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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6435795 | Cargo load retractable receiver A tubular post is erected from a retracted position in the deck of a load receiving ship to accommodate load transfer operation. A highline connection established by an automated rigging technique substantially reduces manpower requirements, with all rece... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6024006 | Method for transferring a horizontally arranged rocket from a vessel to a floating structure located at sea In a method for transferring a horizontally arranged rocket from a vessel to a floating structure, a ramp is provided in a position projecting out from the vessel, entirely or partially below a lifting device provided on a floating structure, and is conne... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6010295 | Floating structure for the transfer of cargo A transshipper for the transfer of cargo from a barge to a ship or elsewhere comprises a pair of buoyant vessels, a platform supported by the buoyant vessels in a raised position above the buoyant vessels through a plurality of vertical columns connecting... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5577874 | Method and apparatus for the transfer of loads from a floating vessel to another or to a fixed installation A method and apparatus for the transfer of loads from a vessel that moves with heavy seas to a stationary or mobile installation by the use of at least one lifting cable and at least one hoisting mechanism, where the load, in a starting position, stands o... | 11/26/1996 |
| 4666357 | Ship transport system A transport system (10) for transporting a litter carrier (40) from one location onboard a first ship to a second location onboard another ship includes a retractable boom (12) having a stationary member (16) and a telescoping member (18) slidably engaged... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4666127 | Winch system A payload can be transferred between two relatively movable stations for example two ships using a winch system having an inhaul winch and an outhaul winch. The barrel of the outhaul winch is driven by an outhaul motor through a torque convertor such that... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4434972 | Hoisting winch The present invention is a hoisting winch that uses two motors, one a low-speed, high-torque hoisting motor and the other a high-speed, low-torque compensation motor. The motor shafts are connected to a cable drum by an epicycloidal gear trains. Uni-direc... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4277053 | Lifting and handling equipment unit, especially for shipside operations Under the action of relative motion between a hoisting machine support and a load, a movable component such as a pulley-block carried by the hoisting machine is capable of free displacement under gravity between two end positions of abutment when that end... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4126298 | Compensation device for a crane A ship-mounted crane is provided with a compensation device for ensuring that its load rope will suspend a load selectively stationary relative to the ship, or stationary relative to a load-receiving surface relative to which the ship moves. For this purp... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4118012 | Load transfer Control of vertical motion of a suspended crane hook assembly to accommodate vertical motion between a station carrying the crane and a station carrying a load is achieved by a transducer on the hook assembly and a control cord depending onto the load sta... | 10/03/1978 |
| 3945508 | Devices for transferring heavy loads at sea Cargo transfer device for transferring heavy loads at sea between ships or ship and an off-shore platform. In one embodiment the device essentially comprises an inverted V-shaped cargo boom including two booms pivoted together at their top ends and to the... | 03/23/1976 |
