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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7101140 | Apparatus for storage and unloading of granular material The object of the invention is an apparatus for storage of wood chips in a curved-top stockpile the apparatus consisting of a central tower which supports a conveyor for loading the chips and a beam-like turning pile composer, and a unloading beam supported on groun... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6390006 | Sea bulk transfer vessel A self-loading, self-discharging, bulk cargo transhipper 20 comprising a buoyant vessel 21 capable of receiving water as ballast inside the buoyant vessel 21, a bulk material receiving system 22, a bulk material distribution system 25 and a bulk material ... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6032786 | Filling arrangement for a bulk unloader The invention concerns a filling arrangement (12) for a bulk unloader having a conveyor belt travelling in an endless path and provided with material receiving pockets (9). The arrangement is characterised by a filler wheel (31) having an essentially hori... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5984081 | Continuous unloader A continuous unloader includes upper sprockets, lower sprockets located below the upper sprockets, and front sprockets located in front of the lower sprockets. An endless bucket conveyer is operatively taken on the upper, lower and front sprockets. A supp... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5613820 | Continuous-operation cargo-transfer equipment A continuous-operation cargo-transfer equipment. It comprises bulk-cargo uptake mechanisms (4a), an upright conveyor-constituted shaft (4), a boom (5) with a conveyor mounted on it that seesaws up and down on a turntable (6), a gantry (10) that travels ba... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5564878 | Apparatus and method for continuous handling of bulk materials This apparatus relates to a materials handling apparatus that has a plurality of open-sided buckets arranged to travel along a first path having a first sense. The buckets are loadable when traveling along a first portion of the first path. An endless bel... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5375896 | Bucket mechanism, particularly a ship unloader Proposed is a bucket mechanism, particularly a ship unloader, which includes at least one rotating traction member with receiving elements fastened thereto. The receiving elements are formed of a stiff supporting member, with an elastically yielding mater... | 12/27/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5049021 | Self-unloading method and apparatus for ships An unloading marine leg for a self-unloading ship including a bucket conveyor for removing granular material from the hold of a ship, the marine leg including a distal end and a discharge end with the discharge end being pivotally mounted to a carriage on... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4988250 | Bucket elevator type continuous ship unloader A bucket elevator type continuous ship unloader is used for both a sidewise shovelling operation and a catenary cleaning up operation. In this ship unloader, a bucket chain is wound around sprockets respectively provided at the front and rear ends of a ho... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4784560 | Apparatus for trimming and emptying bulk material An apparatus for trimming and emptying bulk material in a cargo room (2) comprises two rake devices (18, 19) which at one end are connected to the lower end of a cargo lifter in the form of a vertical conveyor (16). The cargo lifter is suspended in a hous... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4738578 | 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... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4681503 | Method and device for unloading bulk material from a large container An endless conveyor belt 10 provided with angled-over entraining cleats 12 as well as lateral corrugated sidewalls 11 serves the purpose of unloading bulk material 1 from a ship 2 in particular, which not only carries the bulk material 1 out of the ship 2... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4474523 | Unloading means for bulk material An unloading system for bulk material in cargo and storage rooms includes at least one scraper conveyor which is movable vertically and which attacks the bulk material from above and moves it in the horizontal direction against an elevator which transport... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4350467 | Self-unloading cargo vessel An apparatus for the self-unloading of dry, particulate bulk material from multiple storage chambers comprising a plurality of aligned holds or the like (12, 14, 16, 18), having aligned discharged gates (46) formed in the bases thereof for discharge onto ... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4286909 | Apparatus for unloading bulk material from a storage space An apparatus for unloading bulk material from a storage space includes an upward conveyor (14), in particular a screw conveyor. For scraping the bulk material to the inlet end (22) of the upward conveyor (14), there is a scraper conveyor (27, 28) which is... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4264003 | Foldable unloading machine having full circle swivelling action The disclosed unloading machine is especially well adapted for unloading bulk materials from ships. The machine swivels around a full circle, to afford maximum coverage to take the bulk material. The illustrated machine comprises an endless bucket train, ... | 04/28/1981 |
| 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 |
| 4168009 | Automatic discharge cargo lifting apparatus There is disclosed an automatic cargo transport apparatus for moving cargo between different vertical levels in which endless chains are synchronized to move along vertical ascending and descending paths in an elevator gantry. Laterally extending cargo lo... | 09/18/1979 |
| 4165202 | Apparatus for emptying bulk material from a storage chamber Apparatus for emptying bulk material from a storage chamber comprising a rake in the storage chamber for transporting material in one direction therein for external discharge from the chamber and a guide beam in the chamber extending transversely and supp... | 08/21/1979 |
| 4070625 | Apparatus for measuring the distance to the floor of the cargo hold of a ship through intervening bulk material Apparatus for measuring the distance to and through magnetically permeable materials having a planar surface includes a dipole field generating magnetic field transmitting antenna and a dipole field sensitive receiver antenna. The antennae are displaced f... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4058203 | Bulk material dislodging and gathering apparatus A pair of screw conveyors pivotally mounted on rotatable arms extending laterally from the extended ends of the bottom sprocket wheel shaft on a bucket ladder dislodge bulk material and direct it toward the buckets. The bottom sprocket wheels are journale... | 11/15/1977 |
| 4033449 | Apparatus for handling bulk materials Bulk handling apparatus which includes an elevator carried by a vertical support arm movable about its axis and horizontally, the arm itself mounted on a lifting mechanism, a discharge device for elevated material, and a guide device on the arm on the sam... | 07/05/1977 |
