Rftrax Inc.

Great American Lines, Inc.

Byron M Sugahara

Avrum A Freelund

Hal B Haygood

John K Chester

Robert B Stout, Jr

Stephen W Poole

Kent A Merrill

Robert A Goertz

Ronald E Williamson

The container inspection system operates globally at container handling facilities around the world and includes at least one transport apparatus located at a container handling facility having a spreader or other framework for connecting and handling cargo containers of all shapes and sizes. The transport apparatus is in communication with a computer network including several computing devices that provide to the transport apparatus comparison data including load models, load signatures, weight profile, and sensory limits related to a particular container. Sensors can be located on the spreader, inside the container, and invasively through the container and provide scanned characteristic data that is compared to the comparison data to determine a pass status or a fail status for the container. Ancillary data and authority input may be provided to the system by outside sources, such as other inspection systems and governmental entities. The transport apparatuses then move the connected container to a first location if a pass status is determined and a second location if a fail status is determined. The computer network may include a global host computer, a local host computer, and a local transport computer and employs expert system methodology.

Container inspection system

The multi-mode ship uses bulk cargo flow-through vehicle decks that are capable of supporting commercial vehicles, military vehicles, and other general cargo. Bulk cargo is loaded into the multi-mode ship with a bulk cargo transport system. Bulk cargo is loaded on board the multi-mode ship and is discharged from some or all of the vehicle decks, where the bulk cargo flows downward through the vehicle decks and settles on the bottom of the multi-mode ship. The bulk cargo then piles upward through the vehicle decks until it reaches the desired load. The bulk cargo transport system includes conveyors, upper and lower, and at least one vertical conveyor for transporting bulk cargo to, from, and within a cargo hold of the multi-mode ship. Further, the multi-mode ship preferably includes liquid storage tanks that are shaped to provide a preferably funnel-like storage area within the cargo hold for funneling bulk cargo toward the lower conveyors of the bulk cargo transport system to further provide efficient and complete unloading of the cargo hold of bulk cargo.

Multi-mode ship for transporting vehicles

Growing community of inventors

Vero Beach, FL, United States of America

Byron M Sugahara