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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| H2162 | Container conveyor load transfer A wheel supported conveyor having a central platform crane section disposed between opposite end crane sections is positioned in underlying relation to a container holding spreader of a dockside terminal crane for transfer of containers to and from the chassis of tr... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6503042 | Bulk material handling system An apparatus for conveying bulk material generally consisting of a support, a guide member defining a passageway providing a circuitous path, having a base section supported on the support and a section cantilevered relative to the support; at least two s... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6499927 | Method of transporting bulk particulate materials An apparatus for conveying bulk material generally consisting of a support, a guide member defining a passageway providing a circuitous path, having a base section supported on the support and a section cantilevered relative to the support; at least two s... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6431791 | Hoisting machine to move several boat to and from land and sea simultaneously A fixed structure is shaped like a pier and equipped on an upper part with a slide guide. A length of the pier extends from land to a point at sea where the depth is such as to allow boats to be transported to float. A trolley slides along the pier. At le... | 08/13/2002 |
| 5626218 | Belt unloader provided with a screw feeder system In a belt unloader provided with a vertical carrier (53) for carrying bulk cargo vertically, a screw feeder system is supported by a supporting frame (14) connected to a body frame (18) such that the supporting frame is allowed to be tilted. The screw fee... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5238346 | Continuous-conveyance bulk-cargo ship unloader A continuous-conveyance bulk-cargo ship unloader. It has a pickup at the bottom of an upright screw conveyor. The screw conveyor rotates around a vertical axis and relays a more or less horizontally free-flowing stream of bulk material to a sandwiched-bel... | 08/24/1993 |
| 4897012 | Cargo handling system A system for transporting cargo between a storage area and a cargo carrier. The system includes a bridge (13) and boom (15) spanning between the storage area and the cargo carrier. A first elevator (14) is located at one end of the bridge (13) proximate t... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4758970 | Marine loading arm monitoring system An apparatus for monitoring the spatial position of a reference point relative to a predetermined origin, the reference point being located on an articulated marine loading arm having a plurality of pivotally interconnected fluid conduits forming pivot an... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4756646 | Deep hold settling chamber A method for cleanly unloading dry bulk material carried by ships in below-deck holds is disclosed. The method includes the steps of disposing a portable open-topped, intermediate collection station in at least one empty hold of a ship. Loads of material ... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4563858 | Method of material distribution and apparatus for use in the method A method of material distribution for distributing free-flowing material is provided which consists of transporting the material in bulk from one location to another, siting a mobile bagging apparatus at the second location, unloading the transported mate... | 01/14/1986 |
| 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 |
| 4329104 | Cargo handling apparatus An improved cargo handling apparatus is described herein, which includes a crane truck, adapted to travel along a wharf sloped surface and to be fixedly positioned in the proximity of a mooring position of a ship for the loading or unloading of cargoes, a... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4265579 | Bulk material unloader A bulk material unloader in which a clamshell bucket is suspended from a boom which is luffed from a position over the material to be unloaded through the vertical to a position over a bulk material receiving hopper. The hoists and/or the anchors for the ... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4191502 | Cargo-handling machine with 300-degree operational azimuth range for shipboard use A double-topping type derrick crane is operable continuously throughout 300 degrees of azimuth turning of its boom to serve two loading areas forward and aft of the crane. This is made possible by a multiple-swivel, universal coupling mechanism between th... | 03/04/1980 |
