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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6497535 | Material distribution vessel and method for distributing material recovered in a dredging operation A material distribution vessel for distributing material recovered in a dredging operation is disclosed. The material distribution vessel includes a hull; a propulsion system for selectively moving the hull through a waterway; and a conveyor system suppor... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6343559 | Transportation system for dredged material and method of levy building A system for transporting material recovered in a dredging operation performed by a dredge is disclosed. The system includes a water-borne material distribution vessel including a conveyor system for receiving and depositing the recovered material. It als... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6048153 | System, apparatus and method for loading and/or unloading a barge A system for loading and unloading a barge. The system includes two gantry assemblies, one for loading and one for unloading. The gantry assemblies are mounted on tracks for traversing the length of the barge. One gantry assembly has a hopper for receivin... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6021889 | Conveyor belt with deflection rollers A conveyor for an endless, closed-loop conveyor belt (1), which is flexible transverse to its extension, has a guide (11) keeping conveyor belt on a substantially rectilinear main path (3) and on a generally perpendicular branch. A branch device (9) is mo... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5540533 | Mass discharger for a container such as a silo, including a jointed conveyer operating from above A mass discharger for discharging a bulk mass from a container, such as a silo. The discharger includes a scraper conveyor jointed next to the edge of the side of the discharge end of the container and extending essentially the length of the container and... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5465830 | Conveyor for loading and unloading material within a very wide area, which conveyor includes a single endless belt A conveyor for feeding out or feeding in goods within an elongated area comprises a tower (1) movable along a path located at a long side of the elongated area, an arm (4, 5) mounted on the tower and having a free end (6) extending into the area, and a fe... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5454340 | Water-tight hopper assembly for self-unloading marine vessel A water-tight hopper assembly for a self-unloading marine vessel of the type that transports bulk cargo includes a hopper chute formed from a plurality of interconnected wall members converging toward one another in the downward vertical direction, a disc... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5372468 | Bulk material unloading system An unloading system for transporting bulk material from a cargo hold includes parallel guides mounted to extend in a first, preferably width, direction across the top of the cargo hold. A horizontal cross bar extends across the top of the cargo hold in a ... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5320471 | Suspension and guide of a vertical conveyor in the discharge trunk of a ship unloader A continuous-conveyance bulk-cargo ship unloader in which a boom is provided with an elephant trunk that can swing from one end of the boom. The trunk has a hollow cylindrical shaft which accommodates an upright conveyor. At the bottom of the elephant tru... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5024568 | Bulk material reclaiming apparatus A cargo reclaiming apparatus that may be fitted to a ship for emptying bulk solid material from the holds or to a warehouse for emptying such material from storage bins. The apparatus has a gantry movable across the top of the storage containers, a rotata... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4737061 | Mobile bucket conveyor for bulk materials A mobile bucket mechanism for collection and conveyance of a bulk material which includes buckets carried by chains over generally vertically arranged sheaves, a support structure for the sheaves which drives the chains to move the buckets in a path to co... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4659275 | Barge tipper A barge tipper comprises a cylindrical floating apparatus 10 defining a chamber 18 into which a barge 28 can be floated. End doors 16 at either end of the apparatus 10 are closed and the barge 28 is clamped in position by hydraulically operated clamps 20.... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4245942 | Bulk cargo ship hold arrangement The invention relates to an arrangement in ship holds for bulk cargo, for example coal. The hold bottom has one or more rows of discharge openings and is substantially flat on at least one side of the rows of discharge openings. A plurality of drivers are... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4170433 | Apparatus for emptying bulk material from a storage chamber Apparatus for emptying bulk material from a storage chamber comprising a first rake in the storage chamber for transporting material in the longitudinal direction, the first rake being movable vertically and transversely. A vertical transport device is mo... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4138961 | Vessel for carrying steel slabs A vessel for carrying steel slabs or like cargoes, comprising a hull having a stern and a bow, an upper weather deck at least one cargo hold, an opening predominantly through the weather deck and communicating with the interior of the hull of the vessel, ... | 02/13/1979 |
