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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7203570 | Stowage and retrieval system A storage and retrieval system is provided that automates the process of handling a mixed inventory of palletized and containerized items. The invention is particularly useful in handling cargo and weapons within a ship's hold or magazine. When used on a ship, the i... | 04/10/2007 |
| 6966741 | Tipping apparatus for intermodal container An apparatus for removing bulk cargo from an intermodal container, which includes an upper frame mounted on an intermodal container transfer equipment device, a middle frame mounted on the upper frame and a lower frame mounted on the middle frame with the lower fram... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6842665 | Stowage and retrieval system A storage and retrieval system is provided that automates the process of handling a mixed inventory of palletized and containerized items. The invention is particularly useful in handling cargo and weapons within a ship's hold or magazine. When used on a ship, the i... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6572319 | Modular cell elevator for containership A portable elevator system for transporting a cargo container between a container cell and a mouth of the container cell is disclosed. The elevator includes a frame which is crane transportable and mountable on the mouth of a container cell in an open hol... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6077019 | Cargo container storage and retrieval system and method The invention relates to a cargo container storage and retrieval system and method. One embodiment of a system according to the present invention includes a vessel having cargo hold with a plurality of bulkheads disposed along a width of the cargo hold to... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6059521 | Transport and distribution of ship-borne goods units A distribution method is for transporting goods from a loading port for a ship or some other collection site, such as a storage room or centralized handling plant, to cabins or other operation sites on a ship. The steps include placing the goods on a tran... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6050767 | Bulk material transport apparatus and method Bulk material is loaded at a marine transfer station into a plurality of inter-modal containers that have removable top lids and are received side by side in the hopper of a barge. A gantry carried by the barge removes the lids from the containers and mov... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5980198 | Method for handling, transporting and loading cartons of frozen animal products onto vessels A method for rapid transportation and loading of stacks of cartons aboard vessels is provided which may include the mounting of slings about the stacks of cartons, transporting the cartons to the dock by a flatbed vehicle, hoisting the stacks of cartons o... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5613826 | System to optimize the stacking efficiency of objects A method of stacking objects such that various factors are considered. These factors include: 1) what objects are to be removed from the stack; 2) the number of stacks that have no objects stacked; 3) the number of objects to be removed from a stack; 4) t... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5599153 | Method and a system for transporting vehicles A method and apparatus for the transportation of vehicles, primarily cars, by a seagoing vessel. The vehicles are loaded onto cassettes that include at least one floor or story, with each floor or story including a vehicle driveway. The cassettes are load... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5445094 | Working apparatus traveling through tank web frame of ship A working apparatus comprising openings formed as gondola access holes in tank web frame of a ship, a rail passed through the openings and secured to the tank web frame, a trolley adapted to travel along the rail, a hoist mounted on the trolley, and a gon... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5131502 | Hoisting apparatus for ships Hoisting apparatus, comprising a side loader, passenger or freight elevator for ships, having a cage which moves along a path at least partially curved. The hoisting apparatus include an elevator shaft mounted on the ship broadside provided with one or mo... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5107781 | Ship and its loading and unloading system In a cargo ship the upper edge (8) of its lateral loading opening (3) is at a higher level than the rails (4) of an overhead crane (5) in its cargo space (2), an intermediate cargo deck being divided into two sections (6, 7). The elevator section (6), far... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5040935 | System for loading and transporting wheeled vehicles A system for loading and transporting wheeled vehicles on a transporting vehicle, such as a ship or rail car, comprises supporting a plurality of wheeled vehicles on each of a plurality of frames in vertically-spaced relation to each other and then insert... | 08/20/1991 |
| 4963067 | System for loading and transporting wheeled vehicles A system for loading and transporting wheeled vehicles on a transporting vehicle, such as a ship or rail car, comprises supporting a plurality of wheeled vehicles on each of a plurality of frames in vertically-spaced relation to each other and then insert... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4923354 | Magazine with movable shelves, for the maturation of cakes of synthetic foam material A magazine for the maturation of cakes of synthetic foam material, for a plant served by a conveyor belt bringing the cakes for distribution in the magazine, and by an overhead crane with a gripper intended for lifting a cake from the belt conveyor, for s... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4884924 | Fish hold construction A fish hold construction for a fishing vessel, wherein the vessel is provided with a longitudinally extending water flume fish alley. Fish move with the help of gravity and water or brine into such fish alley from a plurality of fish storage holds. Water ... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4826384 | Apparatus for storing chassis An apparatus for storing a plurality of chassis in a vertically spaced relationship, which comprises a structure and a pallet support mechanism including a plurality of long guide members suspended from the structure via lifting and rotating mechanisms, i... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4795298 | Marine transportation of bulk cargo An arrangement for loading and discharging cargo to and from a fleet of alike vessels in a timely sequence of arrivals between two terminals, organized to maintain a vessel's elevation at a constant position during the exchange of cargo to and from a vess... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4672553 | Order processing method and apparatus In the disclosed method and apparatus, item-identifying codes of packages loaded onto a conveyor are scanned and, based on comparisons with the items in a group of orders stored in a computer, the packages are distributed to corresponding order-assembly l... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4666356 | Containerization system, apparatus and method An apparatus for use in a system of containerized handling of fish onboard an ocean-going vessel. Fish are stored in closely stacking containers within the hold of the fishing vessel and are cyclically removed from within the hold to working positions on ... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4610594 | Container conveyor system The invention provides structure consisting of tracks carrying a transporter which moves horizontally on the tracks. A hoist is suspended from the transporter and the hoist includes an elevator for picking up containers at engagement points above the poin... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4574721 | Assembly for holding cargo An assembly for carrying cargo which comprises a cylindrical tank rotatable about a horizontal axis and having a torque partition member dividing it into an upper and a lower compartment, rotating rails provided around the periphery of the tank, support r... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4498584 | Stackable container for use in a containerization system A method and apparatus for use in a system of containerized handling of fish onboard an ocean-going vessel. Fish are stored in closely stacking containers within the hold of the fishing vessel and are cyclically removed from within the hold to working pos... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4388032 | Lifting and stowage system A lifting and stowage system for lifting and stowing containers within a ited magazine area. The system provides a sway bracing feature during lifting which also functions as a stowage member when completely assembled. The system also includes a pair of ... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4363257 | Strikedown service mechanism for a vertical launching system A service mechanism for a shipboard missile vertical launch system has a base assembly which rides on a set of parallel tracks spanning a missile housing array. A carriage assembly is mounted for movement along the base assembly in a direction normal to t... | 12/14/1982 |
| 4349108 | Containers A method of improving industrial production comprising the steps of arranging a plurality of full containers in a transporter, the container being arranged in a predetermined number of stacks of containers, each stack containing a predetermined number of ... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4182253 | Drilling vessel with handling means for drilling pipe A drilling vessel has a hold adapted to store and transport drilling pipes arranged parallel to the length of the vessel. An elevator extends lengthwise of the vessel in the mid-plane of the hold and communicates between a plurality of superposed holds an... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4067284 | Barge-carrying ship A barge-carrying ship having a crane at the end of the vessel for lifting barges from the water surface, a plurality of openings at the end of the vessel through which the barges are carried aboard the ship, and rails laid in the fore-and-aft direction on... | 01/10/1978 |
