Having Swinging Portion Patents (Class 414/141.4)
  • Patent number: 11498769
    Abstract: The invention employs a folding arm conveyor that rotates horizontally. The folding arm conveyor is mainly composed of an undercarriage mounted on the ground of a stockyard, a tower body mounted on the undercarriage, a balance arm, a conveying arm, a tower top, and other main components, wherein the balance arm, the conveying arm, and the tower top are mounted on the tower body. The conveying arm is provided with two portal frames (I) and (II) and an unloading trolley. The tower body is provided with a gyration apparatus and a hopper. The balance arm is provided with a balance trolley. The folding arm conveyor can rotate horizontally, and the conveying arm can be folded and retraced by controlling the wind rope by the windlass, so that the folding arm conveyor can be prevented from colliding with other devices or buildings during the rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Changsha University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Juan Huang, Lairong Yin, Tao Ling, Le Xiao, Jinxing Wang, Yuyang Peng, Peng Xu, Minhui Chen
  • Patent number: 11479332
    Abstract: A transport system (10) comprising a seagoing vessel (14) with a battery room (18) for at least one swappable battery pack (19) for providing power for at least propulsion of the vessel (14), at least two battery packs (19), of which at least one battery pack is arranged on the vessel (14) when the vessel is in operation, a charging station (23) for charging the battery packs (19), which charging station (23) is located outside the vessel (14), such that the vessel (14) can be positioned close to the charging station (23) for transfer of one or more battery packs (19) between the vessel (14) and the charging station (23), and a transfer device (31) for transferring the battery packs (19) back and forth between the vessel (14) and the charging station (23) when the vessel is positioned close to the charging station (23).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Vard Electro AS
    Inventor: Christian Søvik
  • Patent number: 10569977
    Abstract: The offshore jack-up has a hull and a plurality of moveable legs engageable with the seafloor. The offshore jack-up is arranged to move the legs with respect to the hull to position the hull out of the water. The method comprises moving at least a portion of a vessel underneath the hull of the offshore jack-up or within a cut-out of the hull when the hull is positioned out of the water and the legs engage the seafloor. A stabilizing mechanism mounted on the jack-up is engaged against the vessel. The stabilizing mechanism is pushed down on the vessel to increase the buoyant force acting on the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: MAERSK SUPPLY SERVICE A/S
    Inventors: Hoegni Hammer, Steen Tange Hasholt
  • Patent number: 9193571
    Abstract: An unloading and loading crane arrangement (35) includes: a boom (37), in particular a projecting boom, for unloading cargo from or loading cargo onto a ship using a gripper (7) attached to the boom; and a transverse conveyor track (77) for moving the unloaded cargo inland in the transverse direction and moving the cargo to be loaded shipward. The arrangement is provided with a conveyor floor (75) with a vehicle (81) which can be moved across the latter at least in the transverse direction for displacing cargo. The conveyor floor has a first conveyor floor part (751) where the vehicle can receive a cargo from the gripper and a cargo on the vehicle can be presented to the gripper, and has a second conveyor floor part (752) for presenting cargo from the vehicle to the transverse conveyor track (77) and receiving cargo on the vehicle from the transverse conveyor track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: RAADGEVEND INGENIEURSBURO F. KOCH B.V.
    Inventor: Franciscus Koch
  • Patent number: 6648571
    Abstract: A mobile handling apparatus for loading and unloading ships in docks, the apparatus including portal supports, steerable traveling mechanisms arranged on the portal supports, an undercarriage freely movable on the traveling mechanisms, a harbor crane having a tower rigidly connected to the undercarriage, a luffing jib coupled to the tower, the luffing jib having an exchangeable device for picking-up a load, supporting girders mounted on the undercarriage so as to be horizontally moveable, the supporting girders each having a free end, vertical supporting pillars connected to the free ends of the supporting girders; and further traveling mechanisms arranged on the vertical supporting pillars so as to be raisable and lowerable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Atecs Mannesmann GmbH
    Inventors: Hermann Franzen, Dieter Klessinger, Joachim Kröll
  • Patent number: 6530492
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transporter container-loading bridge comprising a two-armed traveling support, a lifting gear, a traveling mechanism and at least one portal, characterized in that at least two trolleys travel on individual tracks of the traveling support on the transporter container-loading bridge with their paths crossing. According to the invention, the running track of one trolley is located above and inside the track of the other trolley, wherein both trolleys travel along both sides of their running tracks. The invention provides the advantage that several trolleys can travel independently from each other without having to transfer, rotate or surrender their load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Noell Crane Systems GmbH
    Inventor: Otto Weis
  • Publication number: 20020044854
    Abstract: A loading device for ISO containers in a container terminal with a container bridge for the loading and unloading of ships and with automatic incoming and outgoing transfer of the containers by means of automatic guided vehicles, with at least one container load suspension device in the form of a spreader and devices for the intermediate positioning of the container within the loading device to allow the installation or removal of the twistlocks, and with platforms for the workers performing this task. The loading device consists of a polar bridge crane, which can rotate around its center vertical axis, and which is designed as a bridge crane with a trolley capable of traveling on a crane bridge supported on a circular track located in the rear area of the land-side rail of the container bridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventors: Hermann Franzen, Joachim Kroll, Mathias Dobner
  • Patent number: H2162
    Abstract: A wheel supported conveyor having a central platform crane section disposed between opposite end crane sections is positioned in underlying relation to a container holding spreader of a dockside terminal crane for transfer of containers to and from the chassis of trucks moved into loading positions without obstruction along parallel spaced passage lanes formed in the end crane sections. Sections of a roller track are respectively associated with each of the conveyor crane sections for displacement of the containers laterally between a common track path and the truck passage lanes. Container spreaders are slidably mounted on the end crane sections effecting said lateral displacement of containers between the truck passage lanes and the common roller track path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Rafael Rivera, Christopher Clemmer