ISO container 1 comprises an inlet door 9A, arranged on a side wall 204 of the four side walls.

In one embodiment, the inlet door 9A is connected with a hydraulic opening system 900. The hydraulic opening system 900 allows you to control and facilitate the opening and closing of the inlet door 9A. In one embodiment, the hydraulic opening system comprises a fixed part 900 ', integral with the containment structure 2 of the ISO container 1. In one embodiment, the hydraulic opening system comprises a movable part 900' ', integral with the entrance 9A.

In one embodiment, the ISO container 1 comprises an exit door 9B, arranged on a side wall 204 opposite the side wall 204 which contains the inlet door 9A.

In one embodiment, the exit door 9B is connected to the hydraulic opening system 900. The hydraulic opening system 900 allows you to control and facilitate the opening and closing of the exit door 9B. In one embodiment, the movable part 900 'of the hydraulic opening system is integral with the exit door 9B.

In one embodiment, the inlet door 9A and the outlet door 9B are each hinged in a corner 901. In one embodiment, each edge 901 is the horizontal edge closest to the ground of the respective side wall 204. Thus , when the inlet door 9A and the outlet door 9B are opened, the latter rest on the ground. In one embodiment, the inlet door 9A and the outlet door 9B have a transport configuration and a passage configuration. In the transport configuration, the inlet door 9A and the outlet door 9B are closed and belong to the same plane to which the respective side wall 204 on which each of them is arranged belongs. In one embodiment, in the transport configuration, the inlet door 9A and the outlet door 9B are closed in shape. In the passage configuration, the entrance door 9A and the exit door 9B are open, towards the outside of the containment structure 2, until they come into contact with the ground. In the configuration of Inlet Door 9A and Exit Door 9B act as ramps. In one embodiment, the inlet door 9A and the outlet door 9B each comprise a hinge 902, for their connection with the respective edge 901 of the containment structure 2. In one embodiment, the hinge extends along the entire respective edge 901 on which the inlet door 9A or the outlet door 9B are connected. In one embodiment, the inlet door 9A and the outlet door 9B are inclined so as to allow a vehicle to access the internal volume 5 of the ISO container 1. In one embodiment, when the inlet door 9A is exit door 9B are in the passage position the ISO container 1 has a passage compartment that allows the container to be completely crossed by an object, an animal, a plant or a human being. In one embodiment, the maximum surface extension of the inlet door 9A defines the inlet section 9A '. In one embodiment, the maximum surface extension of the exit door 9B defines the exit section 9B ’of the passageway.

In one embodiment, the passageway is delimited at the bottom by a floor 903, part of the lower wall 201 of the containment structure 2. In one embodiment, the passageway is delimited at the top by a roof 904, part of the upper wall 203 of the containment structure 2.

In one embodiment, the ISO container comprises a monitoring system, configured to perform checks on an object that can be passed through from the inlet section to the outlet section along the passageway. In one embodiment, the monitoring system comprises a monitoring device. In one embodiment, the monitoring device is a scanner 905. In one embodiment, the scanner is configured to perform measurements on a vehicle transiting inside the passageway from the inlet section 9A 'to the outlet section 9B' . In one embodiment, the monitoring device is a scale or weigher, configured to detect the weight of the object or living being that passes through the ISO 1 container.

In one embodiment the monitoring device is a camera 906. In one embodiment the monitoring system comprises an additional monitoring device to form a plurality of monitoring devices. In this embodiment, the monitoring devices are 905 scanners, 906 cameras or position sensors.

In one embodiment, the monitoring system comprises a maintenance device. In one embodiment, the monitoring system comprises a plurality of maintenance devices. In an embodiment, said plurality of maintenance devices comprises a plurality of devices for the mechanical maintenance of a vehicle such as, by way of example but not limited to, tire-removing machines, machines for inflating tires, tools for disassembling an engine. In an embodiment said plurality of maintenance devices comprises a plurality of devices for cleaning a vehicle such as, by way of example but not limited to, rotating brushes, polishers, nozzles for the detergent, dryers and brushes for tires. In one embodiment, the plurality of cleaning devices allow to carry out sanitation, prophylaxis and decontamination activities on a vehicle, a robot, an object, an animal or a person.

In one embodiment, the upper wall 203 comprises a ventilation grid 203A. The ventilation grid allows any fumes to escape and the air to be exchanged inside the ISO 1 container.

In one embodiment, the ISO container comprises a cooling system 10. The cooling system 10 comprises an air cooling refrigerant circuit, an outlet for the refrigerated air and an inlet for the hot air to be cooled. In one embodiment, the cooling system 10 also comprises fans for directing the refrigerant air to specific components of the ISO container 1. In particular, the cooling system 10 is used for cooling electrical components, such as units control 501, processor, any servers. In one embodiment, the cooling system 10 is used for cooling the power generator 503 and the handling unit 301. In one embodiment, the hot air developed by the cooling system 10 is expelled from the ISO container 10 through the grate 203A ventilation system.

The containment structure 2 is integrated with a plurality of coupling elements 401. Preferably, the coupling elements 401 are configured according to international standards relating to the corner blocks of ISO containers. In a preferred embodiment, each coupling element 401 is positioned in the corresponding vertex 210 of the ISO container 1. In one embodiment, the coupling elements 401 conform to the international standards ISO 11/68 (cited by way of example), or to other national or international standards regarding coupling systems for standard containers.

The coupling elements 401 allow to connect the ISO container 1 with a handling system 8, such as a crane, for its transport from a loading site to a destination site. In one embodiment, said coupling elements 401 comprise three plates 402 ', lying on three mutually orthogonal planes, in which at least one hole 402' is obtained. In one possible embodiment, said holes 402 '' are obtained on plate 402 'and have a circular shape. In one possible embodiment, said holes 402 '' have a polygonal shape. In one possible embodiment, said holes 402 '' have an ogival shape. In another possible embodiment said holes 402 'have a polygonal projection on plate 402'.

The ISO container 1 includes a handling group 3 which allows the ISO container 1 to move along the ground autonomously. The handling unit 3 comprises an interface element 301 with the ground. In one embodiment, the handling unit 3 comprises a tank. In one embodiment, the handling unit 3 comprises a control unit. In one embodiment the control unit is an input output interconnection control unit.

Said handling unit 3 allows to define a longitudinal direction, perpendicular to the forward front of the ISO container 1 on the ground.

In one embodiment, the internal volume 5 of the ISO container 1 comprises two subspaces. The first subspace is used to contain the objects to be transported and / or the operators to be housed. The second subspace, on the other hand, houses all the auxiliary members for the operation of the handling unit 3.

In another possible embodiment, the internal volume 5 is instead limited to the sole containment of said auxiliary members for the operation of the movement unit 3.

In a preferred embodiment, the interface element 301 with the ground comprises at least two tracks.

In a variant embodiment, the interface element 301 with the ground could be at least three wheels with pneumatic tires (not shown) or a plurality of cylinder-piston groups (not shown).

In one embodiment, said interface element 301 with the ground could be a removable part from the handling unit 3 in order to ensure interchangeability of the solutions according to the needs.

In a possible embodiment, the movement unit 3 is movable, with respect to the containment structure 2, between two operating configurations.

In one embodiment, in the lower wall 201 of the ISO container 1 there is an opening 202.

In a first operational configuration, illustrated in figure 3, the handling unit 3 is entirely contained in the internal volume 5 of the ISO container 1, with the opening 202 on the lower wall 201 closed.

The handling unit 3, in the first operational configuration, is constrained to a suspension point 208 and held in total suspension by the containment structure 2. In one embodiment, the suspension point 208 belongs to the upper wall 203. In another embodiment, not shown, said suspension point 208 belongs to a surface parallel to the upper surface 203 but located lower than the latter with respect to the vertical axis 207. In one embodiment, said suspension point 208 belongs to an intermediate suspension element which holds the handling unit 3 in suspension in the first operating configuration, reducing the bending load on the side walls 204 during the transport of the ISO container 1 with the handling systems 8.

In one embodiment, the handling unit 3, in the first operational configuration, is constrained to a suspension point 208 and held in partial suspension by the containment structure 2. The residual weight portion is instead discharged onto the opening 202 of the lower wall 201.

In a second operating configuration, the handling unit 3 is partially external to the internal volume 5 of the ISO container 1, at least with the interface element 301 with the ground. This embodiment allows to vary the relative distance between the lower wall 201 of the ISO container 1 and the ground, facilitating the overcoming of obstacles in the ground. The handling unit 3, in one embodiment, is movable along the vertical axis 207 of the internal volume 5 from said first operating configuration and said second operating configuration.

These two operating configurations of the handling group allow you to identify a vertical direction 207 ', parallel to the vertical axis 207, along which the switching and movement of at least a part of the handling group 3 takes place.

In an embodiment, in which the ISO container 1 also includes the first subspace dedicated to objects, the ISO container 1 provides a method for transporting any object through the following steps.

The first phase includes the preparation of the ISO container 1 equipped with handling unit 3 in a destination site where the ISO container 1 itself is transported. In this phase, the handling unit 3 is in the first configuration, isolated from the external environment in order to avoid any damage to the interface element 301 with the ground. In this phase, the association of the object to be transported with the ISO container 1 equipped with handling group 3 also takes place. The association of said object with the ISO container can take place in different ways.

In a variant of the method the object is associated as effective internal transport to the ISO container 1. In another variant, said object is external to the internal volume 5 and made integral with the ISO container 1 with temporary constraints, such as belts, ropes, chains or twist-lock.

The method comprises a second switching step of the handling unit 3 in the second operating configuration where the relative distance between the containment structure 2 of the ISO container 1 and the interface element 301 of the handling unit 3 is greater than the same relative distance in first operational configuration. Said switching occurs along the vertical axis 207 of the internal volume 5 of the ISO container 1. During the switching, the handling unit 3 intersects the opening 202 on the lower wall 201 which, in a particular embodiment, opens automatically.

The method includes a last phase of actual handling of the object, where, by activating the handling group 3, the ISO 1 container is advanced on the ground and then the transport of the object associated with it.

The figures show the ISO container 1 with handling group 3 in the first operational configuration, in which said handling group 3 is totally contained in the internal volume 5 of the ISO container 1 and the opening 202 on the lower wall 201 closed. In one embodiment said ISO container 1 does not have additional load capacity to contain the auxiliary members of the handling unit 3 and to contain the handling unit 3 itself.

The containment structure comprises a power generator 503 integral with the containment structure 2 of the ISO container 1. In a possible embodiment the power generator 503 is a mechanical power generator, such as, by way of example but not limiting, a internal combustion engine connected to a fuel tank or an electric motor connected to an electric battery. In a variant embodiment the power generator 503 is an electric power generator, such as, by way of example but not limiting, a renewable energy production system, for example photovoltaic or wind power, or a magnetic energy production system.

In one embodiment, the power generator 503 is connected to an energy conversion unit 506. The energy conversion unit 506, in one embodiment, is a generator set for converting mechanical energy into electrical energy while in another embodiment variant it is an electric motor powered by the electric power generator.

In one embodiment, the power generator 503 is connected to a first motion transmission system 507. In one embodiment, said first motion transmission system 507 is a speed reducer composed of toothed gears while, in another possible embodiment, said first motion transmission system 507 is a kinematic mechanism composed of cams, cranks and connecting rods .

In one embodiment, the power generator 503 communicates with the software 502 of a control unit 501, also integral with the containment structure 2 of the ISO container 1. In one embodiment, the ISO container 1 comprises a 503A flue gas exhaust pipe. In one embodiment, the fumes exhaust pipe 503A is configured to convey the fumes produced inside the ISO 1 container to the outside of the ISO 1 container itself. In one embodiment, the flue pipe 503A has an intake section 503A 'and an outlet section 503A'. In one embodiment the outlet section 503A '' is arranged on one of the side walls 204. In one embodiment the flue gas exhaust pipe 503A is connected to the motor 302 of the handling unit 3. In this embodiment the section 503A 'is arranged on the motor 302 of the handling unit 3. In one embodiment the flue exhaust pipe 503A is connected to the power generator 503 to discharge the fumes deriving from the power generation cycle 503. In this form of embodiment the intake section 503A 'is arranged on the power generator 503. In one embodiment the ISO container 1 comprises a plurality of flue exhaust pipes 503A, each provided with the respective intake section 503A' and the respective exhaust section 503A ''. In this embodiment, the motor 302 of the handling unit 3 and the power generator 503 are both equipped with a flue exhaust pipe 503A.

In one embodiment, the control unit 501 is connected remotely, via wireless or radio frequency connection, to a user interface 7. Said user interface 7 shows on the display the outputs of all internal and external sensors. In an embodiment, said user interface 7 shows the image deriving from an optical sensor 406. Said user interface 7 also allows interacting with the ISO container 1 by setting some parameters (such as, by way of example but not limited to, the forward speed of the ISO container 1 on the ground, the height of the ISO container 1 with respect to the interface element 301 of the handling group 3) which will be processed by the software 502 of the control unit 501.

In one embodiment the control unit 501 is connected to a local user interface, contained in the internal volume 5 of the ISO container 1. Said local interface has the same interaction capabilities that the remote interface 7 possesses. local user interface is in use, the control unit 501 will be configured to respond in priority to the signals of the local user interface.

The containment structure 2 of the ISO container 1 includes, within the internal volume 5, an actuator 504 capable of moving the handling unit 3 along the vertical direction 207 '.

In one embodiment said actuator 504 comprises two portions. A first "stationary" portion 504A is integral with the containment structure 2. A second "mobile" portion 504B is instead movable with respect to the containment structure 2 and integral with the interface element 301 with the ground of the handling unit 3 In another embodiment said movable portion 504B is movable with respect to the containment structure 2 and integral with the movement unit 3 in its entirety. By virtue of its constraint with the handling unit 3, said movable part 504B of the actuator 504 can vary its position with respect to the containment structure 2, resulting, in the first operating configuration of the handling unit 3, totally contained in the internal volume 5 and, in the second operating configuration of the handling unit 3, partially external to said internal volume 5.

In one embodiment, the movable part 504B of the actuator 504 also includes a system of damping (not shown) of the motion at least along the vertical direction 207 'of the ISO container. In one embodiment said damping system is of the mechanical type and comprises a coil spring while in another embodiment said damping system is of the hydraulic type and comprises a piston cylinder unit. In one embodiment, the piston cylinder unit is self-leveling by means of a suitable control unit.

In one embodiment, the actuator 504 is a cylinder-piston system, in which the cylinder represents the stationary part 504A and the piston the movable part 504B of the actuator 504. In another embodiment, the actuator 504 is a toothed slide-rack system, in which the toothed slide represents the mobile part 504B and the rack the fixed part 504A. In one embodiment, the lower wall 201 of the ISO container 1 comprises an opening 202.

In one embodiment, said opening 202 allows the movement of the handling unit 3 to pass from the first operating configuration to the second operating configuration, remaining open during the advancement activity of the ISO container 1.

In a possible embodiment, not shown in the present invention, the opening 202 on the lower wall 201 is of the bellows or membrane type. Said bellows is made up of panels bound together with a hinge constraint. Said hinge is integrated with a return leaf spring which keeps, in the closed position, the elements of the bellows on the same plane corresponding to the lower wall.

In one embodiment, the bellows is opened by exploiting the power generator 503 which, with at least one transmission element, transmits the motion up to the return belt of the bellows.

In one embodiment, the movement unit 3 comprises a motor 302 integral with the movement unit 3 itself. Said engine 302, in one embodiment, is an internal combustion engine equipped with a transmission system 303 for transmitting the motion from the engine 302 to the interface element 301 with the ground (said interface element 301 with the ground could be included in or defined by the undercarriage). Said motor 302, in one embodiment, is an electric motor fed with a power cable from the power generator 503 integral with the containment structure 2.

In a possible embodiment, however, the movement unit 3 does not comprise an engine 302. The tracks are activated by the power generator 503, integral with the containment structure 2, by means of a second transmission system 508 designed to maintain a part integral with the power generator 503, therefore with the containment structure 2, and another part integral with the movement unit 3. In a possible embodiment, said second transmission system 508 comprises the coupling, by means of a grooved profile, of two shafts concentric motors. Said second transmission system 508 therefore allows a translation along the vertical direction 207 ', while maintaining the transmission of the torque and speed provided by the power generator 503.

In an embodiment, illustrated in the figures, the ISO container 1 comprises at least two handling units 3. In this embodiment each handling unit 3 comprises the respective actuator 504 including a fixed portion 504A and a movable portion 504B. In one embodiment, the handling units 3, in the first operational configuration, are arranged in the internal volume 5 of the ISO container 1 within specific remittance areas 1A. In one embodiment, said remittance areas 1A comprise an inspection cover 1B. The inspection cover 1B is hinged to the containment structure 2. The inspection cover 1B has an open configuration, during maintenance or inspection of the respective handling group 3 of the ISO container 1. The inspection cover 1B has a closed configuration, when handling or transporting the ISO container 1. In one embodiment the ISO container 1 comprises a hydraulic power generator 509. The hydraulic power generator 509 powers the actuator 504 of each cylinder and allows the sliding portion of the mobile portion 504B and with it the interface element 301 of the respective handling unit 3. In one embodiment, the ISO container 1 comprises one or more support columns 510, arranged in the internal volume 5 of the containment structure 2.

In one embodiment the two movement groups 3 are totally independent and regulated with the control unit 501 through dedicated control units.

The independence of the handling units 3 allows the ISO container 1 to be rotated by keeping one handling unit 3 stationary and activating the other handling unit 3. In one embodiment, the actuators 504 of each handling unit 3 are self-leveling .

In one embodiment, the suspension point 208 is obtained on the support column 510.

The containment structure 2 comprises a plurality of attachment elements 401. In a preferred embodiment, said attachment elements 401 are positioned at least on the vertices 210 of the ISO container 1. In another embodiment said attachment elements 401 are located in depending on the size of the object to be hooked, always guaranteeing the ISO container 1 the possibility of being transported by the lifting means 8, designed to interact with the hooking elements 401 located on the vertices.

In one embodiment, the hooking elements 401 are integrated with a connector 403.

In one embodiment said connectors 403 are operatively positioned on the plates 402 'of the hooking elements 401 belonging to the side walls 204. In one embodiment said connectors are operationally facing from at least one side wall 204. In another preferred embodiment , said connectors 403 are operatively positioned on each plate 402 'of the hooking elements 401 belonging to the side wall 204 in contact with a module to be transported. Furthermore, said connectors 403 are operationally facing the side wall 204 in contact with a module to be transported.

The coupling elements 401 and the connectors 403, in one embodiment, are integrated with elements 404 for locking and unlocking the movements along the vertical direction 207 'and along the longitudinal direction.

The figures show the second operating configuration, in which the handling unit 3 is partially external to the internal volume 5 of the containment structure 2 of the ISO container 1.

In a possible embodiment, illustrated in the figures, the connector 403 is permanently integrated with the hooking element 401 and therefore cannot be disconnected from the containment structure 2. The connector 403, by way of example but not limited to, of shape cylindrical, is constrained to the coupling element 401 by means of a prismatic pair which allows it to slide only along an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis 205 (axis of symmetry of the connector 403 itself) and prevents it from rotating with respect to an axis orthogonal to its axis of symmetry. The connector 403, in its end furthest from the axis of vertical symmetry 207 of the ISO 1 container, includes a through hole 403 'which extends orthogonally to the axis of symmetry of the connector 403.

The connector 403, as described, identifies two operating configurations.

A first "retracted" operational configuration, in which said connector 403 is contained entirely in the internal volume 5 of the containment structure 2.

A second "protracted" operational configuration, in which said connector 403 is partially external to the containment structure 2 and facing a side wall 204 designed to come into contact with the object to be transported.

In a position close to a containment module 601 to be transported, the control unit 501 controlled by the 502 software, activates the sliding of the connector 403 from the retracted to the protracted position.

The connector 403 is integrated with a locking element 404. In one embodiment, said locking element 404 comprises a pin 404 ', with axis of symmetry parallel to the vertical direction 207', positioned in the hole 402 'of the coupling element 401 on the upper wall 201 of the containment module 601 to be transported, and intercepting the hole 403 'of the connector 403 of the handling module 602.

In a variant embodiment said block element 404 is inserted manually. In another embodiment variant said block element 404 is inserted automatically.

In another possible embodiment, illustrated in the figures, the connector 403 is temporarily integrated with the hooking element 401 and can therefore be removed from the latter at the end of the transport of the containment module 601.

The connector 403, by way of example but not limited to, cylindrical in shape, includes two through holes 403 'positioned at its two ends.

The connector 403, as described, identifies two operating configurations.

A first "retracted" operational configuration, in which said connector 403 is contained entirely in the internal volume 5 of the containment structure 2 but released and not in contact with the hooking element 401 of the ISO container 1.

A second "protracted" operating configuration, in which said connector 403 is positioned in the hole 402 '' of the plate 402 'on the hooking element 401 and facing the side wall 204 of the containment structure 2 designed to come into contact with the containment 601.

Switching between retracted and extended positions is done manually.

The connector 403 is therefore integrated with a locking element 404. In one embodiment, said locking element comprises two pins 404 ', with axis of symmetry parallel to the vertical axis 207, and a rod 404' 'connected to the two pins 404 ', with axis of symmetry parallel to the longitudinal axis 205, constituting a rigid body substantially in the shape of a "C". Said block element 404 will be positioned so that the pins 404 'intercept at the same time the holes 402' 'of the coupling elements 401 on the upper walls 203 of the containment module 601 to be transported and of the ISO container 1, and the holes 403' at the ends of the connector 403. In a possible embodiment said locking element 404 is inserted manually.

The ISO 1 container also includes a set of sensors to monitor the environment inside and outside the container.

In one embodiment, the set of sensors for monitoring the internal environment, not shown in the figures, include one or more of the following sensors:

- a temperature sensor, to monitor any overheating of the auxiliary parts to the handling unit,

- a pressure sensor, to monitor the maintenance of a slight overpressure, where it is necessary, to avoid the entry of dangerous fumes or gases,

- a weight sensor, to evaluate the remaining load capacity.

The sensors included within the internal volume 5, relating to the container handling group, include, by way of example but not limited to, one or more of the following sensors:

- speed sensor,

- transmitted torque sensor,

- relative position sensor of the handling unit 3 with respect to the containment structure 2,

- level sensor for fuel,

- sensor for suspension monitoring (hydraulic pressure in hydraulic suspensions, elastic force in mechanical suspensions),

- sensor for the temperature of the lubrication and cooling oil, - GPS,

- acoustic sensor,

- light sensor,

- safety sensor connected to a quick response safety system,

- volumetric sensors for proximity to obstacles.

Among the sensors for monitoring the external environment, in one embodiment, the ISO container 1 comprises at least one optical sensor 406. In one embodiment the ISO container comprises at least one proximity sensor 405. In one embodiment, said proximity sensor 405 is a laser beam whose reflection time is identified, and then the distance of the first incident body is deduced. In one embodiment, said optical sensor 406 is an infrared camera capable of rotating on a field of view characterized by a solid angle of 2 �, i.e. a 360 ° monitoring with respect to the plane containing the side wall 204, responsible for contact with the containment module 601, on which the optical sensor 406 is placed.

In one embodiment, the set of sensors for monitoring the external environment includes one or more of the following sensors:

- a temperature sensor,

- an atmospheric pressure sensor,

- an acoustic sensor,

- an altitude sensor, in relation to the ground and in relation to the sea level, - a strain gauge to evaluate any deformation of the side wall 204,

- an anemometer for the evaluation of the wind speed

- a gyroscope for evaluating the inclination of the side wall with respect to the geocentric vertical.

With reference to the attached figures, 6 indicates a modular container system comprising a containment module 601 and a handling module 602. In another embodiment, illustrated in the figures, said modular container system 6 comprises a containment module 601 and two handling modules 602.

In one embodiment, the containment module 601 is an ISO container 1, whether it is equipped or without a handling unit 3 designed to transport objects or house operators. In another embodiment, the containment module 601 is any module capable of carrying objects that has coupling elements 401 compatible with the handling modules 602. Said handling modules 602, in one embodiment, are two ISO 1 containers provided with respective handling units 3. Said modular container system 6 also comprises a plurality of connectors 403, permanent or temporary, and locking elements 404. The modular container system 6 has two operating configurations.

A first "free" operational configuration, in which the three modules (601, 602 ', 602 ") are divided between them but prepared for coupling. In this configuration the connectors 403 are retracted and the locking elements 404 not yet inserted.

In the free configuration, the respective handling groups 3 of the handling modules 602 are in the first operational configuration, with the interface element 301 contained in the internal volume 5.

A second "constrained" operational configuration, in which the three modules are coupled and constrained to each other in order to prevent the presence of relative displacements between the three modules along the vertical direction 207 'and the longitudinal direction. In the constrained configuration, the respective handling units 3 of the handling modules 602 are in the second operating configuration, ready to carry out the transport of the containment module 601, the connectors 403 are in a protracted position and the hooking elements 404 inserted in the appropriate seats.

In a possible embodiment, the modular container system 6 can comprise only one handling module 602. In one embodiment, the containment module 601 is provided with a single coupling wall while the opposite wall is characterized by an interfaced working tool with the ground. By way of example but not limited to, the containment module is a plow and the handling module is an ISO 1 container which acts as a tractor along agricultural land (embodiment not shown), or along tunnels or beaches with unconsolidated sandstone soils.

In an embodiment which comprises the modular container system 6, as described above, a method for transporting a generic containment module 601 is provided, provided that it is provided with the ability to connect with the handling modules 602. This method presupposes the following operating steps, illustrated in figures 10A, 10B, 10C, 10D, 10E, 10F.

A first stage of preparation of the handling modules 602 on the ground, using the handling systems 8, such as, by way of example, cranes, lifting platforms or overhead cranes. In this first phase, the opening 202 on the lower wall 201 is in the closed position and the connectors 403 are not yet in a protracted position.

Said method then comprises a second switching phase of the handling units 3 in the second operating configuration, with subsequent approach of the handling modules 602 to the containment module 601 respectively in each of the two opposite side walls 204 '' and in charge of contact with the modules. movement 602. In this phase the connectors 403 are still in the retracted position.

This method involves the further phase of switching the operating configuration of the handling unit 3 from the second operating configuration to the first operating configuration to standardize the height of the modules and allow the hooks. Said step further comprises the arrangement of the connectors 403 in a protracted position so as to intercept the hooking elements 401 of the containment module 601. In a variant of the method, said connectors 403 are inserted manually. In another variant of the method, said connectors 403 are instead inserted automatically.

Said phase also provides for the hooking of the containment module 601 by the handling modules 602 and the positioning of the block elements 404. In a variant of the method, said block elements 404 are inserted manually. In another variant of the method, said block elements 404 are instead inserted automatically. In a further variant said block elements 404 are not inserted.

The fourth step of said method comprises the switching of the movement units 3, preferably synchronous, from the first operating configuration to the second operating configuration. In this phase the containment module 601 is definitively bound to the two handling modules 602

The fifth and last phase of said method comprises the transport of the containment module 601 integral with the two movement modules 602. In a variant of the method the head movement module 602 ', the one that precedes all the modules in the direction of movement, is driven, while the tail handling module 602 '' is driving.

In a variant of the method, the head handling module 602 'is driving, while the tail handling module 602' is dragged. In a variant of the method, the head handling module 602 'and the tail handling module 602' are both driving.

Furthermore, in a variant of the method, the respective control units 501 of the head 602 'and tail 602' 'movement modules communicate in such a way as to synchronize the movements of the two movement modules along the vertical direction 207' of lifting and the direction longitudinal advancement so as not to stress the connectors 403 and the locking elements 404 during the advancement and transport of the containment module 601.

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CLAIMS 1. ISO container (1) comprising: - a containment structure (2) which includes a lower wall (201), an upper wall (203) and four side walls (204), connected together so as to identify an internal volume (5), a vertical direction (207 ), perpendicular to the upper wall (203) and to the lower wall (201), and a plurality of vertices on the containment structure (2) itself; - a plurality of coupling elements (401), each positioned at a corresponding vertex of the containment structure (2), characterized in that it comprises a monitoring system, configured to perform checks or surveys on objects passing along a defined transit path from the container. ISO container (1) according to claim 1, wherein the transit path passes through the container. ISO container (1) according to claim 1, wherein the monitoring system includes one or more of the following monitoring devices (906): - camera; - scanner; - camera; - position sensors; - weight monitoring systems. Container according to claim 1 or 2 or 3, wherein the monitoring system includes a maintenance device, configured to perform maintenance on the vehicle. Container according to claim 4, wherein the monitoring system comprises a plurality of cleaning devices, configured to perform sanitation activities on a vehicle, robot, object, animal or person. ISO container (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, comprising a power generator (503). ISO container (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, comprising an inlet door (9A), arranged on one of the side walls (204), and an outlet door (9B), arranged in a side wall (204) opposite to the one comprising the entrance door (9A), said entrance door (9A) and exit door (9B) being movable between a passage position, in which the entrance door (9A) and the exit door ( 9B) are open to define a passageway, and a transport position, in which the entrance door (9A) and the exit door (9B) are closed on the respective side wall (204), in which the transit path it is identified by the objects passing through the entrance door (9A) to the exit door (9B) along the passageway. 8. ISO container (1) according to claim 7, in which the passage compartment is delimited at the bottom by a platform (903), forming part of the lower wall (201) of the containment structure (2), and at the top by a roof (904), forming part of the upper wall (203) of the containment structure (2). ISO container (1) according to claim 7 or 8, comprising a hydraulic opening system (900), connected with the inlet door (9A) and the outlet door (9B) to open or close them. 10. ISO container (1) according to any one of claims 7 to 9, wherein the inlet flap (9A) and the outfeed flap (9B) are hinged in a respective corner (901) via a respective hinge (902) . 11. ISO container (1) according to claim 10, wherein each corner (901) to which said inlet door (9A) and said outlet door (9B) are hinged is the horizontal edge closest to the ground of the respective wall lateral (204). 12. ISO container (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, comprising a handling unit (3), having at least one interface element (301), configured to interact with the ground to allow movement of the ISO container (1) itself on the ground along a longitudinal direction, perpendicular to the vertical direction (207), in which the handling unit (3) is mobile between a first operating configuration, in which the interface element (301) is arranged in the internal volume (5) , and a second operative configuration, in which the interface element (301) is positioned externally to the internal volume (5), to be operationally in contact with the ground.