Material handling system

Claim 1

A CARGO VESSEL COMPRISING A HULL AND UPPER DECK, SAID HULL DIVIDED INTO A PLURALITY OF DISCRETE CARGO SPACES SPACED ONE FROM ANOTHER BY TRANSVERSE BULKHEADS, EACH SPACE COMPRISING SUBSTANTIALLY THE WIDTH OF THE VESSEL AND A PORTION OF ITS LENGTH AND OF SUBSTANTIALLY THE DEPTH OF THE HULL, A PLURALITY OF HORIZONTAL SPACED DECKS HAVING AT LEAST ONE FREE EDGE AND VERTICALLY POSITIONED IN EACH OF SAID CARGO SPACES AND SECURED TO AT LEAST ONE BULKHEAD AND DIVIDING SAID SPACE INTO A PLURALITY OF SEPARATE ''TWEEN DECK STORAGE AREAS, ELEVATOR MEANS IN EACH OF SAID CARGO SPACES POSITIONED ADJACENT ANOTHER BULKHEAD AND ADJACENT SAID FREE EDGES OF SAID HORIZONTAL DECKS, SAID ELEVATOR MEANS EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY THE TRANSVERSE WIDTH OF SAID CARGO SPACE AND OF SAID DECKS FOR SUPPORTING AND VERTICALLY CARRYING A PLURALITY OF CYLINDRICAL ROLLABLE ARTICLES POSITIONED END-TO-END IN A ROW THEREON, CONVEYOR MEANS ON THE UPPER DECK FOR FEEDING A PLURALITY OF THE ROLLABLE ARTICLES TO EACH OF SAID CARGO SPACES IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SAID ELEVATOR MEANS IN EACH CARGO SPACE, EJECTOR MEANS ADJACENT SAID DECK CONVEYOR FOR TRANSFERRING SAID ROLLS FROM SAID DECK CONVEYOR TO SAID ELEVATOR MEANS, TRANSFER MEANS ON SAID ELEVATOR MEANS FOR MOVING SAID ROLLABLE ARTICLES FROM SAID ELEVATOR TO SAID DECKS, AND VESSEL TRIMMING MEANS POSITIONED FORE AND AFT TO PERMIT CONTROLLED INCLINATION OF SAID HULL AND SPACED CARGO DECKS FROM THE HORIZONTAL TO PERMIT GRAVITY LOADING OF SAID DECKS FROM SAID ELEVATOR MEANS AND UNLOADING OF SAID SPACED DECKS TO SAID ELEVATOR MEANS WITH SAID ROLLABLE ARTICLES.