Patents by Inventor Tertuliano Francisco De Freitas

Tertuliano Francisco De Freitas has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9216865
    Abstract: An equipment for unloading a bulk carrier comprises a plurality of structures fastened to a fixed platform, the plurality of structures is fastened to the fixed platform mutually parallel, each structure comprising a mobile element having fastening elements which are associated to a projection of at least a removable hold of a bulk carrier, the mobile element being displaced from a first position (A) to a second position (B) so as to tilt at least a removable hold onto an apron feeder and then to a system of conveyor belts. Also, a bulk carrier comprises at least a removable hold including a compartment for transporting bulk products having a plurality of projections disposed in a longitudinal line and mutually parallel at a first end of the removable hold and an articulation mechanism disposed along a second end of the removable hold parallel to and opposite the first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: VALE S.A.
    Inventors: Tertuliano Francisco De Freitas, Warlley Soares Santos
  • Publication number: 20140086708
    Abstract: There is described an equipment for unloading a bulk carrier, comprising a plurality of structures fastened to a fixed platform, the plurality of structures is fastened to the fixed platform mutually parallel, each structure comprising a mobile element endowed with fastening elements which are associated to a projection of at least a removable hold of a bulk carrier, the mobile element being displaced from a first position (A) to a second position (B) so as to tilt at least a removable hold onto an apron feeder and then to a system of conveyor belts. There is also described a bulk carrier, comprising at least a removable hold which consists of a compartment for transporting bulk products, endowed with a plurality of projections disposed in a longitudinal line and mutually parallel at a first end of the removable hold and an articulation mechanism disposed along a second end of the removable hold parallely opposite the first end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Inventors: Tertuliano Francisco De Freitas, Warlley Soares Santos