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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6965823 | Operating method and device for operating automated container quay cranes An operating method for container quay cranes used to load and unload container ships aided by a PC with a monitor in a crane driver's cabin. The crane driver operates a touchscreen on the monitor, thereby enabling the crane to reach its specified target in a... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6964552 | Method for lifting and transporting a heavy load using a deep water deployment system The invention is a method for lifting and transporting a heavy load comprising using a heavy lift vessel with at least two heavy lift cranes adapted to operate simultaneously; mounting a deep water deployment system on each crane adapted to increase hook travel the ... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6932325 | Active-over-passive coordinated motion winch The instant invention is directed to a active-over-passive coordinated motion winch designed to be used in combination with a class of existing offshore lifting systems such as A-Frames, booms or cranes to minimize the relative movement between a payload position an... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6926467 | Method and device for replacing equipment on the seabed A device (20) for replacing equipment, i.e. modules on an installation (10) on the seabed. The device comprises a box-shaped buoyancy element which has storage spaces (25) for equipment together with winch devices (22) assigned to each st... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6659703 | Stabilized ship-borne access apparatus and control method for the same An apparatus for use on a vessel and for gaining access to a fixed structure such as a marine platform. As shown a supply vessel (1) has located on the deck (2) a mounting (3) which is connected by a gimbal arrangement (30) to a support arm (4) carrying a... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6505574 | Vertical motion compensation for a crane's load A method and system are provided for reducing sea state induced vertical motion of a shipboard crane's load. Sea state induced vertical velocity of the crane's suspended load is determined as a function of: i) the horizontal radial distance the load exten... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6435796 | Method and arrangement for transporting load units The present invention relates to a method and arrangement for transporting larger cargo units, for example containers (5), said method and arrangement comprising standardized individual cargo trolleys (1a, 1b, . . . , 1n) for each pallet (4a, 4b . . . , 4... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6113335 | Unloader An unloader wherein a screw feeder is mounted on a vertically conveying section so as to be ascendable and descendable freely and bulk cargo is fed into a receiving space of the vertically conveying section through a discharge port made in the screw casin... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6082947 | Coordinated motion marine lifting device This invention is drawn to a device for transporting cargo between a source position and a destination position utilizing a fixed crane-type device, e.g. an A-Frame, including a pivotal sub A-Frame in conjunction with a heave compensating assembly to whic... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6081292 | Grappler guidance system for a gantry crane In a gantry crane having a movable grappler adapted for lifting standard containers, a system is provided to aid in positioning the grappler relative to the container. The grappler is equipped with at least two corner video devices located near corners of... | 06/27/2000 |
| 5685683 | Bulk-ship unloading system Bulk material is unloaded with a bucket conveyor from a ship floating in a body of water by first positioning the ship in the body of water between a stationary land-fixed location and a float spaced transversely therefrom. An outer intake end of a pivota... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5618148 | Method and arrangement for transporting larger units The present invention relates to a method and an arrangement for transporting larger units, especially for loading and unloading containers, and for the purpose of providing a new and fast loading and unloading system having a large degree of safety opera... | 04/08/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5573363 | Floating conveyor system A floating conveyor system includes a number of serially interconnected conveyor units for transferring sand, gravel and other material from a floating dredge to a land based station for processing. Each conveyor unit is supported by pontoons or floats ov... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5558468 | Method and apparatus for erecting a marine structure The deck or superstructure for an offshore production platform is shifted from a loading facility onto a cargo vessel that includes a large-area lifting assembly. The vessel transports the superstructure to a previously-installed substructure. On site, th... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5511922 | Ship weight cargo loading and unloading system This invention relates to a loading and unloading system in a ship wherein a transport car carrying weight cargo enters the ship from an opening in the gunwale via a ramp. The system comprises a lift table which permits the car to board, mechanisms for ra... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5370490 | Cargo pickup member for a continuously operating ship unloader A cargo pick-up member for transferring bulk material into an elevator of an unloading trunk of a ship unloader includes a screw pipe, a cutter head connected to the screw pipe, and a coupling sleeve attached to the screw pipe. The coupling sleeve include... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5154561 | Automated all-weather cargo transfer system An advanced automated vessel cargo transfer system for loading and unloading of ships and lighters. It includes an articulated manipulator arm mounted on a frame. The arm is provided with a spreader bar at the distal end thereof. The spreader bar is provi... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5114026 | Hoisting devices A hoisting device comprises a cable controlled at one end by a conventional crane winch assembly and at the other end by a traction winch assembly comprising traction device and storage winch. The hook is raised and lowered using the crane winch assembly ... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5028194 | Marine crane improvement The present invention relates to an improvement in marine cranes. An additional controllable variable lifting capability is operably connected to the load line of a marine crane, which may be motion compensated, to provide a safe initial lift of the cargo from... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4632622 | Marine cargo transfer device An apparatus for transferring cargo between first and second bodies which are movable relative to each other where a hoist for raising and lowering cargo through a hoist line is mounted on one of the bodies includes a linkage for connecting the two bodies... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4630542 | Nacelle The nacelle (3) is characterized in that it includes at least one cable (6) having a top end that leaves the nacelle upwardly and a bottom end that leaves the nacelle downwardly, and a mechanism (11) enabling the nacelle to move up and down the cable when... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4593885 | Portable balanced motion compensated lift apparatus A motion compensating device that is installed on a lift line between a crane and an object to be lifted. The device limits dynamic loads on the line by taking up and letting out line by preventing the lift line from going slack and by lengthening acceler... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4590634 | Marine transfer device Disclosed is a marine transfer device (10) having a ramp (18) which is connected at its inboard end to a stationary offshore platform (14) by a mount assembly (28) that allows the ramp to pivot about horizontal and vertical axes and restrains torsional ra... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4591310 | Method for loading and unloading large area transportation means The invention relates to a method for loading and unloading large area transporters, such as ships or the like, using a vertically spirally curved conveyor connected to the goods loading and unloading apparatus. The goods to be conveyed are discharged fro... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4585384 | Multi-stage conveyor system A multi-stage conveyor system consists essentially of a loading unit for loose material to be conveyed, an elevator unit and a transom unit for conveying the material to a depositing station. When transferring the material from the elevator unit to a deli... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4544137 | Offshore crane wave motion compensation apparatus Motion compensated load-lifting apparatus for use on marine vessels. Apparatus includes a traveling weight used to maintain tension in the load-lifting member, and a locking mechanism to prevent movement of the traveling weight in one direction. The locki... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4504918 | Arrangement for controlling the operation of a grabbing crane for loading and unloading a ship An arrangement for controlling movement of the grab bucket of a grabbing crane used for loading and unloading bulk material into and from ships is disclosed. Collisions of the grab bucket with the ship's superstructure and the hatch edges are avoided acco... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4448396 | Heave motion compensation apparatus A heave motion compensation appartus is used to move a load from a supply ship in heavy seas to a platform on an oil rig. A main load line extending down from a point of a crane boom mounted on the oil rig is driven by a pair of hydraulic main hoist drum ... | 05/15/1984 |
| 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 |
| 4369538 | Apparatus for transfer of persons and goods between structures offshore System for offshore transfer of persons and goods, preferably between a supply vessel and a stationary platform or a moored drilling/production platform or vessel, comprising a rigid gangway of which one end is pivotable on a vertical and a horizontal axi... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4363411 | Hammerhead crane with plural shuttle trolleys, a load trolley and movable counterweight means A hammerhead type of crane has a structural tower with opposed structural cantilevers extending horizontally therefrom and there is a horizontal track along which a load carrying trolley may move through the tower between limits near the outer ends of the... | 12/14/1982 |
| 4354608 | Motion compensator and control system for crane A motion compensation system for a crane hoist serves to assist the crane operator in safely lifting loads from the deck of a heaving work boat. The crane hook follows the motion of the load because a level of pre-tension is maintained on the line by use ... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4324385 | Device for removing and depositing loads between two supports in repeated relative vertical movement The invention relates to a device for removal and deposition of loads between two supports in repeated relative vertical movement. The device consists essentially of a crane close to the high point of the support on which said load rests in its rising mov... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4304337 | Marine crane lifting control A marine crane includes a high speed winch having a hydraulic heave compensating system that automatically controls the crane winch to compensate for the vertical movement of a load during offloading operations. The heave compensating system includes a re... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4215965 | Apparatus and method for loading a floating vessel with flowable material A water borne barge or other floating vessel is loaded automatically with flowable material from end-to-end with a proper predetermined level of material without dependency on inaccurate human observations. The automatic load-out is terminated with the ve... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4205308 | Programmable alarm system for marine loading arms A system for sensing the positon in space of the outer end of an articulated fluid loading arm while it is connected to a marine tanker or other transport vessel, and for sounding an alarm if the arm's operating envelope is exceeded. The sensing system in... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4174188 | Process and apparatus for transfer of cargo at sea The invention is directed to a method and apparatus for considerably reducing the risks of collision between cargo and ship during transfer of the cargo at sea. For this purpose, there is created in a short interval of time a sufficient space between carg... | 11/13/1979 |
| 4171053 | Antipendulation crane Antipendulation cranes and apparatus for overcoming the undesirable effects of cargo pendulation are set forth along with variations of such cranes for transferring cargo under more desirable conditions. The cranes include the normal booms and associated ... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4147330 | Method for setting down or taking up a load from or upon a loading location by means of a crane and an apparatus for carrying out the method In a method and an apparatus for putting down or taking up a load from or upon a loading location by way of a crane, wherein the crane or the loading location is subjected to substantially irregular vertical movements which change the distance between the... | 04/03/1979 |
