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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 17, 1995
Hans J Becker, Quierschied, DE;
Horst Steckel, St. Ingbert, DE;
PWH Anlagen + Systeme GmbH, St. Ingbert, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus for unloading bulk material from a ship floating in a body of water has a carriage displaceable horizontally adjacent the ship, a turntable on the carriage, and a generally upright column having a lower end pivoted on the turntable and an upper end. A column-moving hydraulic cylinder has one end pivoted on the column and another arm pivoted on the turntable and an arm pivoted on the upper end of the column has an outer end above the ship and is provided with a conveyor. An arm-moving hydraulic cylinder has one end pivoted on the arm and another end pivoted on the turntable. An outer vertical conveyor pivoted on the outer arm end has a lower end engaged in the material in the ship for extracting the material from the ship and delivering it to the arm conveyor. A conveyor-moving hydraulic cylinder has one end pivoted on the vertical conveyor and an opposite end pivoted on the arm. A controller is connected to all of the cylinders for actuating same to sweep the lower end along the ship.
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