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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 15, 1996
Hermann Franzen, Monchengladbach, DE;
Janis Moutsokapas, Monheim, DE;
Mannesmann Aktiengesellschaft, Dusseldorf, DE;
Abstract
A device for covering a ship's hatch by a loading chute which can be placed on the edge of the hatch during loading and unloading of a pallet container which is attached to a load suspension apparatus. The loading chute can be automatically opened and closed as a function of the position of the pallet container. The upper opening of the chute can be covered, when the rain-protected pallet container is in the loading shaft or below it, by an umbrella-like shield which is arranged on the load suspension apparatus above the pallet container. A rolling gate in one end position closes the loading opening and after covering of the upper opening of the loading chute by the shield, can be moved into another end position which flees the loading opening. The opening and closing movements of the rolling gate are controlled by contact-less transmitters which detect the position of the pallet container in the chute.