Abstract: A small ship made of plurality of prefabricated sections, which are made at a factory by a plastic deformation process, such as stamping or rolling, and of a dimension, size and shape such that an overland transportation by road thereof is possible. The sections are transported to a site located at a coastal zone, and connected to each other thereat to thereby build a ship.

Abstract: A vehicle for aerial working has a vehicle chassis having a front frame and a rear deck, a lift mechanism disposed on the front frame, a platform vertically movably supported by the lift mechanism and having a cab thereon, a box-shaped pallet disposed on the rear deck of the chassis, and a chute for guiding picked fruits from a tall tree into the pallet. A lower end of the chute is attached to the pallet and an upper end of the chute is movably supported by the platform. The picked fruits drop within the chute and collected within the pallet. Then, the collected fruits are carried by driving the vehicle within the cab.

Abstract: A vehicle for aerial working includes a vehicle, a rotary base disposed at a rear portion rearwardly of a frame of the vehicle, a folding arm assembly on the rotary base for vertically extending its arm, a boom assembly having an axially extendable first jib supporting at its distal end an aerial platform, a front axle disposed at a front portion of the frame, and a rear axle disposed at the rear portion and rearwardly of the rotary base, the rear axle having a pair of wheels oppositely sidewardly projecting beyond a pair of wheels of the front axle. The boom assembly also has a second jib disposed in parallel with the first jib and supporting at its distal end a counterweight to balance with the weight of the aerial platform, wherein the second jib axially slides to move toward and away from the first jib to an extent same as the latter moves.

Abstract: A guide chute for dropping articles has four shock absorbable members arranged in a vertical direction at regular intervals, and four ropes for connecting the shock absorbable members to one another. Each of the shock absorbable members is composed of a frame member, a plurality of elastic trapezoidal plates which are secured to the frame member, and coil springs for retaining the trapezoidal plates in a throttled condition. The width of each of the trapezoidal plates is increased towards its free tip end. The free tip end of each of each of the trapezoidal plates extends downward and toward the axial center of the frame member and is overlapped with adjacent free tip ends of adjacent trapezoidal plates to form a conic cylindrical body by virtue of the coil springs. And the free tip ends of the trapezoidal plates define an opening of a diameter smaller than that of articles to be dropped. When the dropping articles drop, they enlarge the opening of each of the shock absorbing members.