General purpose cargo vessel

Claim 1

A CARGO VESSEL COMPRISING A HULL WITH WALL PORTIONS DEFINING ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF A BIN FOR HOLDING CARGO, SAID BIN HAVING OPPOSED SLOPING SIDE WALLS CONVERGING ON EACH OTHER AT THE BASE OF THE BIN, MECHANICAL AGITATOR MEANS EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE BIN, AND A MOUNTING FOR THE AGITATOR MEANS ACCOMMODATING ITS MOVEMENT ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE HULL AND INTO A LOAD OF MATERIAL CARRIED WITHIN SAID BIN, SAID AGITATOR MEANS COMPRISING A ROTATABLE AUGER MECHANISM EXTENDING UPWARDLY ALONG EACH SIDE WALL OF THE BIN CONSTRUCTED TO BREAK APART MATERIAL ENCOUNTERED BY THE SAME AND TO PULL SUCH MATERIAL DOWNWARDLY TOWARD THE BOTTOM OF THE BIN, SAID MOUNTING FOR THE AGIATOR MEANS INCLUDING A PIVOT MOUNTING FOR THE BASE OF EACH AUGER MECHANISM ACCOMMODATING SWINGING OF THE MECHANISM ABOUT AN AXIS ADJACENT THE BASE OF THE AUGER MECHANISM AND EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF THE HULL AND WITH THE TOP OF THE AUGER MECHANISM SWINGING IN AN ARC DISPOSED BETWEEN THE SIDES OF THE BIN.