The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2012
Applicants:
Helmut Weber, St. Ingbert, DE;
Peter Röttgen, Pulheim, DE;
Wei YE, Saarbrücken, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Thyssenkrupp Resource Technologies GmbH, Essen, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 67/60 (2006.01); B63B 27/00 (2006.01); B63B 35/00 (2006.01); B63B 35/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 67/60 (2013.01); B63B 27/02 (2013.01); B63B 35/00 (2013.01); B63B 35/301 (2013.01);
Abstract
A transfer device is configured for transferring bulk material from a barge floating on a body of water into at least one receiving device. At least one lifting lock is provided by way of which the barge can be raised, while floating, to a tilting height above the surface of the body of water, and at least one tilting device is provided by way of which the barge can be tilted such that the bulk material is poured from the barge into the receiving device.