US3198353A
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Bulk material loading system
Assignee: McDowell-Wellman Engineering Co
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Filing: 1962-12-24
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Granted: 1965-08-03
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Expires: 1982-12-24
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert C Mcdowell
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 01:50
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65G; B65G63/00; B65G63/008
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
200 words
AN APPARATUS FOR LOADING A VESSEL AT A PIER WITH BULK MATERIAL COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: (A) GUIDE MEANS DISPOSED ALONG THE PIER FOR PARALLEL RELATION TO VESSEL DOCKED THEREAT, (B) A MAIN FRAME MOVABLY SUPPORTED ON SAID GUIDE MEANS, (C) A BOOM STRUCTURE COMPRISING A FRONT BOOM PORTION AND A REAR BOOM PORTION AND CARRIED BY SAID MAIN FRAME AND DISPOSED TRANSVERSE TO SAID PIER GUIDE MEANS, SAID FRONT BOOM PORTION EXTENDING BEYOND SAID MAIN FRAME AND PIVOTALLY SECURED TO SAID BEAR BOOM PORTION. (D) PIVOT MEANS COACTING BETWEEN SAID REAR BOOM PORTION AND THE ADJACENT EXTREMITY OF SAID FRONT BOOM PORTION FOR ROTATABLY SECURING SAID FRONT BOOM PORTION THERETO, (E) A PLURALITY OF SHUTTLES MOVABLY SUPPORTED ON SAID BOOM IN SURROUNDING PARALLEL RELATION TO EACH OTHER, SAID SHUTTLES BEING RETRACTABLE FROM SAID FRONT BOOM INTO SAID REAR BOOM PORTION, (F) MEANS FOR RETRACTING SAID SHUTTLES INTO SAID BOOM PORTION, (G) MATERIAL CONVEYING MEANS CARRIED BY EACH OF SAID SHUTTLES, (H) MATERIAL DISTRIBUTING MEANS COACTING WITH ONE OF SAID SHUTTLES FOR DELIVERING BULK MATERIAL TO SAID VESSEL, AND (I) MEANS COACTING WITH THE FRAME, THE SHUTTLES AND THE DISTRIBUTING MEANS TO SELECTIVELY MANIPULATE SAID DISTRIBUTING MEANS RELATIVE TO THE VESSEL.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
200 words
AN APPARATUS FOR LOADING A VESSEL AT A PIER WITH BULK MATERIAL COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: (A) GUIDE MEANS DISPOSED ALONG THE PIER FOR PARALLEL RELATION TO VESSEL DOCKED THEREAT, (B) A MAIN FRAME MOVABLY SUPPORTED ON SAID GUIDE MEANS, (C) A BOOM STRUCTURE COMPRISING A FRONT BOOM PORTION AND A REAR BOOM PORTION AND CARRIED BY SAID MAIN FRAME AND DISPOSED TRANSVERSE TO SAID PIER GUIDE MEANS, SAID FRONT BOOM PORTION EXTENDING BEYOND SAID MAIN FRAME AND PIVOTALLY SECURED TO SAID BEAR BOOM PORTION. (D) PIVOT MEANS COACTING BETWEEN SAID REAR BOOM PORTION AND THE ADJACENT EXTREMITY OF SAID FRONT BOOM PORTION FOR ROTATABLY SECURING SAID FRONT BOOM PORTION THERETO, (E) A PLURALITY OF SHUTTLES MOVABLY SUPPORTED ON SAID BOOM IN SURROUNDING PARALLEL RELATION TO EACH OTHER, SAID SHUTTLES BEING RETRACTABLE FROM SAID FRONT BOOM INTO SAID REAR BOOM PORTION, (F) MEANS FOR RETRACTING SAID SHUTTLES INTO SAID BOOM PORTION, (G) MATERIAL CONVEYING MEANS CARRIED BY EACH OF SAID SHUTTLES, (H) MATERIAL DISTRIBUTING MEANS COACTING WITH ONE OF SAID SHUTTLES FOR DELIVERING BULK MATERIAL TO SAID VESSEL, AND (I) MEANS COACTING WITH THE FRAME, THE SHUTTLES AND THE DISTRIBUTING MEANS TO SELECTIVELY MANIPULATE SAID DISTRIBUTING MEANS RELATIVE TO THE VESSEL.
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