EP0128976A1
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Pontoon and floating body thereof
Assignee: Bargeco AG
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Filing: 1983-06-16
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2003-06-16
Abstract
Abstract A pontoon (6) is composed of a plurality of floating bodies having outer measures (a, b, c) corresponding with standard outer measures of a freight container, in order to reduce the transport costs to remote spots.
Inventors
- 👤 Johannes Ravestein
- 👤 Cornelis Gradus Ravestein
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 00:10
CPC Classifications
B; B63; B63B; B63B35/00; B63B35/34; B63B35/38
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
23 words
Pontoon (1-5), characterised by at least one floating body (6) having outer measures (a,b) corresponding with standard outer measures of a freight container.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
23 words
Pontoon (1-5), characterised by at least one floating body (6) having outer measures (a,b) corresponding with standard outer measures of a freight container.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
Pontoon (1-5), characterised in that it is composed of a plurality of floating bodies (6) having outer measures (a,b) corresponding with standard outer measures of a freight container.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
Pontoon (1-5), characterised in that it is composed of a plurality of floating bodies (6) having outer measures (a,b) corresponding with standard outer measures of a freight container.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
56 words
Pontoon (1-5) as claimed in claim 2, characterised in that the floating bodies (6) are coupled to each other by means of couplings, a male part (20) of each coupling being arranged to the one and a female part (21) thereof being arranged to the other of a pair of floating bodies (6) to be interconnected.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
Pontoon (1-5) as claimed in claim 3, characterised in that the coupling parts (20, 21) engage each other with wedge engagement.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
23 words
Pontoon (1-5) as claimed in claim 3 or 4, characterised in that at least one coupling (19) is provided with lacking means (25).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
39 words
Pontoon (1-5) as claimed in any one of claims 2-5, characterised in that a plurality of floating bodies (6)positioned at the same level are interconnected with their upper- and lower edges (36, 37) by means of coupling means (19).
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
37 words
Floating body (6) for composing a pontoon (1-5) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that coupling parts (20, 21) are arranged uniform spaced at at least one side of the floating body (6).
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
37 words
Floating body (6) as claimed in claim 7, characterised in that the floating body (6) is provided with disconnectable connecting means (14) for connection to connecting means (14) of a substantially identical floating body (6) stacked thereon.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
25 words
Floating body (6) as claimed in claim 7 or 8, characterised in that it has small inner frames (8), bounding a great stock space (10).
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